{"id":8278,"date":"2013-12-12T15:42:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T19:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8278"},"modified":"2013-12-12T16:05:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T20:05:48","slug":"tecsun-pl-880-how-to-fix-the-audio-level-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/tecsun-pl-880-how-to-fix-the-audio-level-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecsun PL-880: How to fix the audio level problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"photo<\/a>As more and more people are beginning to receive their Tecsun PL-880s, I’m receiving emails and noticing comments regarding an “audio level problem.”<\/p>\n

Here’s the symptom: when you tune your brand new PL-880 to a relatively weak station on AM or shortwave, the audio level jumps from low to high in what seems like a random pattern. \u00a0It’s very annoying<\/em>.\u00a0Like me, many assume they have received a faulty unit–some have even sent their new PL-880 back for refund.<\/p>\n

In reality, the PL-880 is simply following a default muting threshold level and the audio is responding accordingly.<\/strong>\u00a0Fortunately, there’s an easy fix for this<\/a><\/strong>–you won’t find it in your owner’s manual, but you will find it in one of the first PL-880 posts I published:<\/p>\n

Hidden feature: Adjusting the Tecsun PL-880 muting threshold<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope Tecsun will start shipping their PL-880s with the threshold set to “00” or off. \u00a0It would certainly lead to less confusion and frustration.<\/p>\n

You can follow all Tecsun PL-880 updates by bookmarking\/checking this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As more and more people are beginning to receive their Tecsun PL-880s, I’m receiving emails and noticing comments regarding an “audio level problem.” Here’s the symptom: when you tune your brand new PL-880 to a relatively weak station on AM or shortwave, the audio level jumps from low to high in what seems like a […]<\/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":[836,3,139,26,43],"tags":[2065,479,2066,2411,2325,2340,2410,2412],"class_list":["post-8278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radio-modifications","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-pl-880","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-880","tag-tecsun-pl-880-audio-problem","tag-tecsun-pl-880-availability","tag-tecsun-pl-880-ebay","tag-tecsun-pl-880-muting-threshold","tag-tecsun-pl-880-volume-problem"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-29w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8289,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/important-note-about-tecsun-pl-880-firmware-versions\/","url_meta":{"origin":8278,"position":0},"title":"Important note about Tecsun PL-880 firmware versions","author":"Thomas","date":"December 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems that there are some important differences emerging between PL-880 firmware versions. You may have noted that the PL-880 I reviewed yesterday has a firmware version of 8820. I purchased my PL-880 through eBay seller, Anon-Co. 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