{"id":31454,"date":"2018-04-03T07:25:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T11:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31454"},"modified":"2018-04-03T07:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T11:25:26","slug":"video-band-scanning-with-the-c-crane-ccradio-ep-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/video-band-scanning-with-the-c-crane-ccradio-ep-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Band scanning with the C. Crane CCRadio-EP Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CCRadio-EP-Pro-Dial-e1521806501474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31319\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CCRadio-EP-Pro-Dial-e1521806501474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m in the process of writing up a review of the <strong>C. Crane CCRadio-EP Pro<\/strong>, but a number of readers have been asking about how pronounced muting is between frequencies while band scanning.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, the CCRadio-EP Pro is <em>not<\/em> a true analog set like the original <strong>CCRadio-EP<\/strong> (even though it looks like an analog set). The EP Pro is based on the\u00a0Silicon Labs SI4734 DSP chip, hence the frequency steps in 10 kHz increments and are not fluid\/seamless as they would on analog sets.<\/p>\n<p>Muting is more pronounced on the AM broadcast band than it is on the FM band. Here are two video demonstrations:<\/p>\n<h2>AM Band Scanning<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7c7W1pAFzII?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7c7W1pAFzII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>FM Band Scanning<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0eLbVPc7kW0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0eLbVPc7kW0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The audio &#8220;pop&#8221; that I note (when the CCRadio-EP Pro is first turned on) is bit annoying and can even be heard in nearby radios if they&#8217;re on. While doing my comparisons with the Sony ICF-5500W and the Tecsun PL-660, for example, the audio pop could be heard in both units as I turned on the EP Pro. I&#8217;m willing to bet this is only prevalent in the DSP chip version of the EP series.<\/p>\n<p>Follow CCRadio-EP Pro posts by bookmarking this tag:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/ccradio-ep-pro\">CCRadio-EP Pro<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccrane.com\/item\/rad_ccradio_cepro\/100100\/ccradio-ep_pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to check out the CCRadio-EP Pro on C. Crane\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in the process of writing up a review of the C. Crane CCRadio-EP Pro, but a number of readers have been asking about how pronounced muting is between frequencies while band scanning. To be clear, the CCRadio-EP Pro is not a true analog set like the original CCRadio-EP (even though it looks like an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3781,836,3,26,129,304],"tags":[318,6651,6917,6650,6944],"class_list":["post-31454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-videos","tag-c-crane","tag-c-crane-ccradio-ep-pro","tag-c-crane-ccradio-ep-pro-review","tag-ccradio-ep-pro","tag-silicon-labs-si4734"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8bk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31316,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/an-initial-look-at-the-c-crane-ccradio-ep-pro\/","url_meta":{"origin":31454,"position":0},"title":"An initial look at the C. 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