{"id":33724,"date":"2018-08-24T09:31:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T13:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33724"},"modified":"2018-08-24T09:31:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T13:31:35","slug":"bill-discovers-a-number-of-tecsun-s-8800-hidden-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/bill-discovers-a-number-of-tecsun-s-8800-hidden-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill discovers a number of Tecsun S-8800 Hidden Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Bill (WD9EQD), who writes:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve owned a Tecsun S-8800<\/a> for about eight months and have come to enjoy it more all the time. It, along with my PL-880<\/a>, have become my main work horses for shortwave listening.<\/p>\n

The S-8800 is perfect on the desk connected to a wire antenna and the PL-880 is perfect for carrying around.<\/p>\n

Since I knew of the hidden features of the PL-880, it got me thinking on whether the S-8800 had any hidden features.<\/p>\n

A quick Google search turned up the following Web Page:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/swli-05940-mi.blogspot.com\/2017\/03\/tecsun-s-8800-hidden-features.html<\/a><\/p>\n

I used Google Translate to get a rough translation and then spent some time testing the features out and also just pressing and holding buttons to see if anything else showed up.<\/p>\n

Following is what I have come up with:<\/p>\n

(Note: some of these are in the manual)<\/p>\n

With the radio off<\/h2>\n

Toggle Longwave on\/off:\u00a0<\/strong>With the Radio OFF,\u00a0Press & Hold 2<\/p>\n

Toggle backlight permanently on\/off:<\/strong> With the Radio OFF, Press & Hold 3\u00a0 – Note that this means the light will be on even when radio is off.\u00a0While the light does go out when radio is turned off, any operation of a control will turn the backlight on and it will then stay on.\u00a0Too bad they just didn\u2019t install a slide on\/off switch. Plus I know of no way to turn the backlight on permanently without the remote.<\/p>\n

Toggle Seconds display on\/off:<\/strong> With the Radio OFF,\u00a0 Press & Hold 8<\/p>\n

Displays \u201c0888\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Maybe this is version?: With the Radio OFF,\u00a0 Press & Hold \u201cBack\u201d<\/p>\n

Displays all segments of display:<\/strong> With the Radio OFF, Press & Hold \u201cAM NORM\u201d \u2013 Displays all segments of display. Press & Hold again to display \u201cH802\u201d<\/p>\n

With the radio on in FM mode<\/h2>\n

Displays \u201c75US\u201d:<\/strong> With the radio ON, Press & Hold 5<\/p>\n

Squelch Setting:<\/strong> With the radio ON, Press & Hold 9 \u2013 Range 0-5. Use Tuning Knob to set. Press 9 again to set.<\/p>\n

With the radio on in SW\/AM mode<\/h2>\n

Toggles Extended functions on\/off<\/strong>: With the radio ON, Press & Hold 4<\/p>\n

With extended functions on:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press & Hold 6 \u2013 Toggles DNR (Dynamic Noise Reduction) on\/off.<\/p>\n

Press & Hold 9 \u2013 Squelch Setting. Use Tunng Know to Set. Press 9 again to set.<\/p>\n

Squelch ranges:<\/strong><\/p>\n

MW: 0-40<\/p>\n

MW with USB\/LSB: 0-30<\/p>\n

SW: 0-25<\/p>\n

SW with USB\/LSB: 0-30<\/p>\n

So far that\u2019s all I\u2019ve been able to find. Has anyone else found any others?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> please comment if you’ve discovered other hidden features on the Tecsun S-8800! I’ll compile a complete list and post it separately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Bill (WD9EQD), who writes: I\u2019ve owned a Tecsun S-8800 for about eight months and have come to enjoy it more all the time. It, along with my PL-880, have become my main work horses for shortwave listening. The S-8800 is perfect on the desk connected to a wire antenna and […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,139,26,43],"tags":[6954,4397,479,4396,7240],"class_list":["post-33724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-modifications","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bill-hemphill-wd9eqd","tag-s-8800","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-s-8800","tag-tecsun-s-8800-hidden-features"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8LW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27791,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/video-shortwave-shootout-with-the-tecsun-s-8800\/","url_meta":{"origin":33724,"position":0},"title":"Video: Shortwave shootout with the Tecsun S-8800","author":"Thomas","date":"August 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"After enjoying an afternoon testing the Tecsun S-8800 on the Blue Ridge Parkway\u00a0this past weekend, I decided to return to the parkway yesterday and test the S-8800's shortwave performance. 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