Overall, I’m delighted with the Highway 400. I felt pretty smug about the quality of my install – the fact that the wires are almost completely hidden behind the dashboard is a bonus. I also like the way they feed in from behind the ashtray and are therefore hidden away when the lid is closed. Be very very careful with the update process - is not explained clearly and the controls are a little hit and miss. Thanks but actually I just want decent interference-free radio reception without distortion and/or dropouts; I am not bothered about hands free calls. I've had mine for a month and it's pretty good, live in Yorkshire and get a good reception on the bundled aerial. DAB radio offers access to hundreds of radio stations – more than on FM. And in some cases, you can even access stations that are not available on FM radio. While you’ve probably got one (or more) DAB radios in your home already, it may not be something you get to enjoy while you're driving.

Same here, I travel about 800 miles per week, mainly around the South-West and I just got fed up with the thing losing signal all the time. Even the national channels were cutting out. Aside from that, I’m delighted with the results. The lead is long enough to pull around the inside of the top of the A-pillar, down through the inside of the rubber door seal, behind the glovebox and centre console, and out through the ashtray. It’s a tidy job. Power to all our friends As said, if you have a phone, especially with an ulimited'ish data contract I'd try streaming off that, wouldn't be as convenient though. I have thought that the power lead may be at fault as very occasionally it will work fine when the cars stationary,but as soon as I drive away the unit switches off.Designed as an easy-fit solution for the millions of vehicles on the road worldwide without digital radio. You’ll find Highway easy to install in your car, you won’t even need any special tools, just a few simple steps and you’ll be up and running. Starting off with the DAB antenna you want to place this as close to the headlining as possibly, it needs to earth itself to metal via a magnet so make sure you can get at the roof just below the lining.

It’s not worth running through the entire installation as part of this review, but there are some key things to note. Firstly, the antenna must be positioned as high as possible on the windscreen and at least 4cm from the side of the screen.You need to run the glass antenna down the edge of the windscreen, 4cm in from the edge. Mine is about 2cm but there seems to be no problems with reception.

Had mine since it first came out - seems like I may have damaged it by taking the aerial out while switched on but worse of all is totally messing it up due to Vista freaking out while attempting to update it. My Laptop shut down midway through and now the unit won't reset or do much more than flash it's screen. Removing the side trim to the centre console meant there was enough room to feed both cables down the edge of the cubby hole. We didn’t use the ‘basic’ self installation, but anyone with rudimentary hand eye coordination could follow the instructions and get it fitted to their motor.Unfortunately it seemed to be 'car dependant' (not all windscreens made equal). A lot of DAB antennas are integrated into the rear glass nowadays so it 'should' work but DAB was inherently a bad technology (I think it has changed to DAB+ now) for handling poor signal.

Has anyone done this? Or have any advice on whether it will work or not? The Autoleads splitter is 20 notes, so I'd prefer to have some idea of it possibly working first? When I plug the power lead in the display lights up for a couple of seconds then goes out.Sometimes it will work for a minute or two before switching off. So far, the digital radio reception hasn’t been quite as good as I’ve found when using OEM systems. There are the usual DAB dead zones in rural Devon, but the Highway 400 seems to drop out earlier and reconnect later than the other systems.

I think I read somewhere that the supplied internal aerial shouldn't be used with heated windscreens like those fitted to Mondeo's. You can even hit a ‘Go’ button if you hear a song on the radio and you want to add it to your playlist. I can’t tell you if this feature is any good, because I tend to listen to Radio 5 Live, where music tends to be off the menu. If I’m honest, I don’t think it’s something I’d ever use. Do you want to dance? Mine still works very well, but as I said above only really worth it if you travel a lot and mainly on the motorways. Would think buying one for jobbing around town or the occasional journey into the country would not be worth it. Not that the Highway 400 is an unattractive device. In common with Pure’s range of household digital radios, the battery-powered wireless controller looks neat and obtrusive, while the OLED screen is clear and crisp, regardless of whether it’s night or day. Other than that, before I did what the earlier poster did with the aerial lead I was well impressed with the Highway and will replace it if this one is unfixable.