I saw this video about the 9500i from Guys Of Lidar ind I'm concerned.
YouTube - Escort 9500i Locking Out Real Police Radar
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THIS VIDEO WORRIES ME ABOUT TRUELOCK
I saw this video about the 9500i from Guys Of Lidar ind I'm concerned.
YouTube - Escort 9500i Locking Out Real Police Radar
That video has been discussed ad nauseum, especially in this thread:
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=34473
Here we go again... :roll:
Read this too:
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=34501
Please for everyone’s sake, new 9500I owners should read my 9500I sticky completely so we don’t need to explain these stupid old videos.
The videos were to intentionally show the 9500I locking out a supposed real threat. That video specifically was when the 1st 9500I's were made over a year ago.
I will also quote my self:
Originally Posted by CJR238
There was an original Video by GOL implying it locked out the hole band that I had been battling for months trying to prove that TrueLock didn’t block out the whole band (seemed like I was the only one). it was realized and tested by jimbonzzz and proved that it didn’t block out the whole band (~30MHz blocks).
Then the discussion changed to weather the 30MHz block would in fact lock out a real threat after that location was locked (it was obvious at this point to not deliberately lock out a LEO). That’s when the new videos came out, one actually showed it working fine. Yes they were staged but the point was to show it’s possible and that’s why I did my thread.
There is a 0% chance of locking out a real threat in an area not using the same band. However if they do use the same band and same frequency in the same location and the signal isn’t much stronger than the false, sure you could have a problem, is it less than a %10 (if not 0%) chance if you use my TrueLock Tricks and Tips, yes.
So why did the 9500I get so beaten on? I’m not sure, something to do with a big hill and allot of winded old guys climbing it I think.
It has a small flaw like all RD's, Human error.
I would say you have the same chance of ignoring a threat on another RD in comparison to locking out a real threat.
The 9500I is very smart and gives you awesome tools that can make your dally commute quieter. But we need to remember on the 9500I you choose your lockout scenario not the 9500I so in the end if you don’t use my TrueLock thread as a guide you could have a scenario just like those Videos no matter how small the chance is.
These are the things that need to take place to have a problem with TrueLock:
1) Local radar is running in X or K
2) You lock out a location with X or K
3) the location you lock out with X or K happens to be the same 30MHz block the local LEO's are running
4) A LEO is running radar in that same locked out area.
5) His signal is of about the same strength of the false so it doesn’t alert out side the locked out area.
6) and lastly you are speeding in that "High Risk" area.
That’s more variables than what it takes to get a ticket with a RD that has no TrueLock.
Sorry, I just ordered my 9500i so I havent been reading threads about but for a couple days.
Don’t be sorry, its a good question... :wink: Its just one that has been beaten to death.
It makes perfect sence to be worried about a video from GOL.
I was reading your thread about locking out signals and was wondering how it works with 2 signals from same location..On my way to work I always get a false on my rx65 from post office..As i approach it will be 24.112 but when I get in front of building it changes to 24.120.
Could be frequency drift of 1 signal or 2 different signals. If you use TrueLock there it can lock out both frequencies from that location.
Thanks..I'll shut up now!! hah hah
Not at all, i love good easy questions like that. Its the GOL video ones that kill me. :wink:
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