{"id":9507,"date":"2014-06-08T06:21:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T10:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9507"},"modified":"2019-10-06T08:43:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T12:43:43","slug":"complete-list-of-tecsun-pl-880-hidden-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/complete-list-of-tecsun-pl-880-hidden-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete list of Tecsun PL-880 hidden features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8336\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post.jpg\" alt=\"Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post\" width=\"637\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post.jpg 637w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post-100x47.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the advice of several <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers, I have compiled\u00a0a complete list of Tecsun PL-880 hidden features with how-to links:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tecsun PL-880 Hidden Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<li><a title=\"Hidden feature: The Tecsun PL-880 has a sync detector\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-the-tecsun-pl-880-has-a-sync-detector\/\">USB\/LSB selectable synchronous detector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hidden feature: Adjusting the Tecsun PL-880 muting threshold\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-adjusting-the-tecsun-pl-880-muting-threshold\/\">Adjusting muting threshold<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Video: Tecsun PL-880 vs. PL-660, using the hidden DNR feature\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/video-tecsun-pl-880-vs-pl-660-using-the-hidden-dnr-feature\/\">Enabling DNR function<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tecsun PL-880: How to display firmware version\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/tecsun-pl-880-how-to-display-firmware-version\/\">Displaying firmware version<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hidden feature: Adjusting the Tecsun PL-880 FM de-emphasis\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-adjusting-the-tecsun-pl-880-fm-de-emphasis\/\">Adjusting FM de-emphasis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hidden feature: Changing the line-out level on the Tecsun PL-880\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-changing-the-line-out-level-on-the-tecsun-pl-880\/\">Changing line-out level<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hidden feature: Adding seconds to the Tecsun PL-880 clock\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-adding-seconds-to-the-tecsun-pl-880-clock\/\">Adding seconds display to clock\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hidden feature: Calibrating the Tecsun PL-880 on medium wave\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-calibrating-the-tecsun-pl-880-on-medium-wave\/\">Calibrating medium wave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hidden feature: Displaying the Tecsun PL-880 date of manufacture\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-displaying-the-tecsun-pl-880-date-of-manufacture\/\">Displaying date of manufacture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Calibrating the PL-880\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/video-calibrating-the-tecsun-pl-880-for-zero-beat-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calibrating the Tecsun PL-880 for zero-beat operation<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Alternate method:\u00a0<a title=\"Calibrating the PL-880\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/hidden-feature-calibrating-the-tecsun-pl-880-for-zero-beat-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calibrating the Tecsun PL-880 for zero-beat operation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Forcing the Tecsun PL-880 to use an external antenna on MW\/LW\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/forcing-the-tecsun-pl-880-to-use-an-external-antenna-on-mwlw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forcing the Tecsun PL-880 to use an external antenna on MW\/LW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"PL-880 Hidden Feature: Adjusting FM muting threshold\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/pl-880-hidden-feature-adjusting-fm-muting-threashold\/\">Adjusting FM muting threshold<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/gary-discovers-a-way-to-lock-narrow-filters-on-the-tecsun-pl-880\/\">Locking filter width while tuning<\/a>\u00a0(new)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tecsun-PL-880-Hidden-Features-Firmware-8820-v1.0.pdf\">New:\u00a0Click here to download Cap Tux&#8217;s reference\u00a0sheet as a PDF.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PL-880-v.2.pdf\">Click here to download Troy Riedel&#8217;s update to the reference sheet<\/a><em>\u00a0[09 February 2017].<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PL880.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to download S. Thomas Bradley&#8217;s hidden features booklet.<\/a> <em>[06 October 2019]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you notice a missing hidden feature or know of an alternate version, please <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a>\u00a0or comment on this post\u00a0and I will add it. I will continue to add to this post over time.\u00a0<em>Many thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the advice of several SWLing Post readers, I have compiled\u00a0a complete list of Tecsun PL-880 hidden features with how-to links: Tecsun PL-880 Hidden Features: USB\/LSB selectable synchronous detector Adjusting muting threshold Enabling DNR function Displaying firmware version Adjusting FM de-emphasis Changing line-out level Adding seconds display to clock\u00a0 Calibrating medium wave Displaying date of [&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":true,"_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":[627,3,26,129,43],"tags":[3004,3003,2065,479,2066,3002,2380],"class_list":["post-9507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","tag-list-of-tecsun-pl-880-easter-eggs","tag-list-of-tecun-pl-880-hidden-features","tag-pl-880","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-880","tag-tecsun-pl-880-easter-eggs","tag-tecsun-pl-880-hidden-features"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2tl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11932,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/hidden-features-reference-sheet-for-the-tecsun-pl-880\/","url_meta":{"origin":9507,"position":0},"title":"Hidden features reference sheet for the Tecsun PL-880","author":"Thomas","date":"January 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Cap Tux, for creating this excellent--printable--reference sheet for the Tecsun PL-880.\u00a0Click here to download this sheet as a PDF. Note that I have also added this download to our complete list of Tecsun PL-880 hidden features.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AVPageView 142015 103139 PM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AVPageView-142015-103139-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AVPageView-142015-103139-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AVPageView-142015-103139-PM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24079,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/troy-updates-the-tecsun-pl-880-hidden-features-reference-sheet\/","url_meta":{"origin":9507,"position":1},"title":"Troy updates the Tecsun PL-880 hidden features reference sheet","author":"Thomas","date":"February 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who has recently added the hidden bandwidth adjustment feature to Cap Tux's excellent PL-880 reference sheet. Here are links to download the updated sheet: PDF MS Word I will also add this to the\u00a0Complete list of Tecsun PL-880 hidden features page: a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;How To&quot;","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PL-880-Tuning-Bug.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PL-880-Tuning-Bug.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PL-880-Tuning-Bug.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8158,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-adding-seconds-to-the-tecsun-pl-880-clock\/","url_meta":{"origin":9507,"position":2},"title":"Hidden feature: Adding seconds to the Tecsun PL-880 clock","author":"Thomas","date":"December 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A very simple hidden feature: by turning off your Tecsun PL-880, then pressing and holding the number 8 on the keypad, you can turn on the PL-880 clock seconds display. Use the same process to toggle between settings. Be warned that this free feature will not buy you extra time.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tecsun PL-880 clock display showing seconds","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8335,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/hidden-feature-displaying-the-tecsun-pl-880-date-of-manufacture\/","url_meta":{"origin":9507,"position":3},"title":"Hidden feature: Displaying the Tecsun PL-880 date of manufacture","author":"Thomas","date":"December 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to SWLing Post reader, Tim, we know how to display (what we believe is) the date of manufacture for your Tecsun PL-880: 1.) 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