Pure Highway radio takes DAB on the road

Getting crystal clear DAB radio in your car can mean ripping out your existing system to make way for a completely fresh set-up. But the launch of the new Pure Highway enables you to sucker digital radio stations to your windscreen for just 70 quid.

The Highway works by finding a free FM frequency to transmit quality DAB broadcasts to your existing car stereo.

Top talents
FM transmission – Fire up the Highway and it’ll automatically snoop out which FM frequency is free so you can programme your car stereo radio. Once in tune, you’ll get a stable signal but should you lose reception, a quickSCAN button will help find the next available free slot in seconds.

Pause and rewind – Like any DAB radio worth is broadcasting salts, you can pause and rewind programmes using its ReVu feature. This is especially handy on the Highway, should you need to stop for at the services or miss the title of a song that’s just come on.

iPod friendly – The Highway also lets you hook up your iPod or MP3 player via an 3.5mm audio-in socket, so its can stream your playlists and music library via an FM frequency to your car stereo.

Pure Highway Best price: £68.99 (including delivery) on 28 March 2008.

Closest rivals
Pure Move – The Highway is currently pretty unique but if you want to take DAB on the hop or in the car, the next best thing its smart sibling, the palm-sized Pure Move. This compact radio runs off rechargeable batteries that can last for up to a marathon 40 hours while its 20 presets give instant access to your favourite stations.

Roberts Robi – This diddy gizmo plugs straight into your iPod to add DAB talents to its CV. The Robert Robi lets you easily flip between DAB, FM radio and tunes stored on your iPod. Plus, you can easily flag up favourites and simply skip through saved stations.

Bush PSDAB2004 – Slip the Bush PSDAB2004 into your pocket and you can listen to DAB broadcast on the fly. This pip-squeak portable radio sports sleek white rubberised casing, 10 DAB programmable presets and a decent backlit screen for displaying station info.

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