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940vs.955
Ok,I just got my moms car(she just got the new liberty)and shes keeping the whistler 1780.Although i know it is not a great detector i have had some great saves with it.Heres my question,from what i understand the only difference between the bel 940 and the bel 955 is autoscan,correct?Also what is autoscan,and am i going to notice a big difference in the bel from the 2 year old whistler 1780?
Thanks
Actually, the V940 has Autoscan, but since you can't turn Autoscan off on the V940 the display always simply reads "Highway." The V955 allows you to specifically select either Highway or Autoscan mode, and the V955 also adds a City NoX setting which completely kills X band.
Autoscan looks for multiple X band signals being detected at the same time. If this is the case and as long as the signals are not very strong, then Autoscan correctly assumes that these multiple X band signals are coming from door openers and then automatically filters out the alert. If you drive fairly close to X band door openers while in Autoscan mode, then once any X band signal reaches a signal strength of approximately 50%, the Autoscan filter is overridden and an alert is produced.
Autoscan also adds a 1 second delay before alerting to weak to very weak signals. During this 1 second Autoscan does additional checking to rule out a false alerts from cheap radar detectors.
Well, thats it in a nutshell.
Mem, I am not sure that first statement is correct (Autoscan, but since you can't turn Autoscan off on the V940 the display always simply reads "Highway."Originally Posted by MEM-TEK
Actually, the V940 has Autoscan, but since you can't turn Autoscan off on the V940 the display always simply reads "Highway." The V955 allows you to specifically select either Highway or Autoscan mode, and the V955 also adds a City NoX setting which completely kills X band.
Well, thats it in a nutshell.
Highway and Autoscan are completely different. As for the 940 running autoscan and reading highway. Autoscan has drastic affect on X and people running on highway mode where x is a threat would have a major problem if this was correct.
To sum it up 940 doesn't have autoscan and Nox.
I could be wrong I hope the professor chimes in.
well the NoX feature isnt a big deal to me considering i live in jersey
Then if you wanted to save a few bucks get the 940.
okay,thanks,they both have close to the same sensitivity/range correct?
Yes
I would get a whistler PRO 78
well i got the 940 and i love it!,Thanks!
It's all good then.....
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