STI settings

[Gsxr1100]

Would one of the local pro's able to give me the best settings for the sti,tight now I run threat display,and pop on ,and sws on,and most of the time hiway mode.Because im new to this I have read alot of posts so I could better peotect meself.But im still uncertian of a few things.I see alot of guys in hee running pop off ( wich is default) that seems weird.I also see alot of guys running hiway all the time.I dont have any problem with radar detectors in my area and I have figuered out wich store give me a K band reading when I go pass so I dont care about to much sesitivity I want to be warned about everything under the sun.Is hiway better to have on does it actuall gi ve u better range?should pop be off wich makes no sence to me.Any setting advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for ur time.

[SmaartAasSaabr]

Oh yeah keep on Highway mode for sure :shock:

POP is a type of radar gun "mode" from MPH, basically it sends a very quick burst of radar, ~65 milliseconds... If you have these in your area keep the Pop on. POP ON has a tendency to alert to other radar detectors, however in ONT this shouldn't really be an issue.

[Gsxr1100]

Ok if u go to the second page in this forum and look for STi pop 16ms able or not,It is posted there like this It would appear that the POP OFF mode will more frequently respond to ½ second triggers and POP ON mode must wait until 800ms to 1 second.Maybe Im just confused.In ontario u would run pop on ,threat mode,and hiway all the time.

[SmaartAasSaabr]

Well to hopefully reduce falsing, the POP mode "opens" a window at very low periods and "closes" the window at higher ones. If these POP guns aren't in Ontario, then for sure do not use POP mode. I'd drive around with it on the frequency display (or whatever Bel's nom de jour is) for a while to get the hang of what guns the OPP and friends are using and look around for something in Ka band 33,8 GHz or so. That's the POP guns...

Then there are also the 16ms flavour of POP which you're basically SOL on.

Now having POP off would increase the likelyness of good responses to instant-on scenarios... which is probably the best bet for ya.

Currently I've always run my detectors in highway mode continously. But I also have always turned off my detectors when I am not exceeding the speed limit or won't be exceeding it noticeably for some periods, which basically means I never use it in city settings... with the STI due to it's stealthyness, you can more or less safely use it in such places, so feel free to put it on a City mode or Autoscan when you are in a crowded place where the speed is low and the falses are bothering you. Otherwise put on Highway!

[Gsxr1100]

Thanks u very much,all the info hepls me learn the best way to use this new little toy to its best potential.

Thanks again

[ATS666]

Turn X-band off
Pop off

I use autoscan in the city and high way on the highway.

I use the hth display (i dont remember the actual name) Its the 2nd choice LOL.

[411]

I wonder the difference between these 2 settings with Sti :

1 ) in program mode : X Off , sensitivity = highway.

2) in program mode : X On , sensitivity = City NoX.

In both settings X band is off .

Is the setting 1 better =the rd do not scan at all X = allowing more time scanning the remaining band ?

or is it just the same as 2 = the rd scans every band but just dont report X alert ?

[Gsxr1100]

Turn X-band off
Pop off

I use autoscan in the city and high way on the highway.

I use the hth display (i dont remember the actual name) Its the 2nd choice LOL.

Ok why do u say turn off pop and x banned does that leave more scanning for the other bands?I would want to use all the bands possible for best protection no?

[crazyVOLVOrob]

Turn X-band off
Pop off

I use autoscan in the city and high way on the highway.

I use the hth display (i dont remember the actual name) Its the 2nd choice LOL.

Ok why do u say turn off pop and x banned does that leave more scanning for the other bands?I would want to use all the bands possible for best protection no?

No it doesn't increase performance

Turning on POP actually might increase you performance against stalker radar guns as seen i nthe most recent GOL event. But seeing as you are in CA i would turn POP on...You should hardly get any other falses since hardly anyone uses a detector there

I have never heard of X-band in canada so i guess you could turn it off

[Gsxr1100]

how can everyone be so sure there is no x band in Canada?Today was funny I drove past 2 tractors on the hiway (new johndeers) and the fired the rd off and x band and ka band,it scared the crap out of me when it went off on a lonley long hiway i use.anyway I heard of a web site that lists all the Canadian radar equipment in use by opp.But I cant find it now.