Pure Highway 600 In-Car DAB+/DAB Digital Radio FM Adapter with Spotify Control and Bluetooth for Music Playback – DAB Car Radio Adapter/Transmitter and Bluetooth FM Transmitter, Black

I decided to change cars as not doing the mileage and free up some cash. I bought a 10+ year old V70, that hands free calling, aux in port and USB port, no DAB radio or ability to stream music from my phone and I almost exclusively listen to music via Spotify if not via the radio. The Volvo hands free calling was starting to play up. My iPhone 12 would pair ok. But sometimes it would connect to the handsfree and stereo when receiving or dialling out and sometimes it wouldn't. Having no DAB or bluetooth streaming I decided to invest in the Pure Highway 600.Installation was straight forward and cables hidden behind trim panels. However, I have a dash cam, so routed the power cable for this the opposite end of the windscreen to the antenna as it was causing interference. In addition where I had been using a std USB A to micro USB cable for power with a 12V to 2 twin USB socket with 2.4A 5V. I went back to the provided dashcam charger and lead as it turned out the charger was low noise. There was also a ferrite block with the dashcam, and I use this on the USB cable that power the antenna to reduce interference. For the controller, I don't use the mount provided. Instead I superglued a metal disc on the back. With a magnetic air vent mount I then have it mounted on an air vent. I can easily remove the controller and put it out of site if I want.Bluetooth streaming quality is excellent. DAB radio quality is excellent. Hands free calling just works now (via the PURE unit) and other callers find it much easier to hear me on the phone.So is an excellent device. Installation is straight forward. I would say just need to take time, maybe a bit of trial and error with routing cables and avoiding interference to the antenna.

Delighted with this purchase. I love my car but I don't love that it wasn't blessed with dab radio, during a recent trip to the coast I was left all week with barely any radio as the FM signal was so poor. The vauxhall Bluetooth calling feature is also awful and can rarely understand what I'm asking it to do. So this item was bought to not only play digital music but to also make calling easier .Firstly the pure highway 600 is easy to install. I watched a YouTube video rather than read the instructions as I found this easy to follow. The cables all tucked away neatly under the trim along the roof and down the door seals and under the carpet.My car does have an aux inlet but in the end I set mine up via the cars FM frequency as for whatever reason it just seemed to sound better that way .The setting up of the console was straightforward and the unit quickly found 97 digital radio stations. I am now able to listen to my favourites - Absolute, virgin , radio x etc . The only slight installation problem I had was that the sticky pad on the back of the unit stand wasn't sticky enough to stick to my dashboard. I got around this by using some contact glue I already had in the house .I downloaded the pure app onto my phone and it now gives me the option of playing music via my Spotify account. Even better I can now ask my phone, via Google to make phone calls or play songs for me- no more arguing with the vauxhall voice recognition system which can't understand my northern accent .The only slight change I'd like to see to this item is for the on screen display to remain on while in use rather than fade off as soon as you've selected your station, but I suppose this is to lengthen the life of the batteries .All in all a great item, well designed and works as it should, giving you many more music options for your car . Highly recommended if your car is an old school FM radio only . For the offer price it's especially good .

The Pure Highway 600 DAB Radio is a small and very light unit. This makes it easy to find a place to put it on the supplied backing plate. The sticky back to the base plate doesn't move once applied, so make sure you have chosen the exact position before sticking it on. Take care when attaching the main unit to the bracket. It feels quite flimsy.Fitting the antennae to the windscreen is simple if you follow the instructions. One TIP: Plug in the microphone before you stick the antennae system box to the window. The plug has a lug on one side and is a very tight fit. It is almost impossible to plug it in once the main unit is stuck to the windscreen.In operation, the menu system is limited and simple but dumps you back to the main screen once you have made a change. You then have to scroll through the menu each time to make further changes. That's a bit long winded. Auto searching for stations is effective and it picked up more stations than my DAB radio in my house, which is attached to an external aerial on the roof. Not bad! I have since discovered that this unit is DAB+. The DAB+ standard has been the european standard from the outset. The UK decided only on DAB originally, but has since adopted the DAB+ standard. Any radios built before 2014 cannot be converted. So this little unit is bang up to date.Sound quality through the AUX connection on my car radio is CD quality and the signal is consistently good whilst driving. There are occasional dropouts, but none that disrupt listening for any length of time.The display has no option for "always on" which is annoying when driving at night. However, pushing any button will bring it to life. It would be nice to have the station and track displayed though. Ironically, the station is displayed on your car radio if you use the FM transmit option, but not if you use AUX. You just get AUX showing on the radio display.As the unit runs on two AA batteries which, I'm told, last for about one year, the battery remaining graphic is quite useful. Or at least I thought that's what it was. However I have since found out that it is the remaining battery on your mobile phone, if that is connected. I would have liked an option to attach a 12v power supply to the display.Should you have a SPotify account, you can log in on the Highway 600 and play (via your mobile phone) any of your playlists on Spotify. The one feature I do like though, is being able to listen to a radio station, and press GO during a track you really like for it to dsave tracks to a PURE playlist on Spotify. I have created quite an extensive Jazz playlist of tracks that I would otherwise not have heard.Most of the negative points I have mentioned are annoyances rather than deal breakers. Overall, this is a nice compact unit, and a good buy. I use it all the time.