DAB Radio upgrade for 9-3

[Audax]

I've got annoyed with the poor radio reception in the 9-3 and I'm not paying £220 for the dual amplifier upgrade kit.

This led me to look at what options are out there that would also give me DAB radio and found this:

http://www.pure.com/car-audio/products/highway-600

As it also does bluetooth streaming/calls it looks like it may be a great solution for the car although I'm not sure where I'd put the control unit.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I'm hoping that using DAB will let me reliably listen to the radio again although I note that the DAB coverage maps have huge holes in East Anglia and Scotland. Means I may have to keep a big playlist on my phone for my holiday later in the year. 

[phoenix]

My experience has been that it's difficult to get reception in all areas without using a decent external antenna- and I can't see how you would easily substitute one for the supplied unit. However it may have an inbuilt amplifier which will help in marginal areas. Using a USB power adaptor will however seriously degrade performance- most aren't adequate;y filtered and splat all over the DAB spectrum. Best to connect it via an Aux in- the FM modulator will be a bit cheap and nasty.

[Audax]

I was already intending to connect it via the aux in anyway, I'm not convinced it can be any worse than the built in radio reception!

[sgould]

When I fitted the alternative head unit in the 9-5, I fitted a combined AM/FM/GPS/GSM/DAB aerial in the roof, in place of the shark fin, and abandoned the whole of the original aerial system.

[Max Headroom]

I was looking at fitting DAB into a 1980s vehicle to convert the existing radio. During my research and talking to friends and colleagues it was notable that two people had used DAB On Wheels who were very helpful and assisted in overcoming some problems.

With all consideration I have now decided to go down the route of a retro-styled radio and abandon the old radio/cassette unit that was in the car. Although this is a much more expensive option I just felt it was the simplest owing to a lack of space in the car that I'm fitting this into.

[sgould]

I did the same.  I tried a DAB on wheels kit.  It was OK, but bulk as a dash add-on.  I also had the Parrot add-on as well.  When the satnav unit failed, I bit the bullet and got a newer satnav with DAB/FM/AM/DVD/CD/iPhone/Bluetooth, etc. all-in-one.

The only problem was that the Kenwood I bought was not well developed and has many faults and niggles.