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    Default the rx65 is not impressing me it doesn't alert me miles away

    like some of you say, more like a 100 or so feet and dont say its instant on because the cop was out of his car and had already pulled someone over, and my r65 went from 0 to 3-4 bars instantly, and the with the second cop it didn't go off until i was right next to him and it didn't even give me a full alert.

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    one thing is it's possible it was handheld radar and it was sitting in the seat/lap of the LEO which is why you'd only get 3-4 bars and it wouldn't go off till you were close or next to the leo. Just my opinion though and I'm sure someone else can give you more info. Might have fallen out of tune and needs to be retuned?

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    a lot of the times the cops use their in car radar pointed forward. If he was pulling someone over in the same direction as you were travelling that means that he is now pointing the front of his car away from you. All the detector picks up is radar bouncing back to you.

    Is the detection that bad when a cop is shooting in your direction?

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    it's possible your detector could be out of tune, you might want to call a customer support center, or if you got it from roy call them. (atleast i think that is a service they provide)

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    well there were 4 instances were i have seen the radar detecotr go off and it was actually a cop, first was wheni was going home and the cop was in a lane perpendicular to me waiting at a light, and it went off about 100-150 away. secon the was a cop driving towards me in the opposite way, this time it went off about 200-250 ft away, the third time the cop pulled someone over in the opposite lane and and i suddenly got a level 3-4 warning about 50-75 ft away. and the fourth time the cop waas parked on the shoulder and it didn't go off until i was right next to him with a level 1 strength. one other time there was a cop with a laser and it didn't even go off when he lasered me! even my very old cobra went off whenever i was hit by a laser.

    i'm not dure if he scanned me or not though.

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    i'm going to exchange this detector for another one, either another RX65 or a escort X50.

    maybe an excort this time i dunno

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    Quote Originally Posted by vandaleigh
    i'm going to exchange this detector for another one, either another RX65 or a escort X50.

    maybe an excort this time i dunno
    Maybe you just got a lemon. I would exchange it and try another one.

    Better to have the problem right away within 30 day return period so you can exchange rather than get it fixed.

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    i honestly hope that this is not the way the RX65 is supposed to work, i will exchange it to see if the new one is works as advertised

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    Quote Originally Posted by vandaleigh
    i honestly hope that this is not the way the RX65 is supposed to work, i will exchange it to see if the new one is works as advertised
    Where was the RX65 purchased?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aust3333
    Quote Originally Posted by vandaleigh
    i honestly hope that this is not the way the RX65 is supposed to work, i will exchange it to see if the new one is works as advertised
    Where was the RX65 purchased?
    i got it from amazon because it was considerably cheaper than other places, i know what you're going to say "its cheap cuz its refurbished or broken or messed up". yeah well i called beltronics and they said that amazon IS authorized to sell their products and amazon IS infact an authorized dealer.

    i'm not going say the price because its not allowed for some reason.

 

 

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