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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jugular" data-source="post: 424525" data-attributes="member: 17843">Not to sure, I have read that the DAB+ is a lot different to the DAB system used in europe and in the UK it has been in used for 10 years. DAB+ is going to begin over your side in late 2010 - 2011. Australia is basicaly the first and a trial for the system. Here is some info from our digital radio site:DAB+ is based on the original DAB standard but uses a more efficient audio code called HE-AAC v2 (better known as MP4 or AAC+).  This is an international standard which is already used in phones and ipods and is now able to be transmitted on DAB+ digital radio. This allows equivalent or better subjective audio quality to be broadcast at lower bit rates. The increased efficiency offers benefits for Stations (lower costs per station) and listeners (a wider choice of stations).DAB+ provides the same functionality as the original DAB radio services but leaves more space for new multimedia data applications such as traffic announcements and PAD multimedia data (e.g. dynamic labels such as title artist information or news headlines; complementary graphics and images etc).Main Benefits of DAB+ -• Latest MPEG4 audio codec delivers exceptional performance efficiency • More stations can be broadcast on a multiplex • Greater station choice for consumer • More efficient use of radio spectrum • Lower transmission costs for digital stations • Compatible with existing scrolling text and multimedia services • Robust audio delivery • Optimised for live broadcast radio • Fast re-tuning response time (low zapping delay) • MPEG surround sound is possibleAustralia has selected the new internationally approved Eureka 147 DAB+ standard using advanced audio codec (AAC+) as its primary technology platform for digital radio. DAB+ is a powerful audio technology with powerful data capabilities.  AAC+ is two to three times more efficient than the original DAB standard which uses MPEG Audio Layer II coding. DAB+ gives broadcasters the ability to deliver more services using the same amount of spectrum.</blockquote>

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