SmartCord Usage

[2Strokers]

I THINK the Smart Cords work with any RD using the telephone type modual plug. I do know for a FACT that my 8500 and STi Smart Cords work for each other.

Maybe because Escort owns Beltronics

Yes, I do know that. And Ford owns Jaguar, GM owns Hummer, etc etc etc, but not always are their parts interchageable.

I was responding to:

Can the smart cord be used with bel V895 ?

[Arashi666]

Im hardwired WITH a smart plug box!!!!, hahahahahahahaha

anyways, theyre all the same if its using a RJ11 plug, whether its a V995, a RX-65 a X50, STi, or heck even my GT2 works on the same plug, buttons and all

[METEORIC]

The smart cord works for the 895, but the alert light does not flash as fast as when it is hooked up to my X-50.

[proudNMAmember]

X2

[quandary]

I received my smartcord but i do not use it. It does not tell me the signal strength which I prefer because of the large number of X and K falses while driving through Toronto.

[Road Warrior]

I received my smartcord but i do not use it. It does not tell me the signal strength which I prefer because of the large number of X and K falses while driving through Toronto.

I'm using the direct wire cord, hardwired, and the visor clip, for my STI (A4M9)... in Toronto get rid of the X band, it's useless... even K starts to be useless (but I still keep it), now ALL Toronto Police cruisers are equiped with MPH radar guns that work on Ka... OPP on Ka only as well... don't know yet about Peel, Durham, York and other jurisdictions, I think they are a mixed of K and Ka... and some reports that in some very remote areas of Ontario (where I do not drive at all) X band is still alive...

[Greg]

I am currently buying a Smart Cord Direct Wire for my Bel 995, I did not have a problem with the wire hanging down with the coiled smart cord by itself (as I always have my finger near the mute button and loved that convenience) , but now with a GPS Roadmate 700 on the dashboard, 2 wires hanging down is a bit of a pain....I hope to hard wire the GPS unit sometime in the future.

[zfactor]

im taking the smartcord apart to remote mount and use it for hardwire.. no need to buy the hardwire if you know what you are doing... ive taken it apart and used the led's, extended the wires and used small led holders and mounted them inside my gauge cluster behind the clear plastic.. if i ever decide to go to a different unit or brand i can easily find a use for these... it really not hard to do...

[Hessen]

I have no use for the Smart Cord included with my STI.

After using the V1's remote display (modified by lifespeed) the remote on the smartcord is less than satisfying.

[FeaRx]

I just received the Passport SmartCord and hooked it up to my V1. The thing pretty much makes the SmartCord useless. The mute button doesn't work on the V1 unit, mute button doesn't work on SmartCord unit, and the Alert LED doesn't work -- instead, the Power LED blinks when theres an alert. Is there something I need to do that I don't know? Because the SmartCord is completely useless to me with my V1.

Only reason why I bought the SmartCord is because I read on several sites, including this one, that it would work with any detector that has an RJ45 jack, including the V1. However, it seems as though I just wasted $35 on something that is completely useless now.