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Pure One Flow Firmware Update
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Yesterday I accepted v3.5 of the firmware. Performance on DAB has changed, and the radio seems to mute on DAB error detection, in exactly the same way as DAB+. This might seem fine but I'm visiting my mother in Ardrossan this week, and reception of the Beeb mux from Darvel is marginal.
In most of her house the One Flow is now silent, whereas previously stations would play with minor degradation or barely noticeable artefacts. Now it's a real struggle to find a spot with working reception, especially with a couple of laptops in the vicinity.
I get the impression that the new firmware now mutes at the onset of DAB error detection, rather than somewhere on the downslope, and wonder whether others who have accepted the update could confirm.
In most of her house the One Flow is now silent, whereas previously stations would play with minor degradation or barely noticeable artefacts. Now it's a real struggle to find a spot with working reception, especially with a couple of laptops in the vicinity.
I get the impression that the new firmware now mutes at the onset of DAB error detection, rather than somewhere on the downslope, and wonder whether others who have accepted the update could confirm.
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It's not done that before in the position it is normally in.
I have not been able to do any tests to confirm this as I have a lot of work commitments but will check it out when I can.
The 'feature' was on the radio since new and there have been a few software updates during that time. Must check to see whether it is still a 'feature'.
Set the SLEEP timer to 30 minutes at 23:45h
The radio will switch off at midnight.
Both my and his set used to autoscan the NI mux all the way up on the North Ayrshire coast (but couldn't play anything due to low SINR). Now an autoscan fails to detect the NI stations on either, on the same south-facing windowsill where previously NI stations would pop up in the list. The test was done over several days, to factor out vagaries in propagation.
Seems that the One Flow's COFDM demodulation algorithm has been revised in a version sometime prior to v3.4. A Pure Move 400D not only autoscans but also plays the NI mux stations fine, in the same test locations with a physically smaller antenna!