Well, it's mainly my fault, but I still need somewhere to vent for me doing something stupid. As you may or may not be aware of, I modified the controls to be activated by my rear window switches, and the mute is connected to my mute switch for the V1, so a total of 5 buttons; Mute, Brightness, Volume, Mode, and Mark.
Now, if you notice, there are 6 buttons on the 9500ci control module. The one I oh so conveniently chose not to carry over was the power button. I have a kill switch to control the power, so two power buttons is redundant, right?
Well, when I made that decision, I was not aware of a quirky little feature on the 9500ci that I didn't have on my SRX. That feature is the 9500ci automatically shuts it self off when it receives a low voltage.
Fast forward to this weekend, I just washed my car and it was sitting outside drying off, also getting scorching hot with the black interior. I jump in, the 9500ci automatically turns itself on like it always does, and I immediately proceed to put down both the windows. I hear a beep the 9500ci doesn't normally make, and see it flash "LOW POWER" and "POWERING OFF".
So, sometime next weekend I'll have to rip apart my center console and window switch again to press that one tiny little tack switch, and then my massively expensive radar will work again. To top it off, I broke my V1 hardwire cord too when it fell off the windshield and was swinging by its cord. That happen 2 weeks ago but I had been to busy to take everything apart that putting a new wire would require.
Cliff Note:
I have no working radar detectors in my car
I'm not sure if this is better or worse than when I spent 3 hours thinking I broke my 9500ci screen by switching it to red, only to find out all I had to do was press that stupid little button to turn it on.
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