Mine has the IR unit plugged into the back and a little square receiver attached next to the radio at the front. Certainly if I was replacing it I would get a version with the IR receiver built in.
Given that we are all supposed to be moving to DAB I would not buy anything other than a DAB system. The UK is supposed to be switching off FM broadcast in the next 4 years.
DAB works well in the Mog, but the "FM switch off" date is still years away. The Government keeps pushing it into the future. The last statement by the minister, made in 2015, was "not before 2020".
Why the delay?
People are not buying DAB radios, especially in cars, and there still are not DAB units to convert all models of car radio.
I was talking to one dealer who said that until the Government requires all cars sold to nave a DAB and not FM radio it won't properly happen.
Also, the transmitter coverage is still poor with big rural areas that have no coverage at all. I live on the fringe of 2 transmitter areas. In the front of the house the DAB radio picks up one transmitter, in the back another and there is half second time difference between the signals which is really irritating. So we stick with FM.
