{"id":35555,"date":"2019-01-13T08:03:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T12:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35555"},"modified":"2019-01-13T08:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T12:05:42","slug":"tivdio-v-115-simple-modification-to-abate-internally-generated-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/tivdio-v-115-simple-modification-to-abate-internally-generated-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"Tivdio V-115: Simple modification to abate internally-generated noise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26081\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115-768x657.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115-624x534.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Marc Thomas, who shares a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/users.skynet.be\/myspace\/Tivdio-v115\/tivdio.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this site which describes modifications to eliminate the Tivdio V-115&#8217;s internal noise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, the author made two small mods:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/tivdio-v115-mod1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35556\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/tivdio-v115-mod1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/tivdio-v115-mod1.jpg 508w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/tivdio-v115-mod1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decouple the power\/battery with an electrolytic capacitor of around 10uF soldered to the battery connector inside the radio (see photo above)<\/li>\n<li>The author also\u00a0grounded the speaker, but didn&#8217;t test to see if this alone had any positive impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could not find contact details for the author of this mod, so I hope they don&#8217;t mind the fact I shared it here on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the Tivdio V-115 is also known as the\u00a0Audiomax SRW-710S and Kaimeda SRW-710S (and likely rebadged as a number of other models).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/tivdio-v-115-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read reviews of this radio.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em>Retailers:<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5338182929&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=shortwave+dsp+v-115&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search eBay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2EVW5h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.com (affiliate link)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Marc Thomas, who shares a link to this site which describes modifications to eliminate the Tivdio V-115&#8217;s internal noise. In a nutshell, the author made two small mods: Decouple the power\/battery with an electrolytic capacitor of around 10uF soldered to the battery connector inside the radio (see photo above) [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,139,43],"tags":[5719,7529,7486,4331,7188,6208],"class_list":["post-35555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-modifications","category-shortwave-radio","tag-audiomax-srw-710s","tag-kaimeda-srw-710s","tag-marc-thomas","tag-modifications","tag-radio-modifications","tag-tivdio-v-115"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9ft","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35591,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/tivdio-v-115-audiomax-srw-710s-keith-approves-of-everything-save-battery-performance\/","url_meta":{"origin":35555,"position":0},"title":"Tivdio V-115\/Audiomax\u00a0 SRW-710S: Keith approves of everything save battery performance","author":"Thomas","date":"January 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Keith Stephens, who writes: Regarding the Audiomax\u00a0 SRW-710S\u00a0 radio. I was very pleasantly surprised at more than one aspect of this radio.\u00a0 First, it sounds like something with a much larger speaker.\u00a0 It has the base capability of at least a 6\" speaker.\u00a0 My favorite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Audiomax-SRW-710S-Midwinter-Broadcast-Field-e1505472496268.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Audiomax-SRW-710S-Midwinter-Broadcast-Field-e1505472496268.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Audiomax-SRW-710S-Midwinter-Broadcast-Field-e1505472496268.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Audiomax-SRW-710S-Midwinter-Broadcast-Field-e1505472496268.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35034,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/radio-deal-retekess-v115-tivdio-v-115-audiomax-srw-710s\/","url_meta":{"origin":35555,"position":1},"title":"Radio Deal: Retekess V115\/Tivdio V-115\/Audiomax SRW-710S","author":"Thomas","date":"December 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Retekess V115 (A.K.A.\u00a0Tivdio V-115 & Audiomax SRW-710S) price has been lowered to\u00a0$19.99 US shipped on Amazon.com. Click here to read our previous reviews of this radio.\u00a0The V-115 makes for a great portable broadcast receiver\/recorder and has very pleasant audio--certainly a benchmark performer in the sub $25 category. It's a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-5.24.00-AM-1024x382.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-5.24.00-AM-1024x382.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-5.24.00-AM-1024x382.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28824,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/dave-reviews-the-tivdio-v-115\/","url_meta":{"origin":35555,"position":2},"title":"Dave reviews the Tivdio V-115","author":"Thomas","date":"October 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who notes that he has published a review of the Tivdio V-115 on his website. Dave's conclusion? This little receiver is a \"Decent Low Cost Pocket Set.\" I would whole-heartedly agree. I mean, this little radio is widely available on\u00a0Amazon\u00a0and\u00a0eBay\u00a0for around\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26076,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/tom-reviews-the-tivdio-v-115\/","url_meta":{"origin":35555,"position":3},"title":"Tom reviews the Tivdio V-115","author":"Thomas","date":"May 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Stiles, who\u00a0notes that he's recently posted a video review of the Tivdio V-115 on his YouTube channel. He added that the V-115 is an, \"amazing little shortwave radio with many functions including MP3 recording.\" Check out Tom's review via the embedded player or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tivdio-V-115.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42509,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/martin-is-pleased-with-the-retekess-tivdio-v-115-a-k-a-audiomax-srw-710s\/","url_meta":{"origin":35555,"position":4},"title":"Martin is pleased with the Retekess\/Tivdio V-115 (a.k.a. Audiomax SRW-710S)","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Martin, who shares the following comment: Ok, this comment might be a little bit too late, but what the heck, SW radios are way more too old so. I\u2019m 46 and as a little kid, my first \u201celectronic\u201d device was a National or Panasonic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Tivdio-Audiomax-Voice-of-Greece-9420-1024x633.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Tivdio-Audiomax-Voice-of-Greece-9420-1024x633.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Tivdio-Audiomax-Voice-of-Greece-9420-1024x633.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28334,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/more-positive-reviews-of-the-tivdio-v-115-audiomax-srw-710s\/","url_meta":{"origin":35555,"position":5},"title":"More positive reviews of the Tivdio V-115 &#038; Audiomax SRW-710S","author":"Thomas","date":"September 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I received yet another positive comment about the Tivdio V-115 (a.k.a. Audiomax SRW-710S). This little radio is widely available on Amazon\u00a0and\u00a0eBay for around $19.00 - 25.00 US including shipping. \u00a0About as inexpensive as a radio gets.\u00a0Both Troy Riedel and Tom Stiles gave it an overall positive review. 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