Turn your stereo OFF
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Just try it.
This mornings journey to work wasn't boring at all. Went past more cars than I usually would in my 307, had better overtaking opportunities, picked the best lanes, and didn't annoy *anyone*. Funny enough, I didn't get narked either.
Reason? probably concentrating more on the task of driving than listening to the stereo.
Suggest you try it, maybe ought to have "National no-car-stereo-day" ???
Let me know what you think.
Carl
This mornings journey to work wasn't boring at all. Went past more cars than I usually would in my 307, had better overtaking opportunities, picked the best lanes, and didn't annoy *anyone*. Funny enough, I didn't get narked either.
Reason? probably concentrating more on the task of driving than listening to the stereo.
Suggest you try it, maybe ought to have "National no-car-stereo-day" ???
Let me know what you think.
Carl
The Traffic news is a waste of space anyway! By the time that some one has notified the radio station that there is a problem, (if the original source is correct, which isn't always the case) the problem has quite often been resolved and much time can be wasted finding alternative routes. IMO the dolly birds reading the traffic reposts ought to be better employed, making the tea!
***RANT MODE ENGAGE***
Who invented RDS then ? Well, they must be a BBC employee, because in my car RDS is a short euphemism for "Retune your radio from your favourite station to some cheapo backyard BBC Local Radio station, manned by incompetent idiots who should be taken somewhere and shot."
It winds me up so much that I never use RDS any more. It flicks away to BBC Radio InbredShire, followed by 5 minutes of inane drivel, then 30 seconds of traffic that absolutely is NOT relevant to where you are, followed by more inane rubbish. Oh, and then 10 minutes later the monkey at the local radio station switches off the traffic signal and you are whisked back to your listening pleasure. Maybe !
I'm sure it is a secret plot by the BBC to hijack our listening pleasure, and to further justify the local radio network, which should have been given the heave-ho years ago, and the frequencies offered to proper radio stations currently jostling for noise on Medium Wave.
No doubt the BBC Fat Cats boast about LR viewing figures, secreting aware of the fact that most people actually do not choose to listen, rather they are taken there courtesy of a traffic aid. I'm sure their viewing figures are rollercoaster-esque - troughs during the chat, and peak at traffic news time.
BIN RDS AND IT'S SUFFERANCES !!!!!
>> Edited by GregE240 on Friday 19th July 09:47
Who invented RDS then ? Well, they must be a BBC employee, because in my car RDS is a short euphemism for "Retune your radio from your favourite station to some cheapo backyard BBC Local Radio station, manned by incompetent idiots who should be taken somewhere and shot."
It winds me up so much that I never use RDS any more. It flicks away to BBC Radio InbredShire, followed by 5 minutes of inane drivel, then 30 seconds of traffic that absolutely is NOT relevant to where you are, followed by more inane rubbish. Oh, and then 10 minutes later the monkey at the local radio station switches off the traffic signal and you are whisked back to your listening pleasure. Maybe !
I'm sure it is a secret plot by the BBC to hijack our listening pleasure, and to further justify the local radio network, which should have been given the heave-ho years ago, and the frequencies offered to proper radio stations currently jostling for noise on Medium Wave.
No doubt the BBC Fat Cats boast about LR viewing figures, secreting aware of the fact that most people actually do not choose to listen, rather they are taken there courtesy of a traffic aid. I'm sure their viewing figures are rollercoaster-esque - troughs during the chat, and peak at traffic news time.
BIN RDS AND IT'S SUFFERANCES !!!!! >> Edited by GregE240 on Friday 19th July 09:47
quote:
Er, well, you can always turn off TA. And keep the re-tuning to your favourite station as you move from broadcast cell to cell.
Know what you mean though
Point taken Manek, but it's like, RDS was meant to be the motorist's saviour when it was first touted, now it's just a way to retune your radio, in the blind hope that you'll stay at that station, it seems to me.
But true, if you don't like it, don't use it.
Greg,
Sounds like your problem may be EON / EOS rather than RDS. This retunes to a similar station rather than just a stronger frequency for the station you have chosen.
It took me a while to figure this out when I had this problem in an Audi A6 I had a couple of years back.
Cheers,
JSG.
Sounds like your problem may be EON / EOS rather than RDS. This retunes to a similar station rather than just a stronger frequency for the station you have chosen.
It took me a while to figure this out when I had this problem in an Audi A6 I had a couple of years back.
Cheers,
JSG.
Thanks JSG, but it's deffo RDS, and the TA when it kicks in. You can go from what you're listening to, to some utter rubbish that about 4 other people are listening to, 3 of which are probably related ot the DJ.
As Manek said, I've turned off RDS now, and don't really miss it. Except last night I sat for 1.5 hrs on the M40 thanks to some National Express coach driver hitting an oil tanker.
Where do NE recruit their drivers from ? Are they ex banger racers ?
As Manek said, I've turned off RDS now, and don't really miss it. Except last night I sat for 1.5 hrs on the M40 thanks to some National Express coach driver hitting an oil tanker.
Where do NE recruit their drivers from ? Are they ex banger racers ?
quote:I agree 100% with you Greg...
***RANT MODE ENGAGE***
Who invented RDS then ? Well, they must be a BBC employee, because in my car RDS is a short euphemism for "Retune your radio from your favourite station to some cheapo backyard BBC Local Radio station, manned by incompetent idiots who should be taken somewhere and shot."
It winds me up so much that I never use RDS any more. It flicks away to BBC Radio InbredShire, followed by 5 minutes of inane drivel, then 30 seconds of traffic that absolutely is NOT relevant to where you are, followed by more inane rubbish. Oh, and then 10 minutes later the monkey at the local radio station switches off the traffic signal and you are whisked back to your listening pleasure. Maybe !
Practically every morning you can guarantee that my listening will be interrupted by that fat f
ing slug Danny Baker and his nobsucking 'gang' of sycophantic retards talking banal shite on BBC London Live & I'm pig sick because I hate the man with a phenomenal passion (though I try nto to let it show 
). SHUT IT BAKER YOU FAT LITTLE GIMP!!! I've been thinking about writing to someone about this, because this seemingly pervasive abuse of the TA system (as distinct from other RDS-EON services) by the BBC's local moron forums simply *MUST* be in breach of licensing regulations.
And when you do get some traffic news from the BBC, 95% of the time it's irrelevant, or wrong, or both.
But you never want to turn it off because sod's law dictates that 5 miles after you do you'll run into an enormous tailback which you could have avoided by coming off at the last junction a mile ago..
>> Edited by CarZee on Friday 19th July 10:27
FYI... EON (Extended Other Network) is the bit that keeps you tuned to Radio 1 (or your selected station) as you move up and down the country.
RDS as a technology works perfectly well - it is however at the mercy of the monkeys at the local radio stations. If THEY put out a traffic signal (the RDS stream is hidden and decoded from the FM signal) then there is little you can do to legislate against it... unfortunately.
On a decent radio you should be able to turn off the local station facility for the TA (Traffic Announcement), so you only get national roads... I know you can on my Pioneer jobbie - it's just a case of RTFM!
Apologies if I've taught anyone to sugg eggs on this one...!
RDS as a technology works perfectly well - it is however at the mercy of the monkeys at the local radio stations. If THEY put out a traffic signal (the RDS stream is hidden and decoded from the FM signal) then there is little you can do to legislate against it... unfortunately.
On a decent radio you should be able to turn off the local station facility for the TA (Traffic Announcement), so you only get national roads... I know you can on my Pioneer jobbie - it's just a case of RTFM!
Apologies if I've taught anyone to sugg eggs on this one...!
quote:What use is that then??
On a decent radio you should be able to turn off the local station facility for the TA (Traffic Announcement), so you only get national roads...
Doesn't change anything... all TA's rely on local stations, (none of BBC R1-4 give TA's) where the BBC is pervasive and where exactly the situation as above outlined takes place. ie info all wrong, untimely and sandwiched between 10 minutes of drivel from any number of hopeless BBC local egos with the TA signal active so you're a captive audience.
Nothing on any radio can overcome this problem without switching TA off altogether.
CarZee - I agree the local idiots that run these stations need to be dragged out into the street and shot... however, as a regular M1 communter (from sunny Essex to Sheffield) I have an option on my stereo that only selects the national roads (i.e. the M1) so I get decent updates about where I am.
Somehow it seems to avoid Radio shite, so I don't get irrelevant updates about a road 150 miles south of my current location!
However, as someone suggested the VMS signs are pretty good, and my traffic master LED thingumy is gnerally pretty good too.
Somehow it seems to avoid Radio shite, so I don't get irrelevant updates about a road 150 miles south of my current location!
However, as someone suggested the VMS signs are pretty good, and my traffic master LED thingumy is gnerally pretty good too.
So what stations deliver your traffic info?
My commute takes me up the M3 & BBC stations in Oxford, Berkshire, Southern Counties and London all reach me at various point on my journey with their misinformation.
Also, what stations deliver traffic depends on which station you're tuned into in the first place - you'll get all the BBC shit if you're tuned to Radio4 like I normally am. (With a Rage Against the Machine CD cued up for when the greens come on ranting about traffic and the environment
)
My commute takes me up the M3 & BBC stations in Oxford, Berkshire, Southern Counties and London all reach me at various point on my journey with their misinformation.
Also, what stations deliver traffic depends on which station you're tuned into in the first place - you'll get all the BBC shit if you're tuned to Radio4 like I normally am. (With a Rage Against the Machine CD cued up for when the greens come on ranting about traffic and the environment
)
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