8500 X50 Self Calibration Failure: Service Required

[robster66]

Hi Guys, another newbie here. So glad that I found this site. I bought two new RX65s in May '07 through cardomain.com while I was travelling in the US (3mths in an RV - sweet). Didn't get it until just before I came home to New Zealand so no US use at all. I gave one to a mate and his is fine but my one has started doing the selfcal - service required thing. It is a version 6.1 manufactored 5th week of '07.

I live in an area where it gets nice and cold in winter, (had 10 nights in a row of minus 11 celcius, not sure what that is in farenheit but it's well below freezing) then the summers get up to around 40 deg C (100ish). My mate lives in a more temperant area. I'm thinking that my problems are probably heat/cold related but have a question.

If I open up the case to tighten screws, will that void the warranty? I'm not sure if it will be covered anyway as I have lost the invoice and I'm not sure if cardomain.com are authorised resellers (they said they were).

Other than the selfcal problem it has been a great detector. I am a soon to be retired cop of 20 years so am very familiar with the radars/lasers etc and this detector works better than the V1 in my opinion. It has very similar detection distances but the tech mode sets it apart.

I have disabled X and K as they are not used in NZ anymore and the tech display allows me to instantly know if the threat is a cop or just leakage from the cheap detector that just passed me.

I look forward to some interesting discussions with you all.

[robster66]

Hi Guys, another newbie here. So glad that I found this site. I bought two new RX65s in May '07 through cardomain.com while I was travelling in the US (3mths in an RV - sweet). Didn't get it until just before I came home to New Zealand so no US use at all. I gave one to a mate and his is fine but my one has started doing the selfcal - service required thing. It is a version 6.1 manufactored 5th week of '07.

I live in an area where it gets nice and cold in winter, (had 10 nights in a row of minus 11 celcius, not sure what that is in farenheit but it's well below freezing) then the summers get up to around 40 deg C (100ish). My mate lives in a more temperant area. I'm thinking that my problems are probably heat/cold related but have a question.

If I open up the case to tighten screws, will that void the warranty? I'm not sure if it will be covered anyway as I have lost the invoice and I'm not sure if cardomain.com are authorised resellers (they said they were).

Other than the selfcal problem it has been a great detector. I am a soon to be retired cop of 20 years so am very familiar with the radars/lasers etc and this detector works better than the V1 in my opinion. It has very similar detection distances but the tech mode sets it apart.

I have disabled X and K as they are not used in NZ anymore and the tech display allows me to instantly know if the threat is a cop or just leakage from the cheap detector that just passed me.

I look forward to some interesting discussions with you all.

Further to above, I have confirmed that opening the case will void the warranty, I guess that is why one of the screws is under the serial number sticker (so they can tell). Anyway, the good news is I got a replacement invoice and although Bel didn't reply to emails, I finally managed to get them on the phone and they will repair it under warranty and even send it back to NZ for free. Lets hope it will be all go after that.