Passport 9500ci - did you mount the "bicolor display"

[crw41]

I am finishing an install of a Passport 9500ci on a Porsche.

Any suggestions on using the bi-color display?

Yes/no?

Location - A pillar (too bright?, gives away unit at night?

Forgoe it all together?

[snoopyc4]

This guy's install looks good:

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...-cayman-s.html

[crw41]

I have seen that previously and did use some of his ideas.

He does not appear to have installed the small "bi-color" display which is a small LED display (slightly amller than an eraser head).

On some cars there they get mounted in the cluster (as they do with some other stealth units out there).

[snoopyc4]

Oh, the LED. I'd forget it. The control display is enough.

[djrams80]

I skipped the LED.

[focalcivic]

I am finishing an install of a Passport 9500ci on a Porsche.

Any suggestions on using the bi-color display?

Yes/no?

Location - A pillar (too bright?, gives away unit at night?

Forgoe it all together?

I would not worry about it attracting attention. It is a personal preference, sometimes people mount the display low like in an ashtray, and put the led in the dash cluster as an extra attention getter. I personal would not worry about it, as long as you have the volume up high enough to hear the unit.

[beeslappa]

Personally, I would still install the LED high in the gauge cluster. Your eyes get used to the blue light and if you have your music cranked you may not hear the speaker. An additional visual cue doesn't really hurt.

[Atlas]

I skipped it as the main display is in my gauge cluster/line of site.

[thx1138]

I skipped the LED....

[Batman]

I like the LED. I placed it in my instrument cluster above the speedo. It provides a line of sight warning, whereas my LCD is in the mirror. Even if you mount the LCD on the steering column like in that Porsche post a few places above, it is still too low for line of sight. I just glance quickly at the LCD display to see what the alert is, but the LED is what I use for duration.