Redline with GPS? Any chance?

[statusquo]

Probably cost $700, but I was just wondering...

I'm not ever going back to an ever-squawking radar in the city. The choice for a long-ranger on the highway would be nice.

Oh, and please make it water-tight for motorcyclists too.


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[happya$$]

It will happen eventually. I would say 1-2 years. They will milk the M3 platform for about another 5 years which is not a bad thing

[CJR238]

It will happen eventually. I would say 1-2 years. They will milk the M3 platform for about another 5 years which is not a bad thing

X2, and when it does happen there wont be much out there that could compete.

I'm going to push Escort every day to do it, its a must to have the be all end all of RD's. I just hope they can keep it around $600, which is possible.

[Freebird]

I bet they are already hard at work on it.

[akarol]

Redline sensitivity, GPS, and arrows. Now that would be the end all unit.

PS - I know V1 holds patent on arrows still.

[Pyrofallout]

Redline sensitivity, GPS, and arrows. Now that would be the end all unit.

PS - I know V1 holds patent on arrows still.

Does it have to be arrows? Maybe just display FRONT, REAR, OR SIDE on the display?

[<<JAZZY>>]

Redline sensitivity, GPS, and arrows. Now that would be the end all unit.

PS - I know V1 holds patent on arrows still.

Does it have to be arrows? Maybe just display FRONT, REAR, OR SIDE on the display?

Only the V1 has patented front and rear radar antennas and arrows to locate radar. Bels, Escorts, and every other RD don't have a rear radar antenna so it is impossible to know with 100&#37; certaintity which direction the radar is coming from.

[bilybob]

I think people take the patent design analogy too far. They can't have the rear facing antenna in the same configuration but if they wanted to, they could for example have the second antenna facing forward and bounce the signal from the back. This is just an example. I think v1 crowd beats this horse to death, if escort really wanted arrows etc, they would have found a way around it.
I am a v1 user and love the arrows, but if the redline beats my v1 in detection range and quick trigger in all bands, I am willing to sacrifice my arrows. Ofcourse everybody has their own needs but I don't think escort is that obsessed with the arrow issue.
Now a redline with GPS would really kick butt arrows or not.

[Pyrofallout]

Redline sensitivity, GPS, and arrows. Now that would be the end all unit.

PS - I know V1 holds patent on arrows still.

Does it have to be arrows? Maybe just display FRONT, REAR, OR SIDE on the display?

Only the V1 has patented front and rear radar antennas and arrows to locate radar. Bels, Escorts, and every other RD don't have a rear radar antenna so it is impossible to know with 100% certaintity which direction the radar is coming from.

Well obviously it wouldn't work with a single antenna, but if I am not mistaken, the REDLINE has 2 antennas correct? Positioned appropriately, the radar should be able to determine which direction the signal is coming from no?

[djrams80]

If any company not named Valentine Research uses multiple antennas inside a single casing for the purposes of directionally locating a radar source, they will be in violation of VR's patent. If you can figure out a way to directionally locate a radar signal using a single radar antenna, then you're smarter than I am.