Just bought the Pro73 - A few questions

Hey All! After researching hard all over the internet and at the wealth of info provided by RadarRoy (You are a lifesaver, sir) I went with the Whistler 73 over the Cobra 9700 \ 9730. As much as I love the design of the Cobras, I'd rather have performance over style.

I just had a few questions tho, With all the talk about Ku band, is it going to hit the US? I'd hate to spend $120 on a radar detector and have it outdated so soon.

Also, how is the Blue LCD Backlight on the Pro73, and how are the Voice Alerts? I just bought a touchscreen Magellan RoadMate 300 that has a nice, bright blue keypad and I'm hoping it'll look good in my car.

Anything else I should know? Thanks!

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Originally Posted by PPPOE

Hey All! After researching hard all over the internet and at the wealth of info provided by RadarRoy (You are a lifesaver, sir) I went with the Whistler 73 over the Cobra 9700 \ 9730. As much as I love the design of the Cobras, I'd rather have performance over style.

I just had a few questions tho, With all the talk about Ku band, is it going to hit the US? I'd hate to spend $120 on a radar detector and have it outdated so soon.

Also, how is the Blue LCD Backlight on the Pro73, and how are the Voice Alerts? I just bought a touchscreen Magellan RoadMate 300 that has a nice, bright blue keypad and I'm hoping it'll look good in my car.

Anything else I should know? Thanks!

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Dont worry about Ku band for now, trust me it will be a good while before you see that appearing on our streets if at all, the pro 73 isnt backlit it has the blue LED text display which is visible in all but direct sunlight, the voices are good and quite clear identifying each threat that appears, you may have POP falsing issues with Ka sometimes it may annoy u a bit, but all in all the range is very good for this detector, also it is very good in laser detection in its class (believe it) although it wont do ne good if u are the target. Be sure to read the manual fully and enjoy. For the price and performance u have made a good choice.

Awesome. I'm 16 and a very good driver, and I dont usually do more than 10 or 15 over the speed limit, but I'll feel much safer with this one.

When you say the LED Display (Excuse my first post, I said LCD by accident) isn't backlit, are you sure? At night time does it show up?

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Awesome. I'm 16 and a very good driver, and I dont usually do more than 10 or 15 over the speed limit, but I'll feel much safer with this one.

When you say the LED Display (Excuse my first post, I said LCD by accident) isn't backlit, are you sure? At night time does it show up?

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The display stays lit unless you put it in dark mode, the display will be faintly lit at night but will go out completely when a radar or laser alert is received and will remain that way 20 seconds after the alert has ended, after which it will faintly lit again......10 -15 is good enough for this detector it has adequate range...just be careful of instant on radar if driving alone or ahead of a pack of cars...no detector will help!

When you say Instant-On, you don't mean POP do you? Can you explain?

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When you say Instant-On, you don't mean POP do you? Can you explain?

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POP works just like instant on just much more quicker. Regular instant on worked by sending out a short pulse of radar to defeat radar detectors at close range by not allowing any warning time to the operator that he was being targeted.... the only prob was that it alerted every other radar detector that was near to its proximity...POP sends out a much faster pulse that a regular detector w/o POP could not see fast enough to warn..

I see. What are the chances a small town like mine uses POP \ Instant On? I live in a small town in New England and there are never more than 8 or 9 cops out per shift.

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I see. What are the chances a small town like mine uses POP \ Instant On? I live in a small town in New England and there are never more than 8 or 9 cops out per shift.

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it all depends if ur jurisdiction has purchased any MPH radar with the POP function ( its the only manufacturer that has developed that)...instant on on the other hand ..the chances are very high it is built in all manufacturers' radars as a user enabled function...and when used it is deadly!

I see. Do most cops have radar in every cruiser?

PS: Thanks for putting up with all my questions folks, this is my first radar detector and I love getting the info on it.

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I see. Do most cops have radar in every cruiser?

PS: Thanks for putting up with all my questions folks, this is my first radar detector and I love getting the info on it.

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...Thats what we are here for...to answer your question....the answer is no....not every cop will have a radar in their cruiser your detector will only alert you to radar that is in use whether in constant transmit or instant on.