Features and formats most likely to be found on new digital radios?
You will be able to buy equipment with just a digital tuner, but most radios will give you additional options. For example some portable units will also include an FM tuner, which will be very handy when listening outside the digital transmission areas. We already know that all initial digital transmissions will only be in the major capital cities, leaving the AM/FM networks to cover country and regional areas.
It’s unlikely that many, if any will incorporate an AM receiver, but your current radios will be able to receive both FM and AM for many years to come. The transition from analogue to digital only, will be a lengthy process.
Some of the other features available to you are;
Internet radio, some incorporating a network music player that can play music transmitted via WiFi connection from your personal computers hard drive and be heard through your radios speakers.
CD and DVD players in both single and multi disc formats that will play both traditional and MP3 discs.
I pod, MP3,WMA and memory card. USB and AUX- in options will also allow the connection of external sources.
There will be all the usual features that you would expect to find on a piece of audio related product. (Tone control, presets, clocks and timers, etc) but you will also experience new and versatile features like built in memory, offering pause and rewind functions similar to that available in digital TV hard drive recorders.
Start compiling your wish list of features and I’m sure some of the manufacturers already have, or are planning product that will fulfil all your needs, no matter how extravagant they may seem.
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