BelRX65 Question

[Tar-12]

I have had this unit for 3 days and was disapointed with its performance.I found some very helpful info on this forum and hopefully it will correct this novices mistakes.I was running in Autoscan mode,as well as International mode.big no,no?In this configuiration it would not alarm until right on top of squad cars.BAD.I have since disabled the Auto scan in avor of Highway mode and went to U.S. band.What are your thoughts?Thanks in advance.

[CactusMan]

I have had this unit for 3 days and was disapointed with its performance.I found some very helpful info on this forum and hopefully it will correct this novices mistakes.I was running in Autoscan mode,as well as International mode.big no,no?In this configuiration it would not alarm until right on top of squad cars.BAD.I have since disabled the Auto scan in avor of Highway mode and went to U.S. band.What are your thoughts?Thanks in advance.

Depends on where you live. If you live in the US use the USA mode.

[Tar-12]

Cactus Man this is my first serious RD unit.It was not a plug in go deal as I had assumed.The factory default setting was international.Took some time to discover that.Like 40 mins ago!I just started to go through the manual.Was the way it was initially set the culprit for such slow reaction times?I hope so.

[CactusMan]

Cactus Man this is my first serious RD unit.It was not a plug in go deal as I had assumed.The factory default setting was international.Took some time to discover that.Like 40 mins ago!I just started to go through the manual.Was the way it was initially set the culprit for such slow reaction times?I hope so.

I cant say what you mean by slow reaction time but yes the default is set to international. I have the same detector as you do.

[Tar-12]

RD unit did not go off until right up on the police car.

[CactusMan]

RD unit did not go off until right up on the police car.

Assuming it went off just before you got to the cop car, maybe he was using instant on.

[the-ROOSTER-]

I've had my RX-65 a week, and have been pretty happy with it so far.

1- do you know what rev yours is? There's some argument as to what rev. (2.9, 4.5, 6.1....) it has, and antennae, as goes to performance.

2- definately take the time to set it up for "your area".....search on the boards and find out what LEO's are using in your state, town, etc. You can shut some bands off if their not even used near you.....

3- Definately turn Ka to USA......it will have to sweep less of the spectrum, thus quicker reaction time (milliseconds I'm sure, but who's counting?)....

Ive been using both Autoscan and Highway for mine, I think they react pretty simular IMHO.........I might take city down to "city low" and see if I get less falsies near strip malls, etc.

[Tar-12]

Rooster, it is the Rev.6.1 ver., with the M4 antenae.I will have to check and see what the locals are using.

[milkman-n8-2]

I have one. Mine is a 6.1 and the speaker is bad. Bad from day one,it does not go very loud. I bought the external speaker and workes fine.(not sure how i got along with out it) My autoscan does not work as well as highway does. It seems on auto it wait's a long time to pick up. like rite on top of the leo. It workes great on Ka but so so on K. Mine is set usa mode X off pop off sws off laser on. It workes a little better than my X50 only on Ka not K.

[Tar-12]

I have one. Mine is a 6.1 and the speaker is bad. Bad from day one,it does not go very loud. I bought the external speaker and workes fine.(not sure how i got along with out it) My autoscan does not work as well as highway does. It seems on auto it wait's a long time to pick up. like rite on top of the leo. It workes great on Ka but so so on K. Mine is set usa mode X off pop off sws off laser on. It workes a little better than my X50 only on Ka not K.

I do not have any problems with the speaker as it is very loud.I spoke to Radar Roy and he was of the opinion that the Leo using the x-band was either on stand-by or low power.It still gives me a uneasy feeling.Time will tell.