Cambridge DAB 500

Tuner type :Digital (DAB) Manufacturer : Cambridge

Digital tuner of the Classic series of the British HiFi noble Cambridge Audio.

Cambridge Audio has always been at the forefront of the development of fundamentally new DAB technology and offers an ever-expanding range of DAB tuners, including the entry-level DAB 300 and the DAB 500.

Technical Specifications

• Sample Rate: 48kHz

Frequency Range: VHF(174mHz to 240mHz)Band3

• Sensitivity: -96dBm

Signal to Noise Ratio: 99dB

• Frequency Range: 20 - 20kHz +0.1, -0.3dB

Distortion: <0.005%, 1kHz, 2vrms o/p

• Stereo Separation: >60dB, 20Hz- 20kHz
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 430 x 285 x 80mm

Weight: 3.5kg

The Digital Radio Digital radio, or DAB for short, uses digital signals instead of the traditional analogue transmission. The number of radio stations you can receive depends on your region. Due to the way the station signals are transmitted, DAB can double the number of stations you can receive.

Digital radio offers a number of fundamental improvements over conventional analogue reception:

Better sound quality DAB offers excellent sound quality. With this technology, the receiver picks up the strongest signal while ignoring all others. The result is interference-free reception - wherever you are. So no more hissing, crackling or volume fluctuations as with the old analogue reception. The bit rates for DAB were hotly debated in the hi-fi journals. Recordable broadcasts (not in mono) require a transmission rate of 120 kbps or more. This value was set by the regulatory authorities - but most radio stations already significantly exceed this threshold.

More choice The use of new digital technology makes DAB transmission particularly efficient. As a result, the reception of stations, national and regional, is noticeably increased. In some areas, listeners are spoilt for choice (by no means unpleasantly) among more than 40 digital stations, more than double the number available to most with traditional FM reception. And this is not just a mere doubling of the number. Because with digital radio, variety rules! So not only will you be able to find your favourite familiar stations with crystal clear reception, but now there's a whole new world of programmes available to cater for special interests.

Easier to use With DAB, you can find a station by its station name. So instead of having to go through the hassle of remembering the frequency of your favourite station as you used to, you can find the programme you want in a flash by selecting by name. Anything superfluous has been done away with, because you're more likely to remember the station name than the station frequency. And with digital radio, there are no more frequencies. You simply select the station using the station list in the display.

More advanced information With DAB, you have much more information available about the program than with RDS reception. DAB radios always have a display that shows information about the station and the program. Many stations also transmit the name of the artist, the title of the current track - and sometimes the next track. If you listen to an opera on a classical music station, the piece, the composer, the performers, the orchestra, the conductor - in some cases even a translation of the lyrics - are often shown on the display! This technology will be developed even further in the future: Additional, enhanced information and the ability to program your radio to record your favorite programs.

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