Thanks, Vimal, for giving us some helpful advice from Thomas at SWLing:
"While I’m very pleased with my PL-880, I would encourage many readers to consider waiting a couple of months before making the purchase. Many of the PL-880 early adopters have felt a bit like Beta testers–admittedly, I’ve felt this way as well–but with time, I imagine many of the 880 quirks will be ironed-out by Tecsun."
Video: PL-880 soft muting on SSB
Posted on December 21, 2013 by Thomas
http://swling.com/blog/2013/12/video-pl-880-soft-muting-on-ssb/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSwlingPost+%28The+SWLing+Post%29
I'll wait a bit. I can live with the 750 for now.
Posted by: RadioFlynn | December 23, 2013 at 07:50 AM
A couple of months is not enough, that's b/c there's a lot of 880 radios in the pipeline, wait a year.
Posted by: Tom Welch | December 23, 2013 at 03:11 PM
Tim writes:
“Just got back with my PL-880 from Kaito. It took about 5 seconds to update the firmware (they let me watch). Tecsun sent them a little silver box with a cord that plugs into the radio just below the LCD screen. After removing the face plate, they merely plug in the cord, press a button and voilà, the firmware is upgraded to 8820, and no more soft mute problems. They told me mine is the first one to get the update and it seems just great so far!
I asked if they will be updating new radios before they ship, and they said, “of course, by all means.” [T]hey are now selling the radio with 8820 firmware. People who bought the radio before are also welcome to send theirs back for the upgrade.”
Kaito able to update PL-880 firmware in-house
Posted on December 24, 2013 by Thomas
http://swling.com/blog/2013/12/kaito-able-to-update-pl-880-firmware-in-house/
Posted by: Vimal | December 24, 2013 at 08:23 AM