{"id":35591,"date":"2019-01-16T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35591"},"modified":"2019-01-14T09:43:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T13:43:27","slug":"tivdio-v-115-audiomax-srw-710s-keith-approves-of-everything-save-battery-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/tivdio-v-115-audiomax-srw-710s-keith-approves-of-everything-save-battery-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tivdio V-115\/Audiomax\u00a0 SRW-710S: Keith approves of everything save battery performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Audiomax-SRW-710S-Midwinter-Broadcast-Field-e1505472496268.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28337\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Audiomax-SRW-710S-Midwinter-Broadcast-Field-e1505472496268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Keith Stephens, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Regarding the Audiomax\u00a0 SRW-710S\u00a0 radio.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8243; speaker.\u00a0 My favorite FM music station comes from a mountaintop repeater over 70 miles away.\u00a0 The 710S is one of two radios I have tried through the years that brings it in clear and clean.\u00a0 The other is a much bigger more expensive radio.\u00a0 And of course, the voice quality of the local AM talk shows is excellent.\u00a0 I lost my instruction booklet (as usual) but I do want to record the FM station for times when I am out of range.<\/p>\n<p>It is a pity that I have to tell of a bad shortcoming on this wonderful radio.\u00a0 Alas, I couldn&#8217;t believe it the first time it died at the end of three hours.\u00a0 I thought I had a bad battery, but a fully charged new battery only lasts 3 hours!\u00a0 I would pay twice the price for the same radio if it had a better battery life.\u00a0 Please let me know if there is a better battery or the same radio with a larger battery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for your mini review, Keith! Admittedly, I&#8217;ve never tested the battery performance of this set because I typically use it for short (1 hour) recording sessions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/tivdio-v-115-review\/\">Click here to read other reviews of the Audiomax\u00a0 SRW-710S\/Tivdio V-115.<\/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,\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&#8243; speaker.\u00a0 My favorite FM music station comes from [&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":[3,26,129,43,154],"tags":[5719,7529,7538,4085,6208],"class_list":["post-35591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-audiomax-srw-710s","tag-kaimeda-srw-710s","tag-keith-stephens","tag-reviews","tag-tivdio-v-115"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9g3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35034,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/radio-deal-retekess-v115-tivdio-v-115-audiomax-srw-710s\/","url_meta":{"origin":35591,"position":0},"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. 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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\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\/2019\/01\/tivdio-v115-mod1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28334,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/more-positive-reviews-of-the-tivdio-v-115-audiomax-srw-710s\/","url_meta":{"origin":35591,"position":2},"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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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":35591,"position":4},"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":35591,"position":5},"title":"Martin is pleased with the Retekess\/Tivdio V-115 (a.k.a. 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