Review on Tecsun PL880 Portable Digital PLL Dual Conversion AM/FM, Longwave & Shortwave Radio with SSB (Single Side Band) Reception - Silver by Virot Reangtong ᠌

Name: Tecsun PL880 Portable Digital PLL Dual Conversion AM/FM, Longwave &amp; Shortwave Radio with SSB (Single Side Band) Reception - Silver
Item: Tecsun PL880 Portable Digital PLL Dual Conversion AM/FM, Longwave &amp; Shortwave Radio with SSB (Single Side Band) Reception - Silver
Rating: 3

December 20, 2022

It has some flaws but the product is usable.

I do not recommend to buy. It seems that the product is far from serial, but is assembled on its knees (I did not check the quality of the installation, so as not to spoil the protective seal). The presence of a reset hole with the following wording in the manual: "If the device does not function properly, you can reset it by inserting a pointed object (for example, a paper clip) into the reset hole and pressing the [RESET] button with it" indicates software flaws . On Ali, the same receivers are cheaper, I think that from there.

Pros

Pretty good sound for this format. The presence of ssb and five IF filters in the DCMV, in fact, only bought because of these functions. Pretty handy control panel.

Cons

On the fourth day, the backlight of the indicator began to live its own life, or rather it was the following. In the "on" mode, the backlight always works, but in the "auto-off" mode, the backlight began to blink, which began to annoy and automatic auto-off did not occur. As a result, I had to return the receiver. I didn't expect the same. It took 5 days to understand that for such money the quality leaves much to be desired. I also did not like that there is no backlighting of the buttons, in the dark it is extremely inconvenient. I was also surprised by the hole for resetting the settings to the factory settings (like with routers), which seemed more than strange to me for this kind of device.