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    Default Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    Any ideas? X-Band just blips in every few minutes or so but I havent been able to establish a pattern. This is in a rural area and around the city but it just started recently and doesnt matter where I am. I have used it in two different cars, same result.

    If I change to Auto-NoX, it does filter the X-Band blips out. My K and Ka hits are still coming in "normally" which means terrible ramp up in general...but we know that deal.

    Any ideas?

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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    X-band is pretty commonly triggered by a variety of causes. If you don't live in a state with X band police use, just disable X band in the settings completely and continue using highway mode without the X-band falses.

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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    Quote Originally Posted by theinstructor View Post
    Any ideas? X-Band just blips in every few minutes or so but I havent been able to establish a pattern. This is in a rural area and around the city but it just started recently and doesnt matter where I am. I have used it in two different cars, same result.

    If I change to Auto-NoX, it does filter the X-Band blips out. My K and Ka hits are still coming in "normally" which means terrible ramp up in general...but we know that deal.

    Any ideas?
    If you are certain that these X band alerts are not from radar sources then your RedLine will need to be serviced. Please call us to set this up at the number in my signature below.


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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    In the places I have been lately they cannot be from any terrestial based radar sources. It would have to literally be coming from a satellite in orbit to generate a hit on that freq. These places have been very remote and the x thing keeps popping up all over and it didnt in the past on those same routes. I will call service.

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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    mine is doing the same thing. I got a weak x-band alert out in the woods. I mean real rural, and it lasted for 4+ minutes. I tried powering it down and back up but it didn't stop. On the drive back it didn't do it at all. It seems to be very random. Hear lately it seems to not happen as much. could this be a temperature issue since it is getting colder?

    Was your problem ever resolved, did you get a new one and if so did it continue to do the same thing? I kept it hooked up to a power supply in the house for an entire night and never noticed it going off. I can't figure out if it only happens after certain bootups, meaning it make be fine for hours until it is restarted and then after a while have a sporadic X-Band alert. I also have suspicions of my car, I know my battery it getting old and not holding a charge, but wouldn't think it would have an effect if my alternator is working.
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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    Cell phone towers do it to my STI

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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    After more playing around I believe that it is my Iphone 4S causing the falsing on X-Band at 10.520. I am assuming this because I did not getting any more falses after disabling the phone but I did not test over an extended period of time. I want to figure this out before by money back return period expires. Has anyone else had a problem like this. I hope there is a solution because I use the phone for the escort live.

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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    yes that's why i got rid of my old rx65

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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    I have 2 phones with 2 carriers, 1 is for work, the other is personnal. Anywho, when i have an incoming call on the work phone and it is near an unshielded speaker, i hear noise (clipping) in the speaker before the phone rings.......... so, depending on which carrier you have will depend on the freq. they use.

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    Default Re: Redline suddenly started intermittently alerting on X-Band in HWY mode

    I have two iphone 4s and an iphone 4. when the iphone 4s are within 1' of the radar detector it causes a weak x band falses on and off. when it is withing 6" it is a constant x band false, still a weak alert. The only thing that stops the falsing is to turn of data communications. The iphone 4 does not seem to cause the falsing or has not yet.

 

 

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