PL-660

[Pinezi]

Please, I have a question regarding the PL-660. First let me say that this is my second PL-660. I lost the first one because I forgot the wall charger connect during the night and in the morning the radio was completed died. Now the second one also died , in this case I am using the radio only with the charger without the batteries and for short time. Someone could tell me if have seen problems like this !!

 

[N9JCQ]

Pinezi, the build quality of the Tecsun radios fluctuate. My first PL-660 will now not charge the batteries so I have to charge them on a separate charger. I bought a second PL-660 and it seems much better. Does your radio run on batteries at all?

 

[Pinezi]

N9JCQ, thank you for the reply. The radio is completed die. No light in the display, nothing. The red button POWER does not work. I try using only the batteries but without success. I am looking for the schematic in order to follow the power supply inside the boards.
Times ago I remember some comments on the internet about the 3.3 Volts voltage regulator burned inside. But I need at least the schematic !!

 

[N9JCQ]

I know the schematics are scarce. I think this site has one. I have never really looked at it and I don't know the site at all. Be careful before you download. Good luck and let us all know what you find wrong with the radio. Elektrotanya for electronics experts

 

[majoco]

IMHO you shouldn't run any radio on the charger without the batteries installed. The charger puts out more (sometimes much more) voltage than the batteries alone to charge them - the batteries in effect become a voltage regulator. Some radios won't turn on with the charger connected and others turn off as soon as you connect the charger simply to protect the radio.

 

[Pinezi]

I found the problem with my PL-660. There is a 3.3 V voltage regulator (IC8) burned inside. I switch on the power supply using the normal wall charger and using a external adjusted power supply I have connected 3,3v in the output pin of the IC8 using a red wire welded at the board. Now it is working again. I do not have the specification of this original IC, but I found a similar from Texas. I bought some of then in the web, when its comes I will change the old one.