Tecsun PL-880 - Page 2

Due to different firmware versions not all of these features
will work on every PL-880. These features work on my PL-
880.
SYSTEM SETTINGS (In Power On Mode)
[4] ADDLTIONAL FEATURES ON/OFF
In order to use some of the outlined additional features it is
necessary to turn on the ADDITIONAL FEATURES option.
Select either [AM] or SW. Press & hold the [4] button until
“ON” or “OFF” appears on the display..
[5] SETTING THE FM DE-EMPHASIS OPTION
Broadcasters pre-emphasize some FM audio frequencies
by this amount. De-emphasis attenuates the FM frequen-
cies back to normal on your receiver. The purpose is to
improve signal-to-noise.
Select [FM] then press & hold the [5] button until “50” or “75”
appears on the display. Set to 50 uS for Europe or 75 uS
for the USA.
[6] DIGITAL NOISE REDUCTION (DNR) ON/OFF
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Press & hold the [6] button until “ON” or “OFF” appears on
the display. Press [6] again to change the setting. Note that
the narrow band-pass filters do NOT staying set while
tuning if DNR is turned ON.
[7] LINE OUT LEVEL
Select [AM] or [FM]. Press & hold the [7] button until the
current line out level is displayed. Use the TUNING knob to
set a level between 30 - 63. This only works on the AM and
FM bands and not on the SW bands.
[9] ADJUSTING THE MUTING THRESHOLD
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Select the [FM], [AM/MW]
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,SW
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or a SSB
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button. Press &
hold the [9] button until a number between 00 and 40 DBu
starts flashing on the display. Use the TUNING knob to set
the threshold value. Press the [9] again to set. Note that
the FM, LW/MW, SW and USB/LSB each store their own
threshold values, Setting the value to 00 turns off muting.