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  1. #1
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    Default Service Required ?

    Back in December 2004, I purchased myself an 8500 X50 and figured
    I would buy one for my father since it was Christmas and
    I was already talking to Escort...... I've had nothing but good
    results with my Rev 5 but this morning I received some bad
    news about my fathers unit.

    Well, today I got a call from my father asking what "Service Required"
    meant. He said that his X50 had flashed Self Cal once or twice in the
    past but the message would disappear and the unit would
    operate properly. He stated that "Service Required" did the
    same thing this morning but he had to turn the unit on and off
    to make the message disappear.

    Question: If "Service Required" appears on the X50 but
    doesn't constantly return, is the unit in need of repair. Will the
    unit still work correctly if the message isn't displayed.....

    Never had this happen to my unit so I'm looking to the experience
    of others on this issue..... Knock on wood... I've never seen Sef Cal.

    Thanks

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    I had service required around my 4th year on my 8500 and it worked fine as long as the service required went off.
    I would send it in anyway.

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    Send it in, is the risk worth getting a speeding ticket?

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    Can someone who knows the truth about when or how often the X-50 checks calibration chime in? And when it does check, can it still receive a signal while checking?

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    Well, I spoke to a rep the other day about this issue.
    The Rep from escort told me that the X50 does a Sef Cal test
    every 7 seconds behind the scenes.

    I've spoken to some very savy techs and some not so knowledgeable
    ones from escort so we may have to rely on Jim or someone that
    more than likely knows for sure.

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    Mine has done that and I kept on using it until it stayed on service required. then I had to send it in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Braveheart
    Mine has done that and I kept on using it until it stayed on service required. then I had to send it in
    Yeah, the Service Rep that I spoke to said that it would
    show it more and more as time goes by and eventually
    stay on. I guess I'll send it in for him when that happens.

 

 

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