LW Shortwave Radio: Dual Speakers & MP3 Player, Black - The Ultimate Audio Solution by Kio Flyx ᠌

Name: Tecsun PL398MP DSP Digital AM/FM/LW Shortwave Radio: Dual Speakers & MP3 Player, Black - The Ultimate Audio Solution
Item: Tecsun PL398MP DSP Digital AM/FM/LW Shortwave Radio: Dual Speakers & MP3 Player, Black - The Ultimate Audio Solution
Rating: 4

January 27, 2023

No complaints, I recommend the product for purchase.

At first there were two of them (I bought one for my wife, the other for my mother). One of them every month, or even more often, hung up, ceasing to respond to any buttons. The only way to revive it is to remove the power supplies, wait until the LCD display is clear of inscriptions (in about an hour - you can see a capacitive capacitor inside), and only then insert it back. After 3 years of operation, he finally died. The second one of the same kind did not hang up so often (about once a year), but after the first one died, the second one gradually stopped hanging. Now he has been working for the 8th year. So I'm upgrading my rating from 3 to 4. Recently I bought the same third one, because, having tried many others, I did not find any cheaper one on the modern market with the same confident reception of all the radio stations I need.

Pros

1. There is VHF. 2. Digital tuning, memorize settings, easy to switch between channels with the wheel. 3. Confident reception, including outside the city. Cheaper receivers are only for strong radio stations (for example, those that are cheaper than 4 thousand, the Ekho Moskvy and Grad Petrov radios reproduce with strong noise even within the boundaries of St. Petersburg, but this one is clean!). 4. Acceptable sound quality. 5. Lightweight, compact.

Cons

1. Sometimes freezes. 2. Too many functions, too complex and non-obvious control, an abundance of buttons on both sides creates a risk of accidentally pressing the wrong one. For example, you can accidentally activate the sleep timer, but to turn it off, you need to study the instructions - the necessary sequence of actions is not obvious. 3. One of the three purchased copies was short-lived. 4. Quite expensive (but the reception quality is worth it).