Ryan wrote:

On Fri, 06 May 2005 10:44:18 -0400, Al Patrick
wrote:


I recently purchased a used Degen DE1102 radio and all works fine except
the charging circuit. The batteries take a charge when placed into
another charger, but not when the radio is plugged into the wall
adapter. The radio performs very well on batteries or using the
adapter, but the charger just does not work. There's no problem with
replacing them with another set of batteries while the originals charge
in a separate charger, except that most chargers expect pairs of
batteries and this radio uses an odd number.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Al

You have to push the letter P and then select the number of hours to
charge. If you just plug it in it won't charge. When in doubt read the
instructions.

BLUSH! BLUSH! You are SO right! Perhaps it was because it was so very
far over in the book . . . . page 3. ;-) It's charging now.

Thank you very much for the reply. I'm used to "automated" things and
had no idea we had to tell it how long to charge. ...But then knowing
of a couple of other features of this radio, such as the sleep timer, I
should have realized it.

I had no plans of tossing it out, anyway, as I have several chargers and
extra batteries. It's a GREAT little radio for the money. Light
weight. Small / compact. Loaded with features. Perhaps I should have
saved part of my time spent on the internet to read the instruction
manual. Now, If I just don't flip the book to the wrong side. I know
NO Chinese.

I promise! I'll read the book - probably tonight! :-)

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Al Patrick wrote:

Ryan wrote:

On Fri, 06 May 2005 10:44:18 -0400, Al Patrick
wrote:


I recently purchased a used Degen DE1102 radio and all works fine except
the charging circuit. The batteries take a charge when placed into
another charger, but not when the radio is plugged into the wall
adapter. The radio performs very well on batteries or using the
adapter, but the charger just does not work. There's no problem with
replacing them with another set of batteries while the originals charge
in a separate charger, except that most chargers expect pairs of
batteries and this radio uses an odd number.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Al

You have to push the letter P and then select the number of hours to
charge. If you just plug it in it won't charge. When in doubt read the
instructions.

BLUSH! BLUSH! You are SO right! Perhaps it was because it was so very
far over in the book . . . . page 3. ;-) It's charging now.

Thank you very much for the reply. I'm used to "automated" things and
had no idea we had to tell it how long to charge. ...But then knowing
of a couple of other features of this radio, such as the sleep timer, I
should have realized it.

I had no plans of tossing it out, anyway, as I have several chargers and
extra batteries. It's a GREAT little radio for the money. Light
weight. Small / compact. Loaded with features. Perhaps I should have
saved part of my time spent on the internet to read the instruction
manual. Now, If I just don't flip the book to the wrong side. I know
NO Chinese.

I promise! I'll read the book - probably tonight! :-)

Clue: one side of the manual that came with the radio (if you bought it
from Liypn) is English, the other side Chinese. Simply flip it over. If
you're looking at Chinese, flip over the manual and you will be reading
English. The same holds true for the box, if you still have it-the lid
is in Chinese, but the back is in English. Yes, it is a nice radio,
despite what Li says. Mine mostly gathers dust nowadays, since a lot of
my "regulars" aren't that strong here anymore. But since you're mostly
using it to listen to US domestic stations, it is excellent for that. I
mainly used plain old alkaline batteries with mine, since I didn't want
to go through the hassle of charging the Degen batteries.


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running dogg wrote:

Clue: one side of the manual that came with the radio (if you bought it
from Liypn) is English, the other side Chinese. Simply flip it over. If
you're looking at Chinese, flip over the manual and you will be reading
English. The same holds true for the box, if you still have it-the lid
is in Chinese, but the back is in English. Yes, it is a nice radio,
despite what Li says. Mine mostly gathers dust nowadays, since a lot of
my "regulars" aren't that strong here anymore. But since you're mostly
using it to listen to US domestic stations, it is excellent for that. I
mainly used plain old alkaline batteries with mine, since I didn't want
to go through the hassle of charging the Degen batteries.

I think ONE THING could have been better even though I haven't used it
yet. The "line out" plug is also the head phones plug. The manual
tells us that changing the volume WILL affect this. What it seems to
amount to is could have been accomplished with a splitter. I prefer
what the Sony 7600, and many others, has - TWO separate plugs. The one
for headphones IS affected by the volume control and the "line out" plug
IS NOT affected by the volume control. You *could* be listening and
recording at the same time and the "ambient" noise could change so you
had to change your volume. You'd probably want the recording to be
constant. This is only a problem if the 1102 is your only radio.