Okay, I can help you with the 9 key, that's the control for the muting threshold so here's what you do assuming you want to turn that off which I'd imagine you do.
Hold down the 9 key for 4 seconds and then rotate any of the tuning knobs anti clockwise for say half a turn. Then press the 9 key again and that should do the trick. You also may wish to turn off noise reduction, this is done by holding down the 6 key for 4 seconds. On 3 Apr 2014, at 8:18 pm, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > I just got mine as well and its seems quite nice -- my environment is > not great -- two computers running, but the radio does very well in the > short wave and fm bands and the am is not bad at all. I was unable to > activate some of the hidden features, however -- holding down the 9 > key had no effect whatsoever. > > One nice feature is if you are using ssb the band controls cycle through > the ham bands, if you switch to normal the band selector cycles through > the broadcast ones. > > > Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > >> I've had the radio for 8 hours and I'm utterly delighted with my purchase, >> here are a few observations I've made about the radio. >> >> Firstly this set is not a "killer" set when it comes to Medium wave >> sensitivity though its far from dreadful so if you're looking for a good >> performing AM set and not bothered with Short Wave, SSB and CW then your >> money would be perhaps better spent on the CCrane 2E AM/FM radio. The Pl880 >> is squarely aimed at the traveller and AM reception through this radio >> should be good enough in 99% of cases but its on the Short Wave, SSB/CW and >> on FM that this receiver shines. >> >> Having said all that however the audio quality on the AM broadcast band is >> far better than a lot of similar sized portables on the market thanks to the >> selectible Band width filter which can be adjusted between 2.4 and 9KHZ thus >> giving superb quality for audio on AM stations which permit it - most in >> Australia do <smile>. >> >> Short Wave reception his hot on the built-in telescopic whip which is >> reasonably long and very thin at the top end so be careful with it. >> >> The PL880 charges from a USB socket and takes around 3 hours to charge the >> lythium-ion battery. >> >> Sound from the internal speaker is something which puts similar portable >> radios of the same size to absolute shame, in particular the Sony >> ICF-sw7600G and GR sets sound like paper compared to the PL880. >> >> 2 tuning knobs are presented, one for fast and one for slow tuning, they >> have a nice thick smooth feel to them, just like tuning an older 60s style >> analogue radio. >> >> More notes to come as I play and explore. >> >> >> >> ********** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> >> > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > cov...@ccs.covici.com > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
