I purchased the Sony CMT-S20B in the store and chose the unit because I have no room for a broader. Otherwise I would have also resorted deeper into their pockets and just what made 'higher value'.
Caveat: all criticisms made is already mentioned in the other reviews: the price range might still reasonable (Basic) boxes with very short connections and exotic connectors, a reception of weak FM tuner, which requires a good antenna gain, strange charging noise of the CD drive every time An on / off (in operation otherwise quiet running), "inkomptible" USB devices ....
But - after deep handles in the junk box I used my little frail duckling to beautiful swan: extended speaker cables and speakers broadly, in addition bass reflex speakers and tweeters of the predecessor device connected (total impedance note!), Coax antenna cable attached (the in-house mini-jack the wire antenna actually has an unused original ground terminal), it combiner for cable connection (for FM bw. FM) and room telescopic antenna (connected for DAB +) ... all without structural interventions to ensure that the warranty is not canceled.
Thus even provide honest 4 Watts RMS per channel (= 5 watts of music power / channel = 10 watts total) a truly room-filling sound.
A connection cable with scart connector at one end and 3.5mm plug on the other end also enables uploading of approximately 100 additional digital radio channels from my TVB-C receivers in 1-A quality.
A Gedultsspiel was setting up the antenna. DAB seems eerily delicate and fussy ante nominal terms, much more delicate as we know it from FM / FM reception ago. Luckily, you can also display the strength of the DAB signal on the display of the CMT-S20B. This can be optimized site, length and angle of the antenna.
And this pays off: while with me (can be different for each person!), The beige passed wire antenna was good for not much, just a Signaltärke of at best 10 ... 15 'points' threw off (which is about 10 for a clean reception are at least necessary) Well, I'll go with coax connection, crossover, 2 meters antenna cable and telescopic antenna with 57cm length and 22 ° tilt in the corner on 55 good, without crossover even 75 points. Who would have thought.
But be careful: even a 2 - 3 cm longer or shorter antenna extract or 5 degrees smaller or larger angles can be the signal strength by a whopping 20 - 30 'points' fall - unbelievable but true. That will not be any different with the wire antenna. So here is really Gedult asked.
Oh, nochwas for USB: The so-called manual can only mystery out about compatibility of USB devices. Propt failed my first sticks also their service - and I was pissed. The enthaltete in the guidance note on the Sony site, of course, turned out to be completely useless. Then I had the idea, it could be due to the file system of the Stick: previously were formatted in FAT32 and I formatted on FAT order (ie FAT16, goes with any PC File Manager from the context menu of the right mouse button: but back up data first) - and behold, now they work.
Needless to say that a corresponding note in the manual is missing. Therefore it contains very useful tips such as the following, which I would like to quote briefly literally because of their entertainment value:
"Troubleshooting - No sound:
# If the speaker + and - short-circuited?
# Use only the supplied speakers?
# If the ventilation holes of the system blocked by something?
# The specified station may send currently not. "
That's it then on the subject.
Conclusion: If the receiving conditions (and without 'junk box') has quickly bad cards with the device. Quality improving expandability like. better boxes or antennas are not provided by house, but possible with a little technical skill.
For this you get a DAB +, CD and MP3 system, which fully covers the usual applications in house and home, for relatively little money. Since it falls a also not hard to to purchase sometime something new, when the DAB technology is mature and available.
Noteworthy is not least the audio in jack (3.5mm mini jack), leave on the many radio and dubbing and listen receivers in digital quality (television). This gives you even in the worst antenna ratios nor an alternative for first-class radio enjoyment.
