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Smartphone integration, with a touchscreen interface joins the Amarok’s list of capabilities, as does DAB+ digital radio, Guide & Inform online navigation, and App Connect.

Today DAB+ covers 70% of Italy and over five thousand kilometers of highways, particularly in the North and in the Tyrrhenian coast. If you have listened to the radio in recent days you will have heard a new campaign promoting DAB+.

The advent of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radio has improved the wireless listening experience by offering a broader selection of stations with an enhanced sound quality over its FM, MW and AM forefathers. The Highway 400 from Pure, an expert in the DAB field, offers an aftermarket digital radio and Bluetooth music streaming solution and promises an uncomplicated installation process.

Digital radio listeners in Manchester are being urged to retune their digital radios to ensure they continue to get a clean-feed following engineering works. The essential maintenance was carried out to boost and change the frequency of existing digital radio transmitters in the Manchester area and switching on two new transmitters, which will bring the area’s 11 local stations to 400,000 more listeners for the first time.

The first pilot year of DAB + in Greater Vienna has been very successful. "With the two transmitters on the DC Tower and in Liesing we now open up an area that extends far beyond the northern and eastern border and south to the exchange area. Thus, the 15 digital radio programs could reach around 2.5 million people, "said Gernot Fischer, CEO of Digital Radio Austria, one year after the launch of digital radio in Austria.

In the 420i and 420d models come with 18-inch alloys, rear-view camera, electric leather seats, bi-xenon headlights, front and rear park assist, BMW ConnectedDrive features and digital radio.

Staff from a number of Manchester based radio stations gathered today for an official re-tune event in the city. The event was held at the Beetham Tower – the tallest building in the UK outside London – ahead of the DAB expansion taking place at 6am Wednesday 25 May.

A new marketing campaign has launched in Italy to help promote DAB+ digital radio. The advert will be broadcast on both national and local commercial radio stations and coordinated marketing activities involve 12 national broadcasters. With more than 1,000 commercials the campaign will have a coverage of over 23 million listeners.

That improved specifications for the car now include 7inch touchscreen infotainment/sat nav with DAB radio and text-to-speech function, rear view camera, keyless entry and start plus much more.

The e-Tron comes with full leather trim, satellite-navigation, digital radio tuning and LED headlights.