{"id":32671,"date":"2018-06-04T10:04:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32671"},"modified":"2018-06-04T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:04:30","slug":"patronx-titus-sdr-receiver-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/patronx-titus-sdr-receiver-update\/","title":{"rendered":"PatronX Titus SDR receiver update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A number of SWLing Post<\/em> readers have been asking about the status of the Titus II portable DRM\/SDR radio. I’ve been checking the project website<\/a>, but had not seen an update in a long time, so I contacted the company. Mike, with PantronX, kindly replied with the following update:<\/p>\n

As you might be aware, we have joined up with Fraunhofer to include their MMPlayer app standard on Titus<\/a>–what a difference a professional decoder, for both analog, DRM(+), and DAB(+), makes! MMPlayer is full featured even including reliable one way file downloads with DRM.<\/p>\n

We are attempting also to license HD to include on the app for North America, making a truly worldwide receiver. Some deficiencies in our version of Android have caused issues as well as MMPlayer. All of which have caused delays leading to some serious business decisions – as you can imagine. You are correct that broadcasters have made large orders that will be fulfilled first. There are units in the field testing and such and continuing resolution of the software issues.<\/p>\n

One of the issues that folks seem to have a hard time understanding is that we can not just build a few hundred or even thousands of units. Our minimum run is 10,000pcs! To do that everything has to be 100% – including the software. We simply will not ship units that are not 100%. Titus works, MMPlayer works – its that last 5% that takes the most time to resolve. These facts preclude any incremental production attempts. All that being said, we are very hopeful that the first production run is ready by last quarter of this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for the update, Mike!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A number of SWLing Post readers have been asking about the status of the Titus II portable DRM\/SDR radio. I’ve been checking the project website, but had not seen an update in a long time, so I contacted the company. 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Mike said the self-contained SDR portable will include \"SoapySDR as the interface to make it much easier to roll your own SDR app.\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DRM"","block_context":{"text":"DRM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/drm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PantronX-Titus-II-e1484488848778.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PantronX-Titus-II-e1484488848778.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PantronX-Titus-II-e1484488848778.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PantronX-Titus-II-e1484488848778.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26472,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/pantronx-titus-ii-drm-receiver-june-2017-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":32671,"position":1},"title":"PantronX Titus II DRM receiver June 2017 update","author":"Thomas","date":"June 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ed, who writes: Here's an update on the PantronX Titus II DRM boombox from Mike at PantronX: \"We are first fulfilling large orders from international broadcasters. Individual orders most likely are late fall. If you preordered someone will contact you when the order comes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DRM"","block_context":{"text":"DRM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/drm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Titus-II-PantronX-1024x561.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Titus-II-PantronX-1024x561.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Titus-II-PantronX-1024x561.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20776,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/the-pantronx-titus-ii-a-new-drm-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":32671,"position":2},"title":"The PantronX Titus II: A New DRM Receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"August 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I had heard rumors that a new DRM receiver was in the works, but had not yet seen any specifications. 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