Ok I am looking for suggetions for a headunit with the following.

DAB reception would be very nice to have
Bluetooth to work with iPhone
iPod connection that works with 3rd Gen iPod Touch
Additonal SD card and/or external hardrive would be nice

It seems the issue is there are very few headunits that offer DAB.

dab is dead! internet and satalite radio is the future, trust me!!!!!!

but yes your going to say i want dab, fine

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product_list/c_path/9_85/spd/car-dab.html

but ipod conection maybe not.

in my van i have a pioneer ah-5700dvd

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PIONEER-AVH-5700DV...=item1e58b34f81

then a pioneer ipod cd-ib100

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PIONEER-CD-IB100-C...=item335661ed7b

and a pioneer dab gex-p7000dab

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pioneer.co.uk/images/products/caraccessories/pioneer/gex_p700dab_detailpage.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/products/GEX-P700DAB/print.html&usg=__wgDXjHDF8GG4Rr4H3qvzEaE09Fs=&h=237&w=488&sz=9&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=eeFnpebxj2522M:&tbnh=63&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpioneer%2Bdab%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

this set up it all i need and its ipod selection is better to navigate then my avci x1.

this setup with navigation avic-800dvd

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pioneer.co.uk/images/products/carnavigationsystem/pioneer/avic_800dvd_detailpage.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/product_detail.jsp%3Fproduct_id%3D4090%26taxonomy_id%3D25-112&usg=__BVsDTFVSEKYPJkqk5yvuAToEKnA=&h=154&w=488&sz=11&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=U83ZLE1Pc1C1_M:&tbnh=41&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpioneer%2Bnavigation%2Bavic%2B800%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

is still nowadays hard to beat!

Will probably help the formatting to mask those links up as clickable html labelled as the model of each unit. I would do it but do not have the rights.

ok then how does internet radio or satslite radio work in a car - what kit? how much? etc

From the little I've read it works through your mobile paired to the HU...
Blaupunkt Hamburg 600i looks like the baby! just can't find the cost!

Thats because they haven been release yet - not even release date yet it seems. Prices to start from $300 apparently plus a possible monthly subscription charge plus at least 2gb per month data requirement....

Doesn't seem a great solution just yet.

Well satalite radio is running in that states and I think in Europe to, pioneer support it, internet radio is the future, dab radio sations are pulling out yearly and now that the BBC are cutting some radio stations off, dab is going to be the next Betamax, hd DVD, midi disk, ECG

You can get Internet radio on some of these incar of double din units when paired to a 3g phone or but a portable 12vdc 3g router the pop a o2 sim in, £10 a month unlimited Internet, then use windows media to listen to the stations

Sorry but to me £120 per year to listen to some radio stations is pretty pointless. Yes it may be the way forward but not at the current costs.

If this does start to take off expect mobile companies to be more agressive on streaming internet media over phones as for the most part its currently against the T+Cs from what I can see.

thing is for years the goverment have been banging on about digital switch over being this date, then being re-dated, i remember in 2005 they was going on about dab being cd quality radio, it will over taking radio, its nothing even close!

you only have to see that car stereo brands wont invest as there is no sure long term investment, and cars that are being produced even now! still come with Fm and AM radio.

with radio advertisers know there targeting a market in an area that the station will cover, unless your pepsi, tesco, and brand thats nation wide, dab is not making money

i do remember theres a digital radio type DMR i think, that wants to use the same way CB radios transmits, by pointing up at the earths atmosphare and bouncing down transmition, dont ask but it was on bbc news a few months ago

here this even proves it

http://www.avforums.com/forums/dab-digital-radio-fm-radio/887535-dab-what-future.html

http://www.chutneytech.com/dab-future-is...w-expectations/

well how do you think these phone companies think up these brilliant ideas, they mostly dont, some poor tech-no geek gets his cost cutting idea ripped off by the corprate scum! trust me when i say the mobile phone industry will one day be the one industry that will control every mobile network dependent device.

there was a idea called M2M, a never ending network, that can never crash or be taken down, were you fridge, tv, toaster, microwave, hair dryer, anything electrical would be part of a never ending network, a true free network. completely off subject lol

Well yes they would be wouldn't they. And it still leaves a nice market open for free radio ... Like dab or other radio formats like drm.

It's not the same comparing dab with hddvd or Betamax as they Are not really the same Market

That's DSO for television, which is happening now and will be complete by 2012.

Until earlier this year, Ofcom consistently stated that there were no plans to turn off FM radio. Earlier this year, they began a consultation process over the possible switch off of both FM and AM. The date they are consulting over is 2015 switch off for FM ... but its only a consultation, so nothing is set in stone yet.

Its not clear what FM/AM radio's digital successor will be though. The UK is the only place across Europe (and remember that it's a European system) that DAB has done anything really. And even now the stations struggle. In Germany, they are talking about turning off their DAB system (after having spent a lot of money ly a few years ago installing it!). So it's not clear what DABs future in the UK is.

Some people say DRM will be the best replacement ... "Digital Radio Mondiale" works in the AM bands and has some potential, but has yet to see any significant take up (and so receiver production).

well i guess if your looking for a dab-ipod stereo start looking for 2006-2008 models of head units

saying that i have fitted a pioneer hd3 double din with a old pioneer dab ad-on box from the avix x1 range and it did work even though pioneer uk said it would'nt