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    Default Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Hey all,

    I'll be going to PA for the 4th of July and was wondering if I should get the XTR-695SE or 690SE. I currently have a XTR-150, which seems to be okay, however I haven't had a chance to really test it since I live in NYC. The problem is that police don't really use K or KA band on the highways, its all pretty much Lidar. I usually don't speed more that 10 mph over the speed limit, so I was wondering if my radar detector would cut it on PA interstates. I hear they pretty much always use C/O K band, which in theory should be easy to pick up, even with a basic detector. How good is the 690SE and 695SE, and what's the difference between the two?

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    Default Re: Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Of all the bands K is the weakest for those whistlers.

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    Default Re: Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Quote Originally Posted by TRun View Post
    Of all the bands K is the weakest for those whistlers.
    So I should get something other than a 695SE/690SE?

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    Default Re: Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Quote Originally Posted by Swift101 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by TRun View Post
    Of all the bands K is the weakest for those whistlers.
    So I should get something other than a 695SE/690SE?
    If you go up against only K then yeah.

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    Default Re: Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Quote Originally Posted by TRun View Post
    Of all the bands K is the weakest for those whistlers.
    Really?


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    Default Re: Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Quote Originally Posted by pboy91 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by TRun View Post
    Of all the bands K is the weakest for those whistlers.
    Really?

    Ya Rly!
    Once you throw some traffic and terrain you get that awesome range cut so bad it burns.

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    Default Re: Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Quote Originally Posted by pboy91 View Post
    Really?

    Like the Zebra Tune on the radio in the background! ;-)

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    Default Re: Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Quote Originally Posted by TRun View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by pboy91 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by TRun View Post
    Of all the bands K is the weakest for those whistlers.
    Really?

    Ya Rly!
    Once you throw some traffic and terrain you get that awesome range cut so bad it burns.
    Nice videos! Tough terrain! Looks like it did a decent job though considering the terrain. The terrain in my video is where I drive 95% of the time and the 695SE handles it with no problem.

    As for the traffic, it doesn't seem to cut down the range. About 2 weeks ago the speed sign was on the other end of the same street in the video. Traveling down two lanes of traffic with vehicles all around, the 695SE picked up the sign about 1.6 miles away. (As soon as I made a 90 degree turn toward the sign).

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    Default Re: Question about XTR-695SE/690SE

    Quote Originally Posted by myblkrat View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by pboy91 View Post
    Really?

    Like the Zebra Tune on the radio in the background! ;-)
    Yeah, me too. I turned it down so you could hear the alerts in the video, but I didnt want to turn it off because I had not heard Zebra in awhile and it was on the radio :-)

 

 

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