Any truth to this claim?......Spectre Elite can detect Sti driver?

[jeffinva]

I've been away from this forum for a while but happened to be looking on amazon at the STi driver reviews and saw this one from a Virginia driver

Amazon.com: Eric K. Thompson "IENJOYTV"'s review of Beltronics STi Driver Radar Detector (Blac...

*If this is true then it could be a real game changer for us Virginia drivers*

Jeff

[Weeth]

Hmmm.... I wonder how this works since it doesn't emit anything.

I wonder if the cookie cop saw the detector, or if the reviewer is legit.

According to this review, it's undetectable. I tend to believe it over an amazon review.

http://www.speedzones.com/Site_6/RDD.html

[VanMan]

It does still emit...just a very, very small amount. The Redline/STiD will still make other detectors false indicating it is not 100% shielded.

[Weeth]

Actually, it looks like this has been covered:

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...tml#post865901

[VanMan]

If this was a common issue I would assume more people would complain within over a month's time. It's possible their unit leaked more, the Spectre was just super sensitive, the cop lied, the reviewer lied, or the Spectre detected another radar and the cop pulled the wrong person over and got lucky. If not, and the Elite reliably detects it, then the Elite is a rare unit. I doubt VA would buy all new Spectres to detect 4 radar detectors with the cheapest of them being $500, given not many people drop $500 on a RD.

[kpatz]

It does still emit...just a very, very small amount. The Redline/STiD will still make other detectors false indicating it is not 100% shielded.

Only from a few inches to a couple feet apart. Also, the harmonics that cause detector falses aren't the same frequencies that the Spectre scans for, and thus the M3 is even more shielded against.

A Spectre can only detect it from a few feet away. The LEO would total his cruiser in a head-on collision with your car before his Spectre would alert to your M3.

[VanMan]

It does still emit...just a very, very small amount. The Redline/STiD will still make other detectors false indicating it is not 100% shielded.

Only from a few inches to a couple feet apart. Also, the harmonics that cause detector falses aren't the same frequencies that the Spectre scans for, and thus the M3 is even more shielded against.

A Spectre can only detect it from a few feet away. The LEO would total his cruiser in a head-on collision with your car before his Spectre would alert to your M3.

Yes but we are assuming the Spectre Elite uses the same technology as the previous 3 with similar sensitivity. The Spectre IV may or may not. Obviously, the magnesium cases help reduce the emitting of anything as the V1 has historically had VERY low detection distances on Spectres and the STiD and Redline have not been detected at all...however, the Spectre IV may not scan at the same frequency as previous models. The Elite is advertised to run at 10-25GHz. Do you by chance know the specs on I, II, and/or III?

[kpatz]

A Spectre with enough sensitivity to detect an M3 platform RD with any reliability would also be falsing on everything in town including itself most likely. A Cobra 2 miles away would set it off. Jack up the sensitivity of any receiving device enough and eventually the noise and falses will overpower any performance gains from jacking up the sensitivity.

It just isn't worth the effort to detect the 4 RDs made today that are currently undetectable, when there are a jillion other, more popular makes that are easily detected.

[VanMan]

A Spectre with enough sensitivity to detect an M3 platform RD with any reliability would also be falsing on everything in town including itself most likely. A Cobra 2 miles away would set it off. Jack up the sensitivity of any receiving device enough and eventually the noise and falses will overpower any performance gains from jacking up the sensitivity.

It just isn't worth the effort to detect the 4 RDs made today that are currently undetectable, when there are a jillion other, more popular makes that are easily detected.

This is an issue that the new Spectre addresses. It uses filters and adjustable gains. I am not saying it def detects the unit but until someone shows a video of it than it is best to be safe rather than sorry.
http://www.stalkerradar.com/pdf/006-...te-Rev%20D.pdf

I agree financially it makes little sense to go after 4 detectors, the cheap of which is $500 and so the amount of users with them will be almost zero (I've only ever seen 2 Redlines on the road and 0 STi Drivers) but you know how VA is...if it makes any type of financial or legal sense, they make sure to do the exact opposite.

[comno6]

Links dead.

A Spectre with enough sensitivity to detect an M3 platform RD with any reliability would also be falsing on everything in town including itself most likely. A Cobra 2 miles away would set it off. Jack up the sensitivity of any receiving device enough and eventually the noise and falses will overpower any performance gains from jacking up the sensitivity.

It just isn't worth the effort to detect the 4 RDs made today that are currently undetectable, when there are a jillion other, more popular makes that are easily detected.

This is an issue that the new Spectre addresses. It uses filters and adjustable gains. I am not saying it def detects the unit but until someone shows a video of it than it is best to be safe rather than sorry.
http://www.stalkerradar.com/pdf/006-...te-Rev%20D.pdf

I agree financially it makes little sense to go after 4 detectors, the cheap of which is $500 and so the amount of users with them will be almost zero (I've only ever seen 2 Redlines on the road and 0 STi Drivers) but you know how VA is...if it makes any type of financial or legal sense, they make sure to do the exact opposite.