Pure Highway New Firmware 1.5

lewiscolinlewiscolin Posts: 115
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Pure have released a new firmware for the Highway....

http://www.pure.com/Support/kb.asp?Product=VL-60905&FAQ=236

Version 1.5 apparently will allow you to upgrade to Dab+ but not in the UK...

When I downloaded the software the site had instructions on how to get a DAB+ activation code...This has since been removed and I've had the following emails from Pure...
[FONT=&quot]Thank you for your e-mail[/FONT][FONT=&quot]regarding problems with your DAB+ upgrade, we are still testing this process and am surprised that you managed to navigate through to the pages in the short time we were testing this.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]We will be launching the DAB+ upgrade service soon and will of course advise you of it's availibility.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I apologise for the inconvenience caused.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]You can't unlock the DA+ features from with in the UK. There is no DAB+ to play in this country and every person that unlocks DAB+ software - we have to pay a royally and we're not paying royalties for people in the UK to unlock DAB+ when it's not available here. If you want to use your radio abroad in a country where DAB+ is being broadcast then you need to unlock the software from that country.[/FONT]

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  • belleville1belleville1 Posts: 2,674
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    lewiscolin wrote: »
    You can't unlock the DA+ features from with in the UK. There is no DAB+ to play in this country and every person that unlocks DAB+ software - we have to pay a royally and we're not paying royalties for people in the UK to unlock DAB+ when it's not available here.

    ...which is a situation that could have been avoided if the radio industry had collectively got behind open standards.

    Had something like Ogg Vorbis been adapted for broadcast use rather than AAC+, anyone would be able to make the radios to pick it up without paying royalties to anyone.
  • CharlieCharlie Posts: 1,776
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    According to this page it is again now possible to upgrade the Highway to DAB+ (not that it makes any difference in the UK at the moment).

    http://www.pure.com/support/kb.asp?Product=VL-60905

    I cannot get it to upgrade to v1.5 for some reason, it just sits there appearing to do nothing (on Win XP)
  • RagnarokRagnarok Posts: 4,655
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    Stick this URL

    http://www.puredigital.com/dabplusOZ/upgrade.asp?Product=Highway

    In this proxy

    http://www.aussieproxy.info/

    Fill in the details, ( you may have to set your country as austrialia). then on the next page when it loads, the key doesn't appear to be there, but if you look at the address bar your unlock key is the last bit in the aussie proxy.

    Managed to unlock DAB+ on mine, not that it helps at the moment.
  • chriswyattchriswyatt Posts: 3,808
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    I did the same, I used UltraSurf. It's an American proxy but I still managed to upgrade to DAB+ on the Australian Pure website :)

    http://www.ultrareach.com/
  • GrannyGruntbuckGrannyGruntbuck Posts: 3,638
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    Is it still possible to upgrade to Dab+ using this method?


    I am about to purchase a Highway unit and plan on driving round Europe next year.
  • GrannyGruntbuckGrannyGruntbuck Posts: 3,638
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    Ok, purchased a highway and it already has firmware 1.5 installed.

    Does that mean it is already DAB+ ready or must I do something?

    Any advice greatfully accepted. :D
  • hanssolohanssolo Posts: 22,553
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    As lewiscolin says you may need the DAB+ activation code from Pure?
  • GrannyGruntbuckGrannyGruntbuck Posts: 3,638
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    Now upgraded to Dab+. :D

    Will be travelling through Europe early next year and again later in the year, so all I nned now are some Dab+ stations to test it.
  • hanssolohanssolo Posts: 22,553
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    http://www.wohnort.org/DAB/ and http://www.worlddab.org/country_information are probably the best sites for info on DAB+ tests and both seem to work together to encourage feedback to update the sites!
  • vinnielovinnielo Posts: 8,342
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    Now upgraded to Dab+. :D

    Will be travelling through Europe early next year and again later in the year, so all I nned now are some Dab+ stations to test it.
    How did you get on?
    In my upgrade, I don't ever recall having to enter a code.
  • GrannyGruntbuckGrannyGruntbuck Posts: 3,638
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    I didn't go! :cry:

    Circumstances dictated that I couldn't travel.

    Not sure when I will now. Could be as late as next Spring.
  • vinnielovinnielo Posts: 8,342
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    Well, I'm in Switzerland next month, so I'll give it a go there.
  • vinnielovinnielo Posts: 8,342
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    In Switzerland now. The signals are pretty strong here! DAB+ stations working well. It's nice to note that when signals get weak, the radio just goes silent, rather than give annoying screeching noises. I don't know if there is automatic muting going on inside the radio, similar to the option that you can set for standard DAB stations.
  • BangersBangers Posts: 3,624
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    It could possibly be the muting. When my old DRM radio list signal the break-up was definitely audible.
  • hanssolohanssolo Posts: 22,553
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    The error correction on DAB+ is different which might explain it a bit! Noticed low level standard DAB signals behaved a bit differently on different sets (maybe how well the circuits dealt with error correction)!

    Noticed several countries watching how DAB+ is going and it will become more common across Europe! Germany said they will confirm if it's national DAB+ mux will go ahead in 2011 this month!
  • pmbondpmbond Posts: 876
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    vinnielo wrote: »
    It's nice to note that when signals get weak, the radio just goes silent, rather than give annoying screeching noises.

    Just playing with a highway that has v1.1 on it. Is that similar to the fade on burble that I see listed? Also is there any point in upgrading to v1.5 (it's not mine) ?
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