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Inside the cabin you get leather seat trim (heated for driver and front passenger), climate control, an 8.0-inch infotainment screen, Bluetooth/USB, satellite navigation, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration, a wireless smartphone charging pad, and DAB+.

A week ago the test broadcast of multiplex DAB+ digital radio began - an independent project of an alternative BCAST radio frequency operator, which after obtaining the approval of the national regulator, started a test MUX issue in Warsaw. In total, 47 new frequencies will be allocated in 34 cities, and each of the multiplexes will accommodate up to 12 stations.

In the fall of 2018, Deutschlandradio will switch over to DAB + in two previous FM distribution areas of Helgoland and Mittenwald, making it the first public broadcaster in Germany to do so.

There’s also plenty of standard kit to play with, such as an 8.0in touchscreen infotainment system with DAB radio, Bluetooth and Apple CarPlay, while a reassuring number of active safety systems are thrown in, too.

Features the Revo SuperSignal, Lenco DIR-200 Wifi Internet Radio with DAB+ and FM, VQ Susie-Q, Pure Evoke H6 Prestige Edition, Bush Classic WO268, VQ Hepburn mkII in Emma Bridgewater Marmalade and Roberts Stream 94i.

In the fall of 2018, Deutschlandradio will be the first public service broadcaster in Germany to switch completely to a purely digital broadcasting technology with DAB + in two existing FM broadcasting areas. On Germany's only offshore island Helgoland (from 28 September) and in the region Mittenwald / Krün / Wallgau in the upper Isartal (from 4 October) and then the programs Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandfunk culture and Deutschlandfunk Nova and the special channel documents and debates over Antenna receivable, together with the complete range of programs in the nationwide DAB + multiplex in channel 5C. After a one-month simulcast operation, the parallel analogue FM broadcast will be discontinued.

As announced in May, the Association of Swiss Private Radio (VSP), Unikom and Radio Régionales Romandes (RRR) have launched the Swiss Radio Player on the occasion of Swiss Radio Day, with about 130 stations to be available on the app. The three associations together with the SRG each have a 25 percent share.

Digital radio usage increased again by 2 percentage points from autumn 2017 to spring 2018 to 63 percent. This was announced by the working group DigiMig (Digital Migration) during Swiss Radioday on 29 August.

According to new research, the addition of voice control to hybrid car radios (DAB/FM/internet) may prove a wise step as drivers glance away from the road more than six times less than when using a touchscreen radio. The research, conducted by Radioplayer and Digital Radio UK, tested the supposition that voice-control reduces driver distraction by tracking the eye movements of nine participants during a thirty minute on-road test.

The Swiss Radioplayer app has launched and is broadcasting more than 130 radio stations. The app is an initiative between the Swiss Association of Private Radio Stations (VSP), Union of Local Non-commercial Radio Stations (Unikom) and the Regional Radio Union of France (NRR) as well as the SSR, with each party holding 25% of the shares.