despise what you want, but I bought the Mk2 in the good faith that I'd get a better FM tuner than the one in the Mk1.
Even though the overall FM reception has improved, the mentioned RDS issues do really piss me off. And here in germany, ANY traffic station uses RDS, and the frequencies change every 20 miles...

Do try it, drive down the A7 during rush our, then realize that you didn't get any TA for the last hour, because the empeg fails to follow the frequencies during mp3 mode, then have a nice day in a traffic jam.

bye,
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