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  1. #1
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    Default ****** 9500i users... HEADS UP!! *******

    Ok, first off let me say that I am a huge fan of Escorts 8500 x50. The 9500i Truelock idea was a stroke of brilliance; that is, if it did work as advertised. The idea of having the preformance of the x50 with a chance of no falses, this was a detector that could turn me away from any other.

    I loved being able to mute out false spots and never have to listen to them again. Coming from a v1 owner, this is quite a relief from such a chatty detector. However...

    I was going bar hopping last night, and I had to swing by the ATM which has a K band false which I had blocked out. I go to the ATM, and come back to see that my friend has my radar detector tester and is firing it at my 9500i. No alert. I tell him its not alerting because I have a false that I have blocked here, and the frequencies could be the same.

    This got me curious this morning as I drive by the ATM on my way to work. I decided to pull in and see what frequency I had blocked out. I turn on the freq display, and turn off my GPS for the true lock.

    It alerts with a 24.107 K band. Then I point my detector tester at it. I fire a K band at it, thats alerts with a 24.137 I turn the GPS back on, and then I fire my detector tester at it. Nothing but silence. TrueLock isnt blocking out a frequency, it is blocking out pretty much an entire band...

    Escort, serously I know you browse these forums. This detector has great potential and can sway anyone away from the competition. But this issue has to be addressed. This isnt blocking out a frequency, this is pretty much blocking out the entire band...

    I will be keeping the 9500i, however I will not be speeding with it. I have yet to have an encounter, and usually the golden rule has always been- if your detector is falsing left and right, you are probably in the city, and you shouldnt be speeding.

    I will give Escort some time to see what they can do with the USB port. Hopefully, they will not pull a Drive Smart and have a USB that will only create false hopes. I do believe this is what it is though...

    To all future buyers, I would stick with one of the top 4 (rx65, x50, v1 or STI) until Escort resolves this issue. This is not what consumers pay for...

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    It be interesting to know what the threshold is - apparently > than 30 Mhz if the frequency measured is accurate. Blocking the entire band or nearly so? probably is the case with the 2 narrow bandwidths of X & K.

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    Sethy where have you been this is what people have been saying
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    Quote Originally Posted by happya$$
    Sethy where have you been this is what people have been saying
    yeah but I was thinking it was an earlier batch

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    Quote Originally Posted by happya$$
    Sethy where have you been this is what people have been saying



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    I wonder how many people have to say TrueLock doesn't work before everyone says... Hey, ya know, this TrueLock doesn't work.

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    Only the blinded hard core fans will be blinded
    RIP Duncan my BELOVED black lab son 8/7/99-3/23/11. I will miss you DEARLY.


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    Quote Originally Posted by nascar
    I wonder how many people have to say TrueLock doesn't work before everyone says... Hey, ya know, this TrueLock doesn't work.
    TrueLock doesn't work!?

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    it doesnt!?!?

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    I think it's time for escort to fix the bug or lower the price :wink:

 

 

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