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SE versions comes with Isofix child seat points, privacy glass, LED daytime running lights, front fog lights, DAB digital radio, Bluetooth, cruise control with speed limiter, a leather steering wheel with multi-functional controls, an eight-speaker sound system and rear parking sensors, as well as 17-inch alloys.

A DAB radio is now standard across the X-Trail range, while the autonomous emergency braking gains pedestrian detection. A

Customer feedback has led to improvements in the X-Trail’s two other infotainment systems. DAB digital radio is standard for the first time, while the NissanConnect touch-screen satellite navigation unit (standard from N-Connecta,) features a smart new user interface that’s more app-like in appearance.

The Hyundai KONA Urban SUVs includes DAB digital radio and a multimedia system with an 8-inch color touchscreen.

NRK stations on the FM network in Eastern Norway were closed Wednesday at 11.11. The closure of the national FM network will end in Troms and Finnmark on 13 December. When the FM network is turned off, Norway will become the first country in the world without FM bands.

The digital radio switch over is continuing regionally across Norway. Closure of the national FM network will end in Troms and Finnmark on 13 December 2017. Here, click on the map to check DAB coverage wherever you are.

With 50 million receivers now sold, DAB radio is popular in Norway, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and is growing in Poland, Belgium and France. In Norway, DAB receivers are now supplied in 98% of new cars, in 88% in the UK, and 66% in Switzerland. During the WorldDAB session at IBC2017, Patrick Hannon, President WorldDAB, reaffirmed the call from EU authorities to halt the sales of analogue-only radio receivers in Europe.

At 11.11 on 20 September 2017 NRK switched off FM signals in Oslo, Akershus, Østfold and Vestfold. For 95.4 percent of the population, NRK's ​​channels are now only available on DAB.

DAB+ was very present at IFA and the Frankfurt Motor Show. During these events, announcements were made as part of the continued deployment of this technology. In Germany, 2.5 million daily listeners listen to the radio in DAB +, while 11 million households are equipped. That's 14% of the daily audience, more than the Internet or radio listening through TV.

Radio broadcasters continue to look to Norway with great interest after FM was switched off in favor of DAB+ digital radio. Currently, over 64 per cent of Norwegians listen to radio every day. Exactly one year ago, the figure was 67.1 percent. "The figures can not be interpreted differently the transition from VHF to DAB + is a success," says Ole Jørgen Torvmark, CEO of Digital Radio Norway.