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DAB digital radio has less interference, easy tuning, and in most parts of the UK, digital radio doubles the number of available radio stations. To find out more, and learn what's available in your area, click on this link to find out more.
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| This product is designed to work with the digital radio standard in the UK only. The digital radio is not suitable for use outside of the UK. For all warranty claims, the product must be returned to the manufacturer in the UK, at the sender's cost. |
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- Easy to install DAB car radio with 20 DAB and 4 FM presets
- Play your iPod or MP3 player through your car stereo
- Pause and rewind live DAB radio
- Magnetic flexible windscreen mount makes it easy to remove highway from the vehicle
- DAB scrolling text provides additional programme information
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
From the world leaders in DAB radio comes Highway - enabling you to enjoy DAB digital radio and your iPod/MP3 player through your car stereo.
 | Highway is a unique, easy to fit in-car DAB digital radio that also enables you to listen to your iPod/MP3 player. Powered from the in-car power socket and easily attached to your windscreen with a removable flexible mount (just like a sat nav), Highway receives DAB stations and re-transmits them to your car radio on a free FM frequency. Simply tune your car radio to the FM frequency shown on Highway’s display to listen to DAB or your iPod/MP3 player. Highway is packed with great, easy-to-use features such as ReVu™ to pause and skip back through live DAB radio, quickSCAN to find free FM transmission frequencies, and 4 FM transmission presets (synchronize these withyour car radio’s FM presets to make avoiding interference a breeze). You can even take Highway from the car when your journey’s over and carry on listening using headphones*. Whether you want to enjoy the digital stations in-car that you do at home, listen to your iPod/MP3 player on the move, or just discover DAB, Highway brings a lot more entertainment to your journey. * headphones not included. |
| Highway installation in 4 easy steps DAB digital radio is not just for listening to at home. PURE Highway is an easy-to-fit in-car DAB adapter that brings the increased station choice, quality and convenience of DAB digital radio into your vehicle. |
 | Step 1 - Peel off the backing from the high-sensitivity adhesive aerial and attach to the windscreen. To optimise reception, position the signal amplifier (the black plastic case) and the dual aerial wires 3 to 5cm away from the side of the windscreen and 1 to 2cm from the top. If possible, tuck the aerial cable into the recess between your windscreen and the passenger pillar or affix it to your windscreen using the adhesive clips provided. Then run the aerial cable out of sight along the front of your dashboard. Once the aerial is fitted where you want it on the windscreen, using the cable supplied, attach the aerial to the Highway. Note: the adhesive windscreen aerial is only suitable for one use and will not re-adhere to the windscreen. You may wish to affix the aerial using a temporary adhesive first to test the quality of reception before attaching the aerial permanently. |
 | Step 2 - Next you need to attach the magnetic flexible mount via its suction fixing to the windscreen. First, clean the area you are attaching the suction cup to with a dry cloth then peel off the transparent film from the suction cup. Press the suction cup firmly against the windscreen to form an airtight seal and push down the catch to securely fasten the mount to the windscreen once you have the mount in the desired position. |
 | Step 3 - If necessary, coil any excess aerial cable around the cable tidy on the back of the mount and then insert the aerial jack into the aerial input on the Highway unit. Attach the Highway unit to the flexible windscreen mount via the magnetic fitting. Optional: If you want to connect Highway to your car radio’s line in input (if available) connect a 3.5mm audio cable (not supplied) from the ‘LINE OUT’ socket on the Highway unit to your car radio’s line in input. |
 | Step 4 - Insert the power cable into the mini-USB socket on the side of the Highway unit and then insert the adapter into your vehicle’s 12–24V (cigarette lighter) external power socket. Your Highway is now fully installed and ready for tuning and setting up with your favourite stations. Remember, when installing Highway, make sure you fit the unit and aerial in a position that does not obscure the driver’s view or in such a way that it may interfere with the safe operation of the vehicle, the deployment of air bags or other safety equipment. For safety reasons, do not operate the unit while driving. |
 | EcoPlus™ is a statement of PURE’s on-going commitment to our environment and its future. It indicates that environmental impact has been considered in the design, manufacture and transport of our products, and has driven both what we do and how we do it. All EcoPlus products are packaged using cardboard produced with a minimum of 70% recycled material, and finished using water-based varnish. All internal pulp trays are 100% recycled, and the user documentation is printed on 100% recycled paper using Soya-based inks. We also encourage our customers to recycle all packaging materials. The boxes of EcoPlus products are designed to be the smallest they can be whilst still ensuring the integrity and security of the product inside. This maximizes the number of products which can be shipped in each container, and thus minimizes the environmental cost of transport. |
| With Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) you’ll discover a broader range of music, debate and ideas, all in crystal clear digital sound. |
Ease-Of-Use
Digital radios are much easier to use than analogue radios because they automatically search for all available stations. Once the radio has found all the available stations you just choose the one you want by name. No more trying to remember frequencies.
Wider Station Choice
With up to 55 DAB stations available in many areas, and more on the way, you’ll be spoilt for choice. As well as existing favourites like BBC radios 1-4, BBC radio 5 live, Classic FM and talkSPORT, there are also great exclusive-to-digital stations such as BBC 1Xtra, BBC 5 live Sports Extra, BBC 6 Music, BBC 7 and Planet Rock.
Digital Sound Quality
DAB is crackle-clear and hiss-free because it’s not subject to the same interference as analogue radio.
DAB Stations
There's more listening choice on DAB too. These great stations and many more are available in the UK on DAB digital radio. As DAB coverage varies, remember to check which stations are available in your area.
Main Features:
 | Easy to Install |
 | quickSCAN |
 | Line-in |
 | ReVu |
 | Headphone Output |
 | 20 DAB Station Presets |
 | 4 FM Presets |
 | Magnetic Mount |
 | USB Upgradeability |
 | Line-out |
 | Scrolling Text |
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121 of 122 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Finally a cheap DAB in car option,
By Alan (Swindon, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: PURE Highway, In-Car DAB Radio With FM Transmitter (Electronics)
What I love about this...Its really easy to set up. Once you get the aerial sorted you literally just plug it in and away you go Its really cheap. Cheaper than most equivalent quality portable DAB radios and definitely cheaper than getting a DAB radio fitted in the car Its easy to use, same as usual with Pure products The sound quality is great. I've had no probs with DAB reception so far, although I've not been out of town with it yet Its easy to find a interference free FM channel for it to transmit on as it hunts for a free one rather than you having to do it yourself. It also transmits using RDS so I'm hoping I won't have to get it to find another if I move into another area (not sure about this though) You can pause rewind live radio which is a bonus as well There is one minor annoyance though. As a reviewer has said before, you have to have the Highway pluged into the cigarette lighter to get it to transmit on FM (although I think it will work whilst plugged into my PC as well) this means you have to have the trailing wire between the unit and the lighter which is a bit irritating. All in all however its a great unit and I am really pleased that I can finally get DAB in my car without having to spend a fortune.
45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well so far so good!,
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This review is from: PURE Highway, In-Car DAB Radio With FM Transmitter (Electronics)
My previous experience with DAB has not been good. That was with two different portable DAB receivers which, living where I do in a valley in Kent, both proved to be worse than useless.I had no belief that in-car DAB would be any better because of the inherent limitations with the frequencies of transmission combined with the fact that you'll be in motion, but since I'd won a Highway in a competition, who was I to complain? Much to my surprise the Highway works way, way better than I would have expected. Not least of which was considering the on-windscreen antenna which, although apparently amplified didn't look much more than a common "J pole" style of antenna well smaller than the optimal dimensions I would have expected (I have been a communications engineer all my life). I installed my unit in my Vauxhall Zafira with the antenna on the left side of the windscreen while the car was parked on my driveway which, even on normal VHF FM means fairly poor reception. The installation and set up procedure is a bit longwinded and if your car, like mine, doesn't power the accessory (cigar lighter) socket on standby then you'll need to turn on the ignition when you are parked. This is a bit of a pain but that's a Vauxhall design not the radio's fault. After the Highway had gone through it's auto-set up and I'd found it's FM transmit frequency on my radio, my main listening stations of Radio 4, Classic FM, Absolute and XFM were all far better than on my normal radio. The most stringent test would be when on the move but yet again the Highway more than surpassed my expectations. On a 20 mile journey only once, whilst driving though Orpington high street did I get a case of what they call "Burble" due to poor signal. I would probably say that to my mind the major drawback with the thing is that it is definitely NOT a hands-free device and using it whilst driving (changing stations or FM transmit frequency) is a definite safety no-no. There are 4 single button pre-sets but of those only 3 automatically tune to the station selected. The fourth button marked "4+" gives you another 17 stations for pre-set usage but as this requires you to press button 4+ and then rotate the tune wheel to select the pre-set you desire and then press the central button to tune to that station, you have to take your eyes off the road. This is an accident waiting to happen! However the quality of the received audio is far better than I expected. The unit can also be used to connect your iPod to your car stereo which could mean that with the Highway, your iPod and a sat-nav, the top of your dashboard would be like a space shuttle console with a lot of potential shrapnel in an accident! The Highway can also be used as a portable DAB receiver where the headphones act as the antenna as well. Not surprisingly at my home location this still wasn't overly impressive in fact it was absolute rubbish and didn't work at all. Still this isn't what the unit was designed for anyway but for it's main purpose as an in-car DAB adaptor I feel it succeeds very nicely thank you. All in all a pretty nifty piece of kit. UPDATE: 18 March 2011 There was one very important issue that I neglected to mention when I reviewed this item. I haven't changed my opinion of the device which still works very well but, in my area ONLY on week days! The problem I am about to describe only exists with the Highway and similar down-converting type units which take the DAB channels at around 220MHz and convert them to a selected frequency between 88 to 108MHz (approximately) And why does this only happen on weekdays? Because there are so many illegal pirate radio stations squeezing themselves into every tiny gap and weak signal reception channel on the VHF FM band between (mostly) Friday morning through to Monday morning (I assume that the benefit offices are closed at these times!). What these illegal stations do is run such high power, poor quality, over deviated, splattering FM transmissions that they simply take over your car radio (a thing called capture effect to the technically minded) and, at best interfere with the signal from the Highway unit or, in the worst cases, simply wipe it out so that instead of what you were expecting to hear you are rewarded instead with the "Whump, Whump,Whump, yay dood ya'kno wha' 'appennin'?" moronic broadcasting of these self important pirate station DJs. This is NOT a fault with the Highway but simply that illegal broadcasting on the VHF FM band is increasing in leaps and bounds while the detection and prosecution of such stations appears to stay constant or actually decrease. So be warned, as great as the Highway is, due to it's method of RF linking to your car radio, you WILL suffer this problem. If however you can connect to your car radio by the audio output connected directly then you'll have no such problems. Update over :-) Update 2: 27 3 2011. The unit started cutting out which at first I thought was my poor cigarette lighter socket but it wasn't. I replaced the 12v to 5v adapter and the radio worked perfectly. I am now waiting for a replacement power lead from Pure which, from reading their website and their replacement procedures seems to imply that this is a weak spot in their equipment. update over :-) Update 3: 6th April 2011. Whilst the windscreen antenna works it wont win any prizes to my mind! Having now used an external mag-mount antenna and watched the signal strength hit all bars instantly I would suggest that, if you don't mind having a little antenna on your car roof then the increase in signal is worth it. I do think that the Pure external antenna is over priced at £24 or thereabouts but apparently cheaper versions are available if you look. Being in electronics I simply constructed one out of an existing antenna and have been rewarded with constant signals in previous iffy areas. Unfortunately though it won't deal with DJ Bigjobs and his crew's pirate beats as they will still cause problems since the coupling to of the Highway to your car radio isn't dependant on the Highway's own antenna. update over :-)
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Review of Pure Highway after 3yrs use.,
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This review is from: PURE Highway, In-Car DAB Radio With FM Transmitter (Electronics)
After 3yrs of use, I have so many comments to make.The Pure Highway enables you to listen to DAB radio stations on your standard FM car radio. It can also be used as a personal DAB radio, using headphones (not supplied) as found on many modern mobile phones. You need to put AA batteries in the unit for it to work. From my experience, this 'personal' DAB function tends to eat batteries, so you will need high capacity ones, which are rather expensive. OK for listening to DAB whilst out walking, but not a substitute for home DAB. It would be far cheaper in the long-term to get a basic DAB radio for home use costing £25 or so. Now to the 'car' use. The highway uses 'vacant' FM channels to transmit the received DAB signal to your car radio. I am a taxi-driver in Cardiff, and use the Highway to receive Talk Sport (not so good on AM), and Planet Rock (only available on DAB). The Highway searches for 'vacant' frequencies on FM to send the signal to your car radio. In Cardiff there are very few 'vacant' frequencies, and the ones found by the unit often have 'bleed-over' from the existing FM stations. There also seems to be a problem in this area with local 'rogue' FM stations only transmitting at certain times. I suspect that they are transmitting at low levels illegally, and blocking up the 'available' frequencies. This results in a 'fuzzing' of the reception. The only way around this is to keep 'retuning' the unit. Rather frustrating. A common fault with this unit is the car power lead. It is far too flimsy, and I have got through two of them. After much use the wires inside fracture, and break the power connection. Also, the connection to the unit is NOT designed for unplugging every time you leave the vehicle. After time this connection can become worn, and needs a bit of fiddling to connect. A simple way around this is to hold the power lead to the unit with blue tac. This way the contact stays constant, and when you remove the unit (for security reasons), you will be reminded that the power lead is best kept in place. Having got through two dedicated Pure power leads, I have found that the power lead for my Garmin Nuvi sat-nav is exactly the same fitting, and works perfectly. Other advantages using the Garmin power lead are, 1, The Garmin lead is far more robust, and much less likely to fracture. 2, The Garmin lead is much cheaper than the 'dedicated' Pure item. The supplied windscreen mount aerial is fine for most users. I bought a 'mag-mount' aerial to enhance reception. The aerial for the Highway is 'active' rather than 'passive'. This means that it is powered, so you need to buy a 'Highway' enabled aerial. Don't buy this item from Pure, an identical one can be bought from 'dabonwheels' at about £18, with a MUCH longer 5m lead. Better and cheaper. The mag-mount aerial gives better reception, but also picks up more interference. I would say, get one. A common fault with DAB, especially in cities, is the 'blanking-out' of the signal. As a taxi-driver, I know the main reason for this. Taxis with company radios are constantly receiving and transmitting radio signals. These signals can be strong enough to travel 20mls or more. In a city centre, at very short distance they can easily 'blank-out' the DAB signal. Also the bus company in Cardiff use similar radios, which also have the same effect. To summarise, I would say, DO NOT buy this item as a cheap solution to a dedicated in-car DAB radio. After all, you only receive the DAB signal on you car radio in FM quality, not DAB quality. The unit only allows you to receive DAB stations via FM. If you are like me, and want stations such as Planet Rock and others, only available on DAB, then this unit is a must. Also Talk-Sport is much better on DAB than AM. Whatever you do, don't pay the £90 or so some retailers ask. Go for the best possible deal, and accept in advance that this product does have its' flaws over a 'proper' DAB car radio. You pays your money, and takes your choice.
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