diff --git a/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemod.cpp b/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemod.cpp
index f8a8c8a4b..18790bb36 100644
--- a/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemod.cpp
+++ b/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemod.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ FreeDVDemod::FreeDVDemod(DeviceSourceAPI *deviceAPI) :
         m_iModem(0),
         m_speechOut(0),
         m_modIn(0),
-        m_scaleFactor(SDR_RX_SCALEF),
         m_settingsMutex(QMutex::Recursive)
 {
 	setObjectName(m_channelId);
@@ -456,24 +455,19 @@ void FreeDVDemod::applyFreeDVMode(FreeDVDemodSettings::FreeDVMode mode)
     {
     case FreeDVDemodSettings::FreeDVMode700C:
         fdv_mode = FREEDV_MODE_700C;
-        m_scaleFactor = SDR_RX_SCALEF / 3.2f;
         break;
     case FreeDVDemodSettings::FreeDVMode700D:
         fdv_mode = FREEDV_MODE_700D;
-        m_scaleFactor = SDR_RX_SCALEF / 3.2f;
         break;
     case FreeDVDemodSettings::FreeDVMode800XA:
         fdv_mode = FREEDV_MODE_800XA;
-        m_scaleFactor = SDR_RX_SCALEF / 8.2f;
         break;
     case FreeDVDemodSettings::FreeDVMode1600:
         fdv_mode = FREEDV_MODE_1600;
-        m_scaleFactor = SDR_RX_SCALEF / 3.2f;
         break;
     case FreeDVDemodSettings::FreeDVMode2400A:
     default:
         fdv_mode = FREEDV_MODE_2400A;
-        m_scaleFactor = SDR_RX_SCALEF / 8.2f;
         break;
     }
 
@@ -494,7 +488,6 @@ void FreeDVDemod::applyFreeDVMode(FreeDVDemodSettings::FreeDVMode mode)
         freedv_set_snr_squelch_thresh(m_freeDV, -100.0);
         freedv_set_squelch_en(m_freeDV, 0);
         freedv_set_clip(m_freeDV, 0);
-        freedv_set_tx_bpf(m_freeDV, 1);
         freedv_set_ext_vco(m_freeDV, 0);
 
         int nSpeechSamples = freedv_get_n_speech_samples(m_freeDV);
diff --git a/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemod.h b/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemod.h
index 726ab6d07..2b3f1dbae 100644
--- a/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemod.h
+++ b/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemod.h
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ private:
     int m_iModem;
     int16_t *m_speechOut;
     int16_t *m_modIn;
-    float m_scaleFactor; //!< divide by this amount to scale from int16 to float in [-1.0, 1.0] interval
     AudioResampler m_audioResampler;
 
 	QMutex m_settingsMutex;
diff --git a/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemodgui.ui b/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemodgui.ui
index 9d3ec4217..6d97823de 100644
--- a/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemodgui.ui
+++ b/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemodgui.ui
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
          <string>AGC time constant (ms in log2 steps)</string>
         </property>
         <property name="minimum">
-         <number>4</number>
+         <number>0</number>
         </property>
         <property name="maximum">
          <number>11</number>
diff --git a/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemodsettings.cpp b/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemodsettings.cpp
index 381930b48..553c1cd1e 100644
--- a/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemodsettings.cpp
+++ b/plugins/channelrx/demodfreedv/freedvdemodsettings.cpp
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ FreeDVDemodSettings::FreeDVDemodSettings() :
 void FreeDVDemodSettings::resetToDefaults()
 {
     m_audioMute = false;
-    m_agc = false;
+    m_agc = true;
     m_agcClamping = false;
-    m_agcPowerThreshold = -40;
-    m_agcThresholdGate = 4;
-    m_agcTimeLog2 = 7;
+    m_agcPowerThreshold = -100;
+    m_agcThresholdGate = 0;
+    m_agcTimeLog2 = 0;
     m_volume = 3.0;
     m_spanLog2 = 3;
     m_inputFrequencyOffset = 0;