*sigh... huge let down w/ 9500CI.

[category4]

Yeah, pretty funny. One user has an unusual problem that I myself have never seen or heard of anything like this and the zombies come running to tell us how much Truelock sucks and we should all go back to using V1s. I guess I'll go and throw my 9500ci in the trash now.

Hey when do they pickup the trash there?

Anyone looking for a slightly used ci?

[djrams80]

No holes to poke! I too think that this is what happens.

I also think the unit receives the exact same signals at all times, but instead reduces what it tells you about in auto mode.

[CJR238]

While I was driving around yesterday I saw at least one false that was automatically locked out but the detector (in Auto Sensitivity Mode) never alerted. It beeped and the display said "STORED" but that's it.

I know the manual says that "sensitivity" in Auto Mode is reduced based on the speed of your vehicle, but what does that actually mean? From a hardware perspective, how does one change the sensitivity of a radio receiver? I'm no expert on radio receivers, but AFAIK your receive sensitivity is what it is.

At my last company I designed wireless monitoring devices for industrial equipment. When we wanted to simulate fringe reception conditions in order to test the error detection/correction features, we had to put an attenuator in series with the antenna lead in order to cut the signal level down; there was no adjustment we could make to the radio itself to make it less sensitive.

Here at home, when they installed my cable modem, the tech measured the signal strength and found it was a bit too high, so he installed an attenuator in the cable line leading to the modem. Again, there was no adjustment on the RF receiver itself to reduce the sensitivity.

Now, maybe the Escort receiver design is more sophisticated and has the ability to make this receive sensitivity adjustment. For example, maybe they have a way of switching in an attenuator internally when needed. Or maybe the receiver is always at maximum sensitivity and the unit simply does not alert you unless the RSSI is above a certain threshold which varies with your vehicle's speed.

Based on my (extremely limited) experience with the ci, it seems that the detector still "sees" (and locks out) the same signals whether you're in Highway Mode or Auto Sensitivity Mode; the main difference seems to be that in Auto Mode it's less likely to alert you to what it's receiving.

Anyway that's my theory. Go ahead and poke holes in it.

I also think the unit receives the exact same signals at all times, but instead reduces what it tells you about in auto mode.

X2, no holes to poke. But i believe all the 9500 series units analyze in all modes, just in City & Auto its actually suppressing the alert according to the specific parameters.

[thestaton]

we need some virtual holy water we can throw on threads to keep the zombies at bay.

[swarga]

we need some virtual holy water we can throw on threads to keep the zombies at bay.

Whatever was in that water, it seems to have worked. I went out and bought a 9500ci!

[crazyVOLVOrob]

we need some virtual holy water we can throw on threads to keep the zombies at bay.

Stop telling us the problems you are having

Ever notice how Escort lurkers jump on the V1 when a problem is reported?

[MEM-TEK]

Whatever was in that water, it seems to have worked. I went out and bought a 9500ci!

And you already are having a lot of fun playing around with it too! Next, you will be dreaming about exactly how you want to permanently install all of the components. Thats what happened to me. Heck, some of the dreams were better than sex!

[thestaton]

jesus, this thing is touchy. I was in the same area this morning that it had locked out before, and yet again it locked out the signal almost as soon as it detected it. This time I was on top of it and immediatly unlocked it, but it proceeded to lock it out two more times, with each time I had to go behind it and unlock it...

looks like I'll be turning auto learn off on this particular trip from now on.

[MEM-TEK]

Hmm...perhaps we need the ability to turn Autolearn off for specific locations. That would be cool!

[swarga]

Hmm...perhaps we need the ability to turn Autolearn off for specific locations. That would be cool!

In other words, you want a version of TrueLock for the AutoLearn?