Nice little unit. Reminds me of the little portable Sony we had when I was a kid, that used to go everywhere with us, but with a lot more features (though RDS / radio text on FM would be a nice addition - plenty of space on that LCD.)

Thanks for the teardown! It looks like a good item. I like the way you can record the radio to the TF card.

Love watching your videos as soon as they come out. After watching this video I ordered this one off of Amazon and I really like this radio. It truly does do about everything. Nice little radio that you can take out on the deck and either listen to the radio or listen to my mp3 tunes. Thank you for the review.

I've got a Retekess TR 101 FM headset. Cheap and dirty and works amazingly well. This beats it in a mile. Love the MP3 and microphone part!

I got this one as a gift. Really like it

Looks like a cool little radio and MP3.

Thanks for the review and teardown.

Wow seems like something I might consider buying!

Thanks Dave, I was so impressed with this, that I bought one via eBay in the U.K. It's excellent quality and performance!. Many thanks for the heads up about this.

Nice new radio unboxing, KZread has too many of that 5 core radio vids popping up recently.

Hi. Ordered that radio from Amazon and was impressed the moment it came out of the box. Built in air-conditioning nice construction and it works quite well for its size and tiny antenna for AM and SW. Haven't got the correct card yet, but it's on my laundry list.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I am using it as a mp3 player. Have a 32 gig card with about 4500 tracks playing into a low power FM transmitter that i can tune in around the house.

Have the V-111. Mealy enjoy it. Nice to have around.

Hi. Just wanted to let you know, I finally bought this radio today, through your link. I got it directly from the company's eBay store, it had free shipping, and it's coming from California, so I should get it real soon. They offered a 3-year protection plan for less than $2, so I got it. The only other charge was tax. Looking forward to getting it! 📻

i have one of those same models, it works well, i like it.

They are a good little radio, hooked mine up to a long wire antenna for short wave. I also have a cheap solar panel with USB out that charges it great. I also found another sub menu that allows you to change bass treble etc, but only works in certain play modes. Over all a good little radio, great for shtf bug out bags

very nice radio, sounds good, i have the SunsTech RPDS32 and work every day with no problem but don't have recording

What a cracking little radio :-D and the mic recordings are very good for a change. It's likely got that american made radio dsp chip that works amazingly. The case looks like a mini version of the tecsun/xdata range of radios. I think the case look was inspired by the Sony icl radios from 20+ years ago. It does really well with all the electronic noise in your house, get away from the noise and it will be even better :-D

I got one from them that plays mp3s don't think it records but it's been pretty nice to listen to talk radio on. Rolton used to make one that took 18650s and so does one called Prunus that takes dual 18650s. So I loaded them up with good batteries and they play for a week for me at least.

That's a neat little radio, and with so many functions packed into it. Might have to pick one up. That bass speaker on the back doesn't seem to have wires going to it, like in many bluetooth speakers which have the same thing.

@m.k.8158

3 жыл бұрын

it does NOT have wires.it's a passive bass port. And yes, many bluetooth speakers have them too.

Great wee radio! Had to order one I'm afraid! Technology has certainly moved on!

I don't think I saw you mention this, but if you hold the play button in any of the radio modes, it scans the entire band and keeps them in a sorta temporary playlist (it scans the entire shortwave in one go though)

Hi. I was impressed big time. Emailed the link to a friend in Pasadena. thanks for the detailed description. My Pasadena friend and I are totally blind: can make the digitidal doo-dads work with your descriptions. Guaranteed. Thanks.

Some of these V115s have much better AM reception than others. The two I've tried so far were rather noisy even on strong signals. And the shortwave band is nearly useless. Overall I found it more useful as an MP3 player than as a radio.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

That's what i will be using it as. Mp3 player.

Whoa!!!!.....THIS is SO COOL!!! I'm usually not into no name small gadgetry but this thing is da bomb!!!! Just need to research availability and price now :)

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I am using it as an MP3 player to play into a modulator.

Hi. I got one but The screen is no longer working. Any suggestion?

I have the Tivdio V-115, it's the same radio and it really does have so many features sp when it comes to recording, how cool is this radio?

i was looking for a radoi like that --saw your video looked around found one at of all places wal-mart 28.00-dollars it is the v115 - thanks learn a lot from you my best you TUBE wc

Sweet..

Oh yeah I thought this was cool, the MP3 player actually shows the current bitrate even on VBR, like it changes the bitrate number along with the real bitrate. that's really cool. could potentially update over 1000 times per track I'm guessing.

Great video, it was very helpful. Is there a maximum amount of storage you can put into that radio and is there a limit on how long you can record a radio show?

@jeromeglick

2 жыл бұрын

The manual doesn't say anything about max storage. I'm running a 32 GB card which is the largest capacity for SDHC (high capacity) format. In a reply to another comment here, 12voltvids did say that the card needs to be formatted in FAT32. Anything larger than 32 GB would be an SDXC (eXtended capacity) card which, according to Wikipedia, comes formatted with exFAT as a "mandatory feature". Perhaps you could reformat a larger card to FAT32 but I haven't tried it. The manual doesn't say anything about recording length limits either. One time I started a recording but forgot to turn it off. It recorded for 5 hours until the battery ran out.

I bought one of these and I like it so far. Audio is nice and loud and reception is sensitive. The recording feature is nice but they must be using the Blade MP3 encoder with dual channel so the quality isn't the greatest. LAME encoding is better. It does record at 64, 96, and 128kbps at 44,100hz. The headphone output is a little tinny on headphones but if I use a mini headphone amp I made from a pair of cube iPod speakers then the audio is better.

@michaelturner4457

2 жыл бұрын

The v115 I've just bought can record MP3 up to 320kbps. I guess the firmware must have been updated.

@coondogtheman

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelturner4457 Can you tell what version of MP3 it uses? Open one of the recorded files in a program that can ID files. Mine the audio quality has digital artifacts and it sounds terrible even at the highest bitrate.

@coondogtheman

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelturner4457 I wish there was a firmware update for this radio. Don't want to buy another one of these radios just to get 320kbps mp3 recording. Just need the firmware file.

@michaelturner4457

2 жыл бұрын

@@coondogtheman I did have a look, and there's no identifiable metadata in the MP3s it records. And they do sound OK to me at 320kbps.

@michaelturner4457

2 жыл бұрын

@@coondogtheman On mine it states "V 2.3" in the Settings options. I'm pretty sure there's no way for a consumer to easily update it. The micro-USB is for charging only, and I can't see any options for flashing via a TF card. I bought mine from Retekess in China, but I'm certain that they didn't design or make it. As the same radio is also sold with at least two other brandings, like Tivdio. The actual OEM is presently unknown.

Good morning

Is it possible to change the quality, bit rate of a recording?

@edwardfletcher7790

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there's multiple settings. It also happily plays back 320 & VBR MP3 files

@jeromeglick

2 жыл бұрын

It provides three options for quality: 64 kbps ("Simple Record") 96 kbps ("Quality Record") 128 kbps ("Super Record")

I just got one and it wont play mp3 or record. Sent info to tech and waiting on a solution.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

My plays mp3 24 hours a day into my lpfm transmitter that i can listen to anywhere around the property.

FANTASTIC! or, as you often say? EXCELL--ENT!!!! LOL!

One thing I did notice about the speaker is that it doesn't combine left and right, so you're only listening to a single side. sad but not a dealbreaker.

@jeromeglick

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Mine does combine both left and right into the mono built-in speaker. Maybe yours is defective. Does it happen for you both on FM and MP3 modes?

I wonder if the spectrum analyzer is real or is it just for show?

@jeromeglick

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's real but not that precise. If you played an MP3 with a single sine wave test tone, multiple bars would rise to form a hill shape on the graph, not just a single bar like on a precise analyzer. It also appears to be a linear spectrum display, not the more common and useful logarithmic display.

I want one where's the link to purchase one

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

It's there now. I had to look it up as my email was all migrated and all the old emails were in a separate folder.

@thepatsny

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks great review I just ordered one

Sorry! should control my temper when typing. I was talking about the physical size, not data storage.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Micro Sd

I miss LG 73

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I miss 1040 Kicks. I got 1040.00 out of them for answering my phone with the phrase that pays.

What goes? Bought the SD card the radio manufacturer, instruction manual and commentators say works? TOO LARGE!

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I'm running a 32 gig card no problem. Larger would need to be formatted in fat32. Do remember there is a finite number of tracks it will see. So even if you have a bigger card it will only see the max size it can read. I have e 4500 tracks on a 32 gig card.

In Radio mode, press and hold Play, it'll go thru the full band and auto save all the stations. I love my V115, but only for MP3 & FM. AM & SW reception is not good. It's great for recording FM Microphones for video camera work tho'. Don't pay more than US$25, it's called either Tivdio or Retekess. NEVER leave the battery inside if you're running it off USB power. It doesn't have a proper charge circuit cutoff and will burn out your battery.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know about battery. Will remove it because I use it as an mp3 player to feed an RF modulator. As to the auto station good info but i did it manually because I didn't want the Punjabi, Chinese or french stations in memory and we have several of them here. They used to be deligated to the SCA service but now they have am and FM broadcast licences.

@edwardfletcher7790

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids You're not going to believe this V115 Freq hack I just found ! Read my comment on there too. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5OaucGlkpy1ZLg.html Also check out the HanRongDa K603 it's a V115 with Bluetooth audio.

I had one Garbage radio, barely useful on AM Only thing good on it is the Speaker

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Picks up the locals and I just tried it on as band. Pulls in wwv no problem. Not up to my old Sony 2010 but. It's a 15.00 radio. My Sony cost a small fortune.