Pure Garbage!
Yup after using this rig at my house for the last few weeks I have found that this radio really shouldn’t have left the warehouse. That being said there are a few good points to this radio.
Here’s the Pro/Con list as I see it.
CON
- RX audio is terrible. Constant static in the background even with transmitter in close proximity.
- Front end of radio is wide open like a barn door. I hear pager blasts from almost 1Mhz up the dial.
- Cannot store PL/CTCSS tones into memory from front panel.
- TX audio has an AGC problem. Audio volume goes up and down/
- No remote head bracket. It wasn’t even in the making when I first spoke to them. They are now adding a bracket so you can remotely mount the head. ( What’s the use of a detachable face…. it’s not a car stereo )
- Beep when setting options is obnoxiously loud. Doesn’t seem to be controllable with volume.
PRO
- USB port on side of head for charging cell phone
- RGB settings for color display. Can match it to your cars interior light colors
- 2/5 tone paging capabilities.
If I would have been told that the unit they were sending would have been a “preview” unit with the bugs still in it I don’t think I would have taken it yet. They didn’t seem to want to be up front about that until I started bringing up the issues they had.
Buyer beware they have shipped out a few orders to distributors and people are buying them expecting it to be a final product.
I have been told November 10th will be the release date of the new units.
Will I want to get another…. Maybe. We’ll see….
Just as a comparison… Wouxun is shipping me a new unit to replace the one that is buggy. Anytone wants me to pony up the cash. Replacement of the current unit was not an option.
Apparently
It is very sad to read this post. Apparently it is no go for it.
Do you think Wouxun KG-UV920R is much better than this 588UV?
But the price of KG-UV920R is much higher than 588UV
Looking forward the review of TYT TH-9800. Kight radio list the th-9800 for $269.95.
This is a too good to be true price….
U have both the Wouxun KG-UV920R and the Anytone AT-588UV and in my opinion, the Wouxun is a much superior radio hands down. I have received nothing but compliments on th Wouxun and several complaints on the Anytone. On the Anytone, everyone says the tx audio is way low and I can’t find any way to adjust the mic gain. The Wouxun, I have been told has almost broadcast quality audio. The display on the Anytone is difficult to see and on the Wouxun, it is very pleading to the eyes.