HD Radio multicast tuning (HD2 & HD3 channels)

Operations Manager Steve Sisson demonstrates tuning in the Sheridan Media HD Multicast channels using a Boston Recepter HD Radio

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Science & Technology

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• HD
• Radio
• digital
• multicast
• HD2
• HD3
• Boston
• Recepter
• high
• def
• defintion
• hi-def
• channels
• hybrid
• demonstration

[Sundancer213]

I brought this HD Radio on E bay the plug was loose. did anyone eles have this problem!

[sheridanmedia]

If you are referring to the type-F FM antenna input then I have the same problem. The FM antenna input on this model is not very secure and can be pulled loose. That happened to this one when it fell off of a shelf.

[jackwolf131]

AM sounds like FM.  and FM sounds like i'm listening to my CD player

[sheridanmedia]

Yes, it is definitely the best sounding of all the digital radio broadcast systems. The compression artifacts on satellite radio are very noticeable to me even on the music channels. As long as the source material is good, FM HD Radio can sound almost as good as a CD. Unfortunately, many radio stations use audio files that have been converted to MP3, thereby reducing the sound quality before the audio even gets to the HD Radio encoder.

[Sundancer213]

Now I Have internet Radio.

[xmaddict]

Is this your station? KYTI? Love the country music

[bratina501]

I might have to listen for those HD stations next time I get an E-skip opening to Wyoming. The system is actually quite robust which impresses me given some digital standards don't hold up well. Many AM and FM DXers such as myself all over the country have reported reception of HD through E-skip and other means. I have even heard HD Radio DX on the same frequencies as local FM stations, one of which being less than 20 miles away and running 100,000 watts!

[sheridanmedia]

Digital Radio Mondiale is basically the European counterpart to AM HD Radio in the US. While not identical, the two systems are very similar and have most of the same pros and cons.

[Lachlant1984]

Could you please describe what DRM IMO is and what it does?

[sheridanmedia]

The timing issues have been resolved and in the new video I uploaded today you will not hear the audio jump when the radio switches from analog to digital.

[sheridanmedia]

HD Radio is commonly described as making AM sound like FM and making FM sound like CD. I think this is an accurate way to describe it. It definitely has less audible compression than satellite radio, and is much cleaner and clearer than analog radio.