Blaupunkt Woodstock DAB 52

At the IFA 2001 event in Berlin, Blaupunkt presented a completely new DAB car radio called the Woodstock DAB 52. The Woodstock DAB 52 is the first car radio in the world to combine the DAB Digital Radio reception and MP3 digital technologies in a single 1-DIN housing. At the attractive price of approximately £400, the Woodstock DAB 52 is the first car radio in the world to combine the most modern DAB and MP3 digital technologies in a single 1-DIN housing. With the exception of only a very few components, it is a fully integrated digital car radio and can be easily installed in the standard radio compartment in any type of vehicle. The Woodstock DAB 52 ...  Read the complete review

The Woodstock DAB 52 is a head unit that combines a normal FM/MW/LW tuner, and a CD player with the ability to place MP3 files - either on a CD or on a MMC multimedia card, and DAB digital radio. You can also get leads to plug in CD multichangers or an Auxilliary device (eg a portable MP3 player or a walkman cassette player). http://www.blaupunkt.co.uk/7641705310_main.asp is the UK WWW site. It has a link to an online demo. This lets you see what happens when you press the various buttons. http://home.t-online.de/home/Lauke/faq_english.htm is a FAQ. Its written by a marketing manager for Blaupunkt in Germany. To get the DAB radio to work you need a ...  Read the complete review

If you are about to buy a new radio for your car, you might be interested in this new radio from Blaupunkt. This little receiver is in a class of its own. It is capable of recieving DAB (Digital Radio Broadcasting) witch is the radiosystem for the future. Of course, there is also a FM (and AM) receiver and a nice CD-player in the little cabinet. The DAB is a quite new radio system, that have several advantages. The soundquality is quite impressive, even higher than the wellknown CD-quality. Also, there is several programs at each frequency. How many is hard to say, because this is an option for the broadcaster. The soundquality is decreasing when the ...  Read the complete review

I originally had a DAB 53, which Blaupunkt gave up trying to repair (would not play MP3’s or CD’s) and gave me a DAB 54. This is less flaky, but still stalls occasionally and refuses to play MP3’s. Also, for CD’s that are mixed as a continuous sound (e.g. Dark Side of the Moon) it takes a couple of seconds between track breaks. The interface is also prone to locking up and will not display the radio station that is currently playing (shows the previous one). Technical support are very pleasant, but will not swap out units until they have witnessed the fault, which can take weeks. Also as traffic info does not work with digital yet, it emits a loud beep every minute ...  Read the complete review