MAJOR PROBLEM with 33.8 bugfix

**Zurk** · 08-21-2007, 08:35 PM

ok i just did half of my 1200 mile run. POP off, SWS off, x/k/ka/laser on, autoscan.
about 20 minutes after i started out the STI picked up K band where it should at the gas station. it alerted instead of being silent like it did on the last run rather than wait 300-400ft. good.
10 minutes later it picked up Ka band (NY patrol car). I then went by a gas station and it said Kay.... and then went dead silent. The red light on the smartcord still flashed ok..but then it flashed continously well past the radar source. I shut it off with hardwired kill switch, turned it on -- no startup beep, no noise at all. flashed when detected another radar source.
400 miles later -- nothing. still flashed on radar, no voice at all, no alert sounds.
next morning i switched it on and it beeped. correct identified X band radar source, then K band gas station. Then the Ka tone came and it went dead silent again. now its completely dead silent. i'll remoe it from its hiding place and reset it and see if that fixes it or return to bel.

**thestaton** · 08-21-2007, 08:45 PM

whoa. keep us updated... maybe it was over heating?

**hookem202** · 08-21-2007, 08:57 PM

Does not sound good ZURK... Hope you figure it out!

Keep us updated!

**GTO_04** · 08-21-2007, 08:57 PM

That could be unrelated to the 33.8 bug fix. Still needs to be checked though.

GTO_04

**QuickCummins** · 08-21-2007, 09:00 PM

what week and year is it?

**vliou2173** · 08-22-2007, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by Zurk

ok i just did half of my 1200 mile run. POP off, SWS off, x/k/ka/laser on, autoscan.
about 20 minutes after i started out the STI picked up K band where it should at the gas station. it alerted instead of being silent like it did on the last run rather than wait 300-400ft. good.
10 minutes later it picked up Ka band (NY patrol car). I then went by a gas station and it said Kay.... and then went dead silent. The red light on the smartcord still flashed ok..but then it flashed continously well past the radar source. I shut it off with hardwired kill switch, turned it on -- no startup beep, no noise at all. flashed when detected another radar source.
400 miles later -- nothing. still flashed on radar, no voice at all, no alert sounds.
next morning i switched it on and it beeped. correct identified X band radar source, then K band gas station. Then the Ka tone came and it went dead silent again. now its completely dead silent. i'll remoe it from its hiding place and reset it and see if that fixes it or return to bel.

Were you the guy who posted a while back and said that the visual alerts on the smartcord go off but the audio comes delayed?

**MEM-TEK** · 08-22-2007, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by Zurk

ok i just did half of my 1200 mile run. POP off, SWS off, x/k/ka/laser on, autoscan.
about 20 minutes after i started out the STI picked up K band where it should at the gas station. it alerted instead of being silent like it did on the last run rather than wait 300-400ft. good.
10 minutes later it picked up Ka band (NY patrol car). I then went by a gas station and it said Kay.... and then went dead silent. The red light on the smartcord still flashed ok..but then it flashed continously well past the radar source. I shut it off with hardwired kill switch, turned it on -- no startup beep, no noise at all. flashed when detected another radar source.
400 miles later -- nothing. still flashed on radar, no voice at all, no alert sounds.
next morning i switched it on and it beeped. correct identified X band radar source, then K band gas station. Then the Ka tone came and it went dead silent again. now its completely dead silent. i'll remoe it from its hiding place and reset it and see if that fixes it or return to bel.

Hi Zurk,

It possibly could be that your STi got a voltage spike or had a few milliseconds of interrupted power, since the symptoms you describe are very similar to the once in a blue moon problems which I had with my V995 if I didn't turn off my V995 before turning off my car's ignition, or if my V995 was trying to power up while starting my car. Momentary power drops or voltage spikes can cause the EPROM to get corrupted, which is easily fixed by holding down the program buttons upon power-up to reset your STi back to its factory defaults. So far, I haven't had a single problem with my re-flashed STi. But then again I always power it off first before cutting off my car's ignition, and power it up only after I have started my car.

Anyway, this is my best guess since the symptoms you describe are very similar to what I have experienced twice with my V995 before I decided to power it off before turning off my car's ignition, and to power it up only after I had started my car.

Best Regards,

--Michael

**kpatz** · 08-22-2007, 11:00 AM

It could be the speaker going bad, which is pretty common in Bels from what I've read on here.

**MEM-TEK** · 08-22-2007, 01:15 PM

Hi Zurk,

I was really tired last night when I wrote my post, above. If resetting your STi doesn't fix the problem then I am inclined to agree with kpatz that your STi's speaker is blown.

I could send you a modified Kobitone speaker to replace the OEM speaker which Bel uses. The Kobitone speaker can handle more than twice the power, but its maximum volume seems to be about 2dB less than the OEM speaker. The Kobitone speaker will never burn out though! The only caveats are that you will have to solder the original wires off of the OEM speaker to the Kobitone speaker's solder pads, and that the installation of the replacement speaker is a bit tricky. Alternatively I could do the Kobitone speaker installation for you. Needless to say, the obvious non-OEM speaker would void your STi's warranty.

Best Regards,

--Michael