Dustin39715
Newbie
Hello everyone,
I'm new here, and I need some advice on what might be wrong and/or what I can do to fix my Tecsun PL-660 shortwave radio.
A while back I was very interested in shortwave and numbers stations and stuff, so I bought a Tecsun PL-660 to listen in on things like that.
I used the original batteries that came with the radio, and I kept it plugged in next to my bed so I could listen to it at night. Now I read somewhere else that someone kept his plugged in (and I think the external antenna as well) for a couple months while he was on vacation. I might've kept mine plugged in for a couple days, but I would take it out once and a while so I could use it other places, and I hardly ever used the external antenna. I'm also sure I would've unplugged the power cord if a thunder storm came.
But anyway,(and this happened once before but I fixed it easily) one night I tried to turn the radio on and no sound came out. I looked at the display and it said "on" and "off" when I turned it on and off, and the rest of the display was working exactly as it should, but the orange backlight would not turn on and no sound would come out.
Now like I said, this happened before briefly, but somehow I was able to get it to work again in little bit. But this time it just stayed that way and it didn't work.
So what I did was pressed the reset button. However, this made the whole screen blank, and I haven't been able to get it back on ever since.
So I don't know whether the batteries need charged....(I actually did try to charge them using one of my regular AA chargers but I found out that they aren't compatible with it....I don't think). I hope it wasn't because I left it plugged in for too long or something like that.
Anyway do you think it's fixable? Can I get any suggestions on what I might have to do?
Just tell me if you need more information....I hope I can remember what all I did. Thank you!
Dustin
I'm new here, and I need some advice on what might be wrong and/or what I can do to fix my Tecsun PL-660 shortwave radio.
A while back I was very interested in shortwave and numbers stations and stuff, so I bought a Tecsun PL-660 to listen in on things like that.
I used the original batteries that came with the radio, and I kept it plugged in next to my bed so I could listen to it at night. Now I read somewhere else that someone kept his plugged in (and I think the external antenna as well) for a couple months while he was on vacation. I might've kept mine plugged in for a couple days, but I would take it out once and a while so I could use it other places, and I hardly ever used the external antenna. I'm also sure I would've unplugged the power cord if a thunder storm came.
But anyway,(and this happened once before but I fixed it easily) one night I tried to turn the radio on and no sound came out. I looked at the display and it said "on" and "off" when I turned it on and off, and the rest of the display was working exactly as it should, but the orange backlight would not turn on and no sound would come out.
Now like I said, this happened before briefly, but somehow I was able to get it to work again in little bit. But this time it just stayed that way and it didn't work.
So what I did was pressed the reset button. However, this made the whole screen blank, and I haven't been able to get it back on ever since.
So I don't know whether the batteries need charged....(I actually did try to charge them using one of my regular AA chargers but I found out that they aren't compatible with it....I don't think). I hope it wasn't because I left it plugged in for too long or something like that.
Anyway do you think it's fixable? Can I get any suggestions on what I might have to do?
Just tell me if you need more information....I hope I can remember what all I did. Thank you!
Dustin
