{"id":39713,"date":"2019-09-17T08:41:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39713"},"modified":"2019-09-17T08:41:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:41:41","slug":"jims-pl-880-loses-audio-on-fm-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/jims-pl-880-loses-audio-on-fm-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim\u2019s PL-880 loses audio on FM band"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/i> contributor, Jim Krause, who writes seeking an explanation about a problem he\u2019s experiencing with his Tecsun PL-880:<\/p>\n

Tescum PL-880 Problem: The speaker will not output any sound when in the FM band.<\/p>\n

The speaker outputs sound fine when in all other bands (AM, SW, etc.). When switched into the FM band, the tuner still works and outputs sound through the headphone jack- just not through the speaker, which just emits soft ticking sounds. The tuner itself and all other features seem to work fine- it just won\u2019t output sound through the speaker when in FM mode.<\/p>\n

FYI It was working fine until I had it plugged into a solar USB charger while listening to FM.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope someone here might be able to shed some light on the problem you\u2019re experiencing. I do know that my buddy, Vlado, could address this issue but perhaps it\u2019s not one that will require a technician.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m guessing this might be futile, but try doing a full reset of the PL-880. This is typically the first step in troubleshooting a Tecsun radio:<\/p>\n

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Simply use a paper clip to press and hold the recessed reset button above.<\/p>\n

Readers: If you have suggestions or advice for Jim, please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jim Krause, who writes seeking an explanation about a problem he\u2019s experiencing with his Tecsun PL-880: Tescum PL-880 Problem: The speaker will not output any sound when in the FM band. The speaker outputs sound fine when in all other bands (AM, SW, etc.). When switched into the FM […]<\/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":[627,3,43],"tags":[8007,2065,479,2066],"class_list":["post-39713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-jim-krause","tag-pl-880","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-880"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-akx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8241,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-changing-the-line-out-level-on-the-tecsun-pl-880\/","url_meta":{"origin":39713,"position":0},"title":"Hidden feature: Changing the line-out level on the Tecsun PL-880","author":"Thomas","date":"December 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Joost, for discovering and sharing yet another hidden feature of the Tecsun PL-880. 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