Possible 8500 Refurb Problem

[jmccam]

Micah, send a PM to Larry (EscortRadar) and tell him what is going on. He gives great customer service like yourself. I traded my original 8500 for an X50 with the S7 horn after I had some issues. I then ran into a service error problem with the refurb X50 and was just about to give up. Though it was pain on the wait, Larry had one of their best techs run it through the gauntlet and I have to tell you the unit I got back is on fire. I am picking up a known K band sign at ridiculous distances and the KA is now on par with my IX.

[rocky2]

Update: I just went out and did some more testing and a new issue came up...I turned all bands on the 8500 on and the K band doors that alert to every other RD I ran against the alerted as X band. I ran each detector against the source and they alerted to the source as K band but the 8500 alerted as X band....8500 is shipping back tomorrow.

You're talking about your Whistlers, right? I'll bet money that your 8500 got it right and the Whistlers got it wrong. Whistlers are known for confusing X and K band, but I've never heard of any Escort ever getting them confused. You're sending back the wrong RDs.

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...r-openers.html

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI6MnQDev-o"]YouTube - Whistler XTR-690SE and REFURB Escort 8500 detecting X band radar door openers[/ame]

How did i miss that video, my xtr-690 would do this sometimes also. Whistlers sweep X and K at the same time probably leading to this issue.

[BlinderGuy]

Micah, send a PM to Larry (EscortRadar) and tell him what is going on. He gives great customer service like yourself. I traded my original 8500 for an X50 with the S7 horn after I had some issues. I then ran into a service error problem with the refurb X50 and was just about to give up. Though it was pain on the wait, Larry had one of their best techs run it through the gauntlet and I have to tell you the unit I got back is on fire. I am picking up a known K band sign at ridiculous distances and the KA is now on par with my IX.

Thanks...I talked to him Friday and sent it back Friday. I hope mine comes back as hot as yours because I really liked the styles of the 8500 for some reason.