Sangean

Sangean
Sangean
Traditional Chinese	山進電子
Simplified Chinese	山进电子
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shān Jìn diànzǐ
Bopomofo	ㄕㄢㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Shan Jinn dianntzyy
Wade–Giles	Shan1 Chin4 tien4-tzu3

Sangean Electronics, Inc.
Native name	Chinese: 山進電子; pinyin: Shān Jìn diànzi
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1974; 50 years ago
Founder	Yang Ching-shan (楊清山)
Headquarters	Zhonghe, New Taipei, Taiwan
Area served	Global
Products	Electronics, including radios
Website	sg.sangean.com.tw/first/first.asp (Taiwan); www.sangean.com/first/first.asp (USA); www.sangean.eu (Europe)

Sangean Electronics, Inc. (Chinese: 山進電子; pinyin: Shān Jìn diànzi) is a Taiwanese electronics company headquartered in Zhonghe District, New Taipei, Taiwan, with a factory located in Dongguan, China. The organisation is globally active with business units in Venlo, Netherlands, for Europe and Santa Fe Springs, California, for the Americas. The business units are directly in contact with distributors in relevant areas. It is noted for its shortwave radio receivers and digital radio (HD and DAB) receivers.

Products[edit]

Sangean produces DAB / DAB plus (DAB+) radios, shortwave radio receivers, HD Radio tuner radios (with international tuning support), weather radios, internet radios, work site radios, shower radios, portable radios and handheld radios.

The brand is distinctive for its designed products. Several products have won awards, which include Golden Pin Design Awards [zh]^[1] and the Taiwan Symbol of Excellence.^[2]

Products[edit]

Apart from products sold under its own brand names, which include Lextronix,^[3] Sangean also produces on behalf of other companies: Many of the shortwave radios marketed by Siemens, Panasonic, Braun, Grundig, C.Crane, and Roberts have been and are being developed and produced by Sangean.

The UNDOK app

Most of the internet radios Sangean produces are compatible with the UNDOK app. The app can be used to connect a mobile device to the radio and select an input (DAB, FM, Bluetooth) or radio station.