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  1. Re: Road trip! Need some advice before I go though.

    What model radar detector will you be using?
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    Re: Car Port Sockets & GPS

    Check out the Arkon mounts for your Garmin. I used to have a lot of trouble with the factory Garmin mount falling off. The Arkon one I bought to replace it, however, is great.
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    Re: SWR Help Needed

    Thanks for your reply, I thought everyone forgot about my question. My wife and I ended up cutting some of the antenna and noticed the SWR on channels 1 -30 were below a 2.0. However once you got...
  4. Re: Valentine One Appalling Customer Service - Trying to persuade you Not to buy V1

    Everybody on the forum basically suggested that I was nuts when I posted my experiences with the V1's poor performance and horrid customer service too.



    I might have given VR another chance if...
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    Re: Best Tar Remover - What do you recommend?

    I use turpentine. Works great.
  6. Re: New to nicer detectors, picked up a Escort 7500-S

    Keep in mind that the 7500S is supposed to have increased range over the 7500 (the model in that test).
  7. Re: Escort Passport 8500 X50 - Freaks out "LASER" during hard acceleration?!

    If the ferrite chokes don't work, go buy a 470 microfarad capacitor rated for 25 volts or higher and install it between the power and ground of your power source. Be sure to note the polarity if...
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    Re: Larsen NMO27C power limits

    Thanks for the input guys, I really appreciate it. It is nice to know that should I decide to crank a little power into the antenna at some point, it can take it.

    I got the antenna fine-tuned...
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    Larsen NMO27C power limits

    I just purchased a Larsen NMO27C antenna with a Larsen trunk lip mount. I see online that the antenna is rated at 200 watts. Before pushing any sort of high power into it, I'd like to know if...
  10. Re: Im gonna ask the question no one wants to hear...

    The Valentine One has been shown to interfere even with the 9500ci installed units, so three feet is almost certainly not going to be enough.
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    Re: Old Beltronics - Automute "click" sound

    Yep, the Bel Express models and the earlier Bel Vector models had that style. I think the last one with it was the Vector 985. I rather liked it myself.


    If the Beltronics rep monitors the...
  12. Re: Never Purchased a Detector Before. . . Please help.

    If you have a very low budget, you're going to have better results with Whistler than Cobra. The only thing really within your price range is the Whistler XTR-265.
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    Starting over - 2008 Camry SE (In progress)

    Well folks, I haven't been on the forum in a while, but I've recently been forced into a newer car, so I'm starting all my CM installing all over.

    I was in a traffic accident about a month ago,...
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    Re: Blendmount + Bel STI

    It took a little work, but it was easily worth it. First off, you'll need to purchase a direct-wire adapter. I bought mine from an Amazon seller called NavSphere and I was fairly impressed with the...
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    Re: VX-7R commander & freeband

    The deal on the radio got too sweet to pass up, so I bought it.

    Having gotten no replies, I went ahead and bought the USB cable as well. For anyone finding this thread in the future, I can...
  16. Thread: CB Skip

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    Re: CB Skip

    Some of those inexpensive amps are really nasty with harmonics and whatnot. Thankfully the interference usually doesn't go more than 500-1000 feet or so, thus it isn't too hard to keep interference...
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    VX-7R commander & freeband

    So I've got the chance to buy a used VX-7r for a great price. However, it has had a hardware freeband mod done, and it looks like when the guy removed the solder jumper, he actually lifted the...
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    Re: 9500IX, did I make a mistake?

    As some of the others have said, if you're considering the radar performance above all else, the 9500ix might not be the best choice for primarily rural driving. The Bel STI or the Escort Redline...
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    Re: CB causing falsing?

    Oh good call. Since it was a friend's car, I just used cigarette lighter adapters for both. In my own car, they will both be hardwired, one through an unused slot in the fuse box and one through an...
  20. Thread: Age of a RD?

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    Re: Age of a RD?

    Still a good RD, but probably due for a tune-up. Call Escort and they should be able to fix you right up.
  21. Thread: Age of a RD?

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    Re: Age of a RD?

    I'm about 90% certain it works like this:

    Take the last four digits of the serial number, it will be week/year. So it it is 3009, it would have been made in week 30 or 2009.
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    Re: How often to "refresh"

    Right, same. In my car, I first hardwired my RX65. The later, a scanner (which I eventually removed). Then removed the RX65 for a V1 (which I sold and went back to the RX65). Then hardwired my...
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    Re: How often to "refresh"

    That's my plan next time too. Slap my STI on the windshield until I have time to really scope out how I want a remote installed, do it once and do it right.
  24. Thread: Spec display

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    Re: Spec display

    For your purpose, I don't think a Whistler would be a good choice. They have been known to completely mis-identify bands, so there's no way I could trust that the frequency ID would be accurate.
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  25. Thread: CB Skip

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    Re: CB Skip

    Talked from Centralia Illinois to New Jersey a couple days ago, again from my mobile :D.
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