Hi , many thanks for your feedback. I agree, although it doesn’t look that great from an aesthetic point of view, it’s a decent little radio for the price with the bonus of solar charging.
@@GaiusAsiniusPollio1 Hi, thanks for your feedback. I guess it does a little compared with the digital display, pushbutton style receivers. Taking into consideration its modest cost, it’s a pretty good all round receiver/media player
Found your review a little while back & picked one up for a tenner (AliEx). I enjoy using it and I like the retro look of the set. A charge lasts for ages, the sound is good, on SW it overloads quite a bit if I attach a wire to antenna. For the price, no complaints. Thanks
Hi, thanks for getting in touch and for sharing your thoughts on this receiver/media player. You managed to get yours for a good price 👍 I‘m glad the review proved useful to you and I have to say, mine is on the kitchen window sill, charging up during the day ready for switching on when I get home. Thanks again.
I've just ordered one off aliexpress, I kinda like the look of it and it will be highly practical for me electricity is expensive and daytime TV is rubbish my duronic solar radio I've been using most days for 10 years is on its way out this is a perfect replacement and I think despite looks it will be better, thanks for your review.
Hi, thanks for sharing your thoughts. At this price point, I don’t think you have much to lose and I have to say, mine just sits on the kitchen window sill and I just put it on for a while when I get home. It’s not the best looking radio in my opinion, but it turned into a very useable little set.
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As for your question what this 4V outlet is: For the Asian market NSS and KNSTAR sell these sorts of radios actually with an external LED in the shape of an old-fashioned bulb, attached with a wire to the 4V socket. Thank you for the very helpful review. Kudos for using an incandescent bulb to do the AM review. They should have given this radio a broad vertical dial, especially for SW. Buying one nonetheless as an emergency radio.
Hi Johann, appreciate the feedback and the explanation - always learning new things with UA-cam! I agree with your suggestion with the dial. It's like they put plenty of thought into what useful features to provide, but about 5 minutes into the front design. Its a shame really as I think if they re-did the front layout, they would be on to a winner. Thanks Johann.
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy Hello, do you know how the batteries work? Say I have 2 D cell inside how would that affect the rechargable? I mean can all batteries be inserted safely and will it work off the D cell over the rechargable? Or would the D cell recharge it?
@@ashab1 Hi, thanks for getting in touch. Its a good question and looking at the battery compartment, the 'D' cell positive terminal connection point is linked to positive terminal connection point of the 18650 cell. However, although the batteries are different lengths, I can just about see within the recessed part where the 'D' cells locate. that the 0V connection points for both battery types are also linked together, so when both battery types are fitted, they are in parallel,(3.5V & 3.7V nominal so little difference). Thus, without disassembling the radio, it looks like its possible that they could share the same charging circuit? However, there could be sufficient different internal resistances between the two battery types, that makes this a viable solution given the very low mA charge rate from the solar cell? (its possible that the small voltage difference between the battery types is sufficient to sensed and the solar cell O/P is disconnected upon sensing a slightly higher voltage by a charge control c'ct?). There are no details or warnings given within the brief instructions for the radio. Interestingly, the small led 'charge' indicator is illuminated, (with a light source on the cells) when no batteries are present so is really just sensing that the solar cells are producing a voltage rather than charging the internal battery. Interesting stuff, sorry I couldn't specifically answer your question.
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy ok thanks it's an interesting radio as I have plenty of D cells to use up and the the potential for just leaving it to charge for occasional use is great I've had plenty of these Chinese radios obviously they won't last as long as a Panasonic from the 70's lol but for the money they serve a purpose, cheers.
@@ashab1 Hi, the ability to recharge is the main reason for purchasing it, but it turned out to be a reasonable receiver for the price. However, as you quite rightly point out, it is at the budget end of the market. I have done a review on a similar multi-band radio, the BH-1520BT. It doesn't have solar but comes with a rechargeable battery, MP3, etc. with a good SW performance for the price and this too can make use of 'D' size batteries. Hope you find the radio you are looking for. All the best TWCG.
Hi, thanks for getting in touch. Its unusual for having a solar charging facility on a multi-band radio. If they had spent just a little more time on its appearance then in my opinion, they would be onto a winner. Have to do the 'mug shot' lol 👍
@@ma-mo Hi, in my opinion, although it's looks are not to every ones taste, it's a good little set. I use mine a lot and just leave it by the kitchen to charge up via the solar panel. Good for my wallet and good for the environment as there is no need to keep buying batteries. Hope you have fun with yours when it arrives & please let me know your thoughts once you have had chance to review it for yourself. Many thanks TWCG
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy I got mine, and have played with it some. I quite like this homely radio as well! I recorded a review (coming out in a few hours) and, of course, gave you credit for introducing me to it.
@@ma-mo Hi, I am really pleased that my review proved to be useful and that you are enjoying your new receiver. I have to admit, mine does get regular use. Thank you so much for including a mention of myself in your video, I will look forward to watching this. I hope all goes well and that you get good reviews and plenty of viewer attention!
Thanks for the review, I have been primarily buying pocket radios although I did recently pick up a Baijiali table model, the one that uses "D" batteries.
@@mtc4him201 Hi, thanks for the quick response. That’s spooky, I have done a review on this particular receiver on my channel. I wonder if you came to the same conclusions that I did.
@@mtc4him201 That’s good to hear. I found the performance quite good, but the build quality wasn’t so good, however, it is a budget priced radio so we shouldn’t expect too much really. Have fun finding out what you can pick up!
8 bought a radio with exactly the same functions but in a different case. It had a weird name like galelim. I think it may be the same radio inside. I actually like it quite a lot. It does very well on AM broadcast band, which is very rare for cheap radios and shortwave reception is very good. The bad part is how close the stations are together. On each band the stations are all located within about 1/4 of an inch of dial movement. Very tight tuning. I paid $25, and I am happy with the radio.
Hi, thanks for getting in touch. Like you I was surprised at this little radio's performance considering its aimed at the budget end of the market and has solar power for recharging the internal battery. Yep, it has very tight tuning and would benefit from having a larger horizontal tuning scale or splitting the SW bands into more manageable groupings. On AliExpress there is a radio that shares the same case, but doesn't have solar and I think covers AM, FM & TV, (the TV band being for the Chinese market I assume). All interesting stuff 👍
I was a child when i had a radio that looked like this. Mine arrived today. I'm looking forward to some technical advice. Which i didn't need when i was younger. I bought this for camping off the grid! Can i take the lithium out and use normal batteries? Or take the lithium out and use rechargeable batteries?
Hi, thanks for your feedback and queries. Yes, you can use normal ‘D’ type, (UM1) 1.5V batteries if you wish. However, the 18650 battery provided is rechargeable so you shouldn’t really need rechargeable 1.5V batteries unless you already have some to hand with a suitable charger? If you are going of grid then what I would suggest is purchasing a much higher capacity 18650 rechargeable battery and use this in place of the one provided, as they are never seem to be the capacity that they make them out to be. Charge it to full before your trip and hopefully, the solar panel will top it up during the day to keep you going. Let me know how you get on 👍
Hi, that’s a good question. I have just tried it and it does appear to work directly off the 5V charging port with no 18650 battery fitted. I can’t put my hand on the instructions at the moment so I am not sure if this method is recommended by the manufacturers, (sometimes they have charging circuit design restrictions). However, it does come with an 18650 battery as standard, so even when that’s flat, it doesn’t take top long to put a decent amount of charge in it and you could always obtain a 2nd battery if you needed to keep the radio going for an extend amount of time.
To be honest, its performance was pretty good considering it was covering shortwave with just one band rather than breaking them down into separate selectable bands. Separation can sometimes be a bit a challenge with this configuration. As for looks, its very subjective, it still appears a little basic to me but I'm eating my own words as it one that I use quite regularly lol
Hi, that’s a good question. At first, I thought that the 4Vdc O/P would really be 3.7V (i.e. the same as the 18650 battery). But no, to my surprise, it is a true 4V O/P (measuring 4.1V under no load conditions). Looking on Ali Express, these same radios are now appearing without this socket outlet, so the manufacturers must have decided that there is not much demand for it. This may indicate that whatever it is designed to power, may be an older tech device/item that is becoming obsolete? As to what is it used for, I have no idea, but if any UA-camrs can advise, we would all be very interested. This feature also appears on one or two other Isolar radios, so it is not unique to this particular receiver. With regards to driving external loud speakers, it doesn’t have an audio O/P socket so I think you are going to struggle unless you can find a schematic diagram for this and find a place to break into the audio pat of the circuit and fit a socket yourself. Having said that, it is quite loud and has a decent size loudspeaker for a budget prided radio/media player.
@@golubovicm Hi, thanks for the fast response. It’s possible, but the radio has a built in LED torch so that would seem a little odd although they could well be right. Thanks for the clarification on the version for the Chinese market although I would have expected the text on the radio to be in Chinese maybe?
@@golubovicm OK, thanks for the clarification. It’s interesting to see how the manufacturers adapt their products to suit different markets. Lets see if we have any feedback from other UA-camrs on the use of that 4V socket 🙂
@@Instruktor73 Привет, хороший вопрос. Вы можете приобрести не водонепроницаемые, а погодоустойчивые радиостанции, хотя я пока не проводил обзор таких радиостанций. Я бы посоветовал вам обратить внимание на аварийные радиостанции, которые имеют либо встроенный солнечный элемент, либо ручную рукоятку. Обычно они оснащены встроенным фонариком и USB-портом для зарядки мобильного телефона. Если вы введете Emergency Radio в строку поиска на Ali Express, он покажет вам, что есть в наличии. Переведено с помощью DeepL.com (бесплатная версия)
I just got this radio. I'm amazed at how good it works and sounds. It was well worth the $17 I spent on it.
Hi , many thanks for your feedback. I agree, although it doesn’t look that great from an aesthetic point of view, it’s a decent little radio for the price with the bonus of solar charging.
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy i think it looks great as it looks retro
@@GaiusAsiniusPollio1 Hi, thanks for your feedback. I guess it does a little compared with the digital display, pushbutton style receivers. Taking into consideration its modest cost, it’s a pretty good all round receiver/media player
Found your review a little while back & picked one up for a tenner (AliEx).
I enjoy using it and I like the retro look of the set.
A charge lasts for ages, the sound is good, on SW it overloads quite a bit if I attach a wire to antenna.
For the price, no complaints.
Thanks
Hi, thanks for getting in touch and for sharing your thoughts on this receiver/media player. You managed to get yours for a good price 👍 I‘m glad the review proved useful to you and I have to say, mine is on the kitchen window sill, charging up during the day ready for switching on when I get home. Thanks again.
I've just ordered one off aliexpress, I kinda like the look of it and it will be highly practical for me electricity is expensive and daytime TV is rubbish my duronic solar radio I've been using most days for 10 years is on its way out this is a perfect replacement and I think despite looks it will be better, thanks for your review.
Hi, thanks for sharing your thoughts. At this price point, I don’t think you have much to lose and I have to say, mine just sits on the kitchen window sill and I just put it on for a while when I get home. It’s not the best looking radio in my opinion, but it turned into a very useable little set.
As for your question what this 4V outlet is: For the Asian market NSS and KNSTAR sell these sorts of radios actually with an external LED in the shape of an old-fashioned bulb, attached with a wire to the 4V socket.
Thank you for the very helpful review. Kudos for using an incandescent bulb to do the AM review. They should have given this radio a broad vertical dial, especially for SW. Buying one nonetheless as an emergency radio.
Hi Johann, appreciate the feedback and the explanation - always learning new things with UA-cam! I agree with your suggestion with the dial. It's like they put plenty of thought into what useful features to provide, but about 5 minutes into the front design. Its a shame really as I think if they re-did the front layout, they would be on to a winner. Thanks Johann.
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy Hello, do you know how the batteries work? Say I have 2 D cell inside how would that affect the rechargable? I mean can all batteries be inserted safely and will it work off the D cell over the rechargable? Or would the D cell recharge it?
@@ashab1 Hi, thanks for getting in touch. Its a good question and looking at the battery compartment, the 'D' cell positive terminal connection point is linked to positive terminal connection point of the 18650 cell. However, although the batteries are different lengths, I can just about see within the recessed part where the 'D' cells locate. that the 0V connection points for both battery types are also linked together, so when both battery types are fitted, they are in parallel,(3.5V & 3.7V nominal so little difference). Thus, without disassembling the radio, it looks like its possible that they could share the same charging circuit? However, there could be sufficient different internal resistances between the two battery types, that makes this a viable solution given the very low mA charge rate from the solar cell? (its possible that the small voltage difference between the battery types is sufficient to sensed and the solar cell O/P is disconnected upon sensing a slightly higher voltage by a charge control c'ct?). There are no details or warnings given within the brief instructions for the radio. Interestingly, the small led 'charge' indicator is illuminated, (with a light source on the cells) when no batteries are present so is really just sensing that the solar cells are producing a voltage rather than charging the internal battery. Interesting stuff, sorry I couldn't specifically answer your question.
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy ok thanks it's an interesting radio as I have plenty of D cells to use up and the the potential for just leaving it to charge for occasional use is great I've had plenty of these Chinese radios obviously they won't last as long as a Panasonic from the 70's lol but for the money they serve a purpose, cheers.
@@ashab1 Hi, the ability to recharge
is the main reason for purchasing it, but it turned out to be a reasonable receiver for the price. However, as you quite rightly point out, it is at the budget end of the market. I have done a review on a similar multi-band radio, the BH-1520BT. It doesn't have solar but comes with a rechargeable battery, MP3, etc. with a good SW performance for the price and this too can make use of 'D' size batteries. Hope you find the radio you are looking for. All the best TWCG.
Love this radio thanks for the review
Thank you for kind comments, it encourages me to keep pushing 👍
Ha! I love the "mug shot". Clever!
This looks like a radio I might look out for.
Hi, thanks for getting in touch. Its unusual for having a solar charging facility on a multi-band radio. If they had spent just a little more time on its appearance then in my opinion, they would be onto a winner. Have to do the 'mug shot' lol 👍
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy You talked me into it. Mine's on the way!
@@ma-mo Hi, in my opinion, although it's looks are not to every ones taste, it's a good little set. I use mine a lot and just leave it by the kitchen to charge up via the solar panel. Good for my wallet and good for the environment as there is no need to keep buying batteries. Hope you have fun with yours when it arrives & please let me know your thoughts once you have had chance to review it for yourself. Many thanks TWCG
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy I got mine, and have played with it some. I quite like this homely radio as well! I recorded a review (coming out in a few hours) and, of course, gave you credit for introducing me to it.
@@ma-mo Hi, I am really pleased that my review proved to be useful and that you are enjoying your new receiver. I have to admit, mine does get regular use. Thank you so much for including a mention of myself in your video, I will look forward to watching this. I hope all goes well and that you get good reviews and plenty of viewer attention!
Thanks for the review, I have been primarily buying pocket radios although I did recently pick up a Baijiali table model, the one that uses "D" batteries.
Hi, thank you, I appreciate the feedback. I am intrigued by table radio you mention, could you advise the model number for it please?
@@TheWobblyCameraGuyBJL- 1202 AC AM/FM/SW Radio.
@@mtc4him201 Hi, thanks for the quick response. That’s spooky, I have done a review on this particular receiver on my channel. I wonder if you came to the same conclusions that I did.
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy I have found it to be very good for the price. I have been quite pleased with Baijiali so far.
@@mtc4him201 That’s good to hear. I found the performance quite good, but the build quality wasn’t so good, however, it is a budget priced radio so we shouldn’t expect too much really. Have fun finding out what you can pick up!
8 bought a radio with exactly the same functions but in a different case.
It had a weird name like galelim.
I think it may be the same radio inside.
I actually like it quite a lot.
It does very well on AM broadcast band, which is very rare for cheap radios and shortwave reception is very good. The bad part is how close the stations are together. On each band the stations are all located within about 1/4 of an inch of dial movement. Very tight tuning.
I paid $25, and I am happy with the radio.
Hi, thanks for getting in touch. Like you I was surprised at this little radio's performance considering its aimed at the budget end of the market and has solar power for recharging the internal battery. Yep, it has very tight tuning and would benefit from having a larger horizontal tuning scale or splitting the SW bands into more manageable groupings. On AliExpress there is a radio that shares the same case, but doesn't have solar and I think covers AM, FM & TV, (the TV band being for the Chinese market I assume). All interesting stuff 👍
At night you’re not going pick up much above 6 MHz. The higher frequencies propagate better during daytime.
Hi, many thanks for your feedback, that will help other UA-camrs as well as myself, thankyou.
I was a child when i had a radio that looked like this. Mine arrived today. I'm looking forward to some technical advice. Which i didn't need when i was younger. I bought this for camping off the grid! Can i take the lithium out and use normal batteries? Or take the lithium out and use rechargeable batteries?
Hi, thanks for your feedback and queries. Yes, you can use normal ‘D’ type, (UM1) 1.5V batteries if you wish. However, the 18650 battery provided is rechargeable so you shouldn’t really need rechargeable 1.5V batteries unless you already have some to hand with a suitable charger? If you are going of grid then what I would suggest is purchasing a much higher capacity 18650 rechargeable battery and use this in place of the one provided, as they are never seem to be the capacity that they make them out to be. Charge it to full before your trip and hopefully, the solar panel will top it up during the day to keep you going. Let me know how you get on 👍
Can this be powered by just the USB charging cable without the battery? Thanks.
Hi, that’s a good question. I have just tried it and it does appear to work directly off the 5V charging port with no 18650 battery fitted. I can’t put my hand on the instructions at the moment so I am not sure if this method is recommended by the manufacturers, (sometimes they have charging circuit design restrictions). However, it does come with an 18650 battery as standard, so even when that’s flat, it doesn’t take top long to put a decent amount of charge in it and you could always obtain a 2nd battery if you needed to keep the radio going for an extend amount of time.
It looks good for a DSP tuning radio. It's picking up Morse Code, Ham Radio and Data Modes, lol!
To be honest, its performance was pretty good considering it was covering shortwave with just one band rather than breaking them down into separate selectable bands. Separation can sometimes be a bit a challenge with this configuration. As for looks, its very subjective, it still appears a little basic to me but I'm eating my own words as it one that I use quite regularly lol
Anybody figured out what that 4v out is? Can the radio be connected to external (active) speakers?
Hi, that’s a good question. At first, I thought that the 4Vdc O/P would really be 3.7V (i.e. the same as the 18650 battery). But no, to my surprise, it is a true 4V O/P (measuring 4.1V under no load conditions). Looking on Ali Express, these same radios are now appearing without this socket outlet, so the manufacturers must have decided that there is not much demand for it. This may indicate that whatever it is designed to power, may be an older tech device/item that is becoming obsolete? As to what is it used for, I have no idea, but if any UA-camrs can advise, we would all be very interested. This feature also appears on one or two other Isolar radios, so it is not unique to this particular receiver. With regards to driving external loud speakers, it doesn’t have an audio O/P socket so I think you are going to struggle unless you can find a schematic diagram for this and find a place to break into the audio pat of the circuit and fit a socket yourself. Having said that, it is quite loud and has a decent size loudspeaker for a budget prided radio/media player.
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy somebody mentioned that it's used to power some light bulb. Only the Chinese version has that connector.
@@golubovicm
Hi, thanks for the fast response. It’s possible, but the radio has a built in LED torch so that would seem a little odd although they could well be right. Thanks for the clarification on the version for the Chinese market although I would have expected the text on the radio to be in Chinese maybe?
@@TheWobblyCameraGuy it's not. It's on English
@@golubovicm
OK, thanks for the clarification. It’s interesting to see how the manufacturers adapt their products to suit different markets. Lets see if we have any feedback from other UA-camrs on the use of that 4V socket 🙂
👍👍
it just goes to show that sometimes you have to try these little budget receivers for yourself - it's a very useful little receiver & MP3 player!
Хороший обзор, выбрал такое же радио по твоему видео. Привет из России! Путин Лучший!
Это хорошее радио
А есть у вас радио влагозащищённые с хорошим приемом радиоволн за городом, чтобы брать в лес?
@@Instruktor73 Привет, хороший вопрос. Вы можете приобрести не водонепроницаемые, а погодоустойчивые радиостанции, хотя я пока не проводил обзор таких радиостанций. Я бы посоветовал вам обратить внимание на аварийные радиостанции, которые имеют либо встроенный солнечный элемент, либо ручную рукоятку. Обычно они оснащены встроенным фонариком и USB-портом для зарядки мобильного телефона. Если вы введете Emergency Radio в строку поиска на Ali Express, он покажет вам, что есть в наличии.
Переведено с помощью DeepL.com (бесплатная версия)