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If you have a car stereo you don't want to replace yet you'd like DAB, Pure's Highway 300Di comes to the rescue. Piggybacking off an existing auxiliary line in or FM radio, it adds DAB radio reception, iPod connectivity, USB memory support, and auxiliary analogue line input. Its innovative aerial gives great DAB reception, you can store 30 presets, and you can even pause the signal. The unit will even play (or pause) when the keys are out of the ignition, so you can listen in the park or pause a DAB radio broadcast whilst you leave the vehicle unattended. A single DIN head unit would be cheaper, but if you don't want to use this the Highway 300Di is a great alternative.

Overall

9/10

By James Morris
Reviewed 28 December 2011

Price as reviewed

£179.99

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Reviewed by James Morris
28 December 2011

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Pure Highway 300Di details

Design: 9/10
Features: 9/10
Sound Quality: 9/10
Usability: 9/10
Value: 8/10
Overall: 9/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

Fits virtually any car
Great DAB radio reception
iPhone and USB connectivity

Cons

Requires professional installation
Cheaper single-DIN head units are available

Price as reviewed

£179.99

Manufacturer

Pure

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Just got this fitted. An excellent product. Good value too considering its also an excellent ipod/iphone dock. Whilst docked my iphone charges and can still receive and make calls via my cars bluetooth. The reception quality is much better than with the old style Pure Highway as it uses an active external aerial. I was concerned that this external aerial would big and obtrusive but on the contrary its quite small and I barely notice it from inside or outside the car. It can be unscrewed if you really want too but I won't be doing this often. Also I understand you can use a sticky windscreen mounted internal aerial if you don't want an external aerial but this will mean poorer reception. The new control unit is also neat, small, attractive and the user interface and screen are much improved vs the old Highway. Using an ipod/iphone with the control unit is easy and it is quite fast scrolling through artists/tracks etc. Overall I am very pleased and Halfords did an excellent job with the fitting so that all cables are concealed. What I like about this device is that if you sell your car you can transfer it to your new one without having done any damage/changes to your old car and keep the radio/interior as spec. My only concern is how the external aerial will wear as it is stuck onto the windscreen although it also uses a magnetic strip to connect to the roof to help secure it. This is my 3rd PURE product and all of them are first class, this is the best of the lot and a lot of thought has gone into its design. I recommend looking at the installation instructions if you have any concerns about getting fitted to your car: http://support.pure.com/attachment_files.php?id=517

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