20 Most Recent Freeplay Energy S360 AM/FM/SW/DAB Radio Questions & Answers

The rachets on the underside of the wheel have fractured. The wheel needs replacing

I will give my info here and say that I -was- able to replace the battery in my Freeplay S360. I purchased two of the 2/3 AA rechargable NiCD batteries and soldered them together. Then I rewired it into the radio and voila! It works! Total cost: about US $4 Total time: about 20 minutes Now all I need to do is remember to use the thing every month or so, just to keep the battery in good condition.

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there is no big deal disassembling the radio.

Look for white card board or any white large paper.

Disassemble the radio on the white paper, so that you can see any screw or anything that drops from the radio.

My recommendations would be that you should remove all the screws carefully. Make sure all screws are removed before attempting to take the radio apart. Also, some screw might hiding under the sticker. So make sure all stickers that may be found on the radio are removed.

In summary, handle with care.... As I stated above, there is no big deal taking the radio apart.

Please let me know if you have any precise question concerning this issue.

Regards.

remove the other screw behind the black lable then you will be able to undo the back cover

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I assume that the rechargeable batteries have expired. The trouble is that the batteries are hard-wired into the radio itself. Unscrewing the back and carefully replacing these with similar-rated cells would be possible but difficult. A poor design, which happened to mine too.

If the volume is adjusted when the headphones are plugged in I'd be looking at the speaker. It may need replacing. I don't know if the headphones are run from a preamp or attenuated via the audio output IC. If it's run from the preamp then the main output could be kaput. Check the speaker and it's wiring first and go from there.

If the display is working, you have audio. Check your amplifier. 1300Watt adaptor ... This unit draws a very low power and that is not needed.

1. Power Off: Turn off the device.
2. Jumper Configuration: Locate the jumper labeled "S16" on the device. Initially, it should be connected to pins 2 and 3.
3. Power On (Alarm+All LEDs Flashing): Turn the device back on. You'll see the alarm LED and all other LEDs flashing.
4. Power Off Again: Turn off the device once more.
5. Jumper Adjustment: Change the jumper configuration from pins 2 and 3 to pins 1 and 2.
6. Finished: Your Porpo YH-2000 is now set to the desired angular unit mode.

If you encounter any issues, you can press the reset switch on the back of the device to reinitialize it.

this model SA rather than SC seems to be a Middle East model. The SC version doesn't have DAB. https://www.google.com/search?q=panasonic+sa-pm250+instruction+manual ..