Self Cal and Service Required?????

Alright just a few days ago I was at the airport. My x50 goes off with a laser warning, no cop around? Then K band, again no cop? I was just assuming it was all the radars and crap they have at the airports. Well while I was waiting for my parents to arrive outside, my radar goes into self cal. It fails and says service required. I unplugged for a minute and turned it back on. Shows K warning and went back to service required. Did this a couple more times. Finally I turned off the radar from the volume switch thing. I waiting about 5 minutes. Turned it back on and it was fine. Same night Im driving home and there was a cop, Ka goes off but it was too late. It seemed like instant on but it wasnt because there were many cars passing by. It went off only like 200 feet away. Luckily I was doing the limit because I was afraid my radar wasnt working. Next day I reset the radar and I drive around to grocery stores to see if its working properly. It seemed ok but I think Im being paranoid. Do I have to send it in for service? I heard alot of horror stories from people sending their rds in for service to Belscort.

Are you running it in expert mode?

i've heard peoples rd freak out when multiples bands are being used while your on standard mode

I have done no changing from the menu besides from making the scanning dot appear. Other than that everything was untouched and how it is from the factory is how I left it. Im assuming thats standard mode?

Enabling expert mode will let you track up to 8 multiple radar signals.

I forgot how but i think this is how you do it. When the rd is on,hold the top two buttons until you acess the program menu. Then keep clicking the left button until you acess METERSTD, now click the right button until it shows METEREXP. Then leave it alone for couple seconds and there ya go !

Alright so just put it in expert mode, sounds simple. Should I be worried about my radars functionality though? It didnt pick up that Ka too well the same night. I havent run into any encounters yet so Ill have to stop being lead foot for a while :cry:

I think you should keep your RD until you get some encounters with LEOs, if you feel like you don't trust your RD then you should definitely send it in to Escort.

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Originally Posted by Explorer_Vincent

I think you should keep your RD until you get some encounters with LEOs, if you feel like you don't trust your RD then you should definitely send it in to Escort.

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Alright bro thanks for your help. Ill be back if I have troubles :lol:

Mine did the same thing with the self cal tests. I kept using it because it would work fine sometimes. Finally it stayed on self cal. so I sent it in. If you have the warranty go ahead and send it in.

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Originally Posted by Braveheart

Mine did the same thing with the self cal tests. I kept using it because it would work fine sometimes. Finally it stayed on self cal. so I sent it in. If you have the warranty go ahead and send it in.

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I have the warranty. Took in front of a couple grocery stores again and it seems fine. I want to encounter a LEO though. Also anyone know if I can still get the extended warranty from escort.

Ok something is wrong here. I was driving around today and I ran into a LEO. My radar went off with a Ka warning. Looked around and saw two cop cars in a shopping center. So I go into the shopping center and just drive slowly around the cop car. No one was in it but my radar was going off. The rd was terriible. I was literally right in front of the damn car and it wasnt even full strength...it barely hit half strength. I think Im gonna have to send it in :(

Also anyone know if I can still get the extended warranty through Escort or is it too late? I got my RD back in April.

Maybe the LEO left his radar gun under the passenger seat or something, thus you received a full warning when you drove close to the patrol car.

You need to experience an actual LEO operating radar, to exactly know if you feel confident in your X50.

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Originally Posted by Explorer_Vincent

Maybe the LEO left his radar gun under the passenger seat or something, thus you received a full warning when you drove close to the patrol car.

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Could be. I saw one on the dash. The other one was not visible or did not have one. They were parked next to each other near a restaurant. Ill have to be extra cautious now and Ill wait for another encounter.

Question

Which mode are you on?

auto
highway
city

City

leave it on highway at all times to experience the maximum detection

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Originally Posted by Explorer_Vincent

leave it on highway at all times to experience the maximum detection

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But doesnt City just reduce the X-Band range? X-Band is not even used around here, I barely get hit with K-Band, and 97% of the time its Ka.

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Originally Posted by Radar Roy

When you activate highway mode on your radar detector:
- You increase the sensitivity of your radar detector to receive at its maximum range
- Your detector's audio alerts are restored for low signal strength encounters
- Your detector is at maximum performance and more likely to warn you of threats ahead on the roadway, including instant-on radar.

If you detector is equipped with Auto Mode, it should detect that it is being operated on the highway. However, Radar Roy recommends that for maximum performance, manually set the detector to highway mode when traveling on the open road.

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I turned off my X band, and always leave it on Highway.

However, when i'm going into large cities, where theres a lot of automatic doors in hotels at every block..i switch it into City mode.

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Originally Posted by Explorer_Vincent

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Originally Posted by Radar Roy

When you activate highway mode on your radar detector:
- You increase the sensitivity of your radar detector to receive at its maximum range
- Your detector's audio alerts are restored for low signal strength encounters
- Your detector is at maximum performance and more likely to warn you of threats ahead on the roadway, including instant-on radar.

If you detector is equipped with Auto Mode, it should detect that it is being operated on the highway. However, Radar Roy recommends that for maximum performance, manually set the detector to highway mode when traveling on the open road.

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I turned off my X band, and always leave it on Highway.

However, when i'm going into large cities, where theres a lot of automatic doors in hotels at every block..i switch it into City mode.

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Alright well Im heading home right now so let me re-program the RD and let me drive around some more before I send it in. Thanks for all the help.

If you want to turn off X.

I think you go into the program menu by holding the top two buttons, left click until modifybands, right click until X, then the mute button on the RD to turn off X.

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If you want to turn off X.

I think you go into the program menu by holding the top two buttons, left click until modifybands, right click until X, then the mute button on the RD to turn off X.

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Yah I know how to do the programming and all that crap lol. I just dont want my $350 RD to crap out on me. So far it has basically paid for itself but how long can it last...

I've had mine for about 4 years.

Just last month it Self Cal, and that was the very first time. Hasn't done it since.

Hopefully itll last until the new escort rd comes out.

You need to send your unit in this is what..



SERVICE REQUIRED


Means its pretty self expanitory. It is saying send me in I need to be tuned.



AlPiNe~

Welcome to the board Mayur. Hope your unit gets fixed the x-50 is a good unit just alot of pop falsing. Other than that its a stellar performer in my book. Hope you have a good time on the forum and learn stuff.




AlPiNe~

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Originally Posted by alpinestars_2002795

Welcome to the board Mayur. Hope your unit gets fixed the x-50 is a good unit just alot of pop falsing. Other than that its a stellar performer in my book. Hope you have a good time on the forum and learn stuff.




AlPiNe~

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Ive been around since April and have had my RD since April and it works fantastic. My unit did display Service Required but now no longer does. Ill send it in a couple days before my car goes into the shop (getting some body work done) so I wont miss it too much :(

This is why i like haveing another high end back up unit. Or even a v995 like proudnma member does to fall back on should i ever have to send a unit into valentine reasearch or belscort. Then im not completely out of a detector i miss my unit but im not out of protection.





AlPiNe~

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Originally Posted by alpinestars_2002795

This is why i like haveing another high end back up unit. Or even a v995 like proudnma member does to fall back on should i ever have to send a unit into valentine reasearch or belscort. Then im not completely out of a detector i miss my unit but im not out of protection.





AlPiNe~

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haha true but I was barely able to afford the x-50, not sure if I can afford a backup unit lol.

I didn't mean right now bud. In time you will be able to. In time you'll build up an arsenal like the rest of us have on here. I don't even list half of mine. Just my top units.




AlPiNe~

haha yup. My dad wants a good rd now after seeing mine. He has this really old Fuzzbuster rd that is from like 97 lmfao. He thinks it helps him which is the sad part. After using mine once or twice he wants one just like it. I may talk him into getting an Rx-65 though.

Ok well just stopped by the place I bought it from to get a copy of a reciept. While there I asked about warranty and they said that they can send it in so I just gave it to them. Easier for me, less to hassle with. Talked about an extended warranty. $60 for 3 more years. Im gonna go for this.

As i have prevously stated I would not purchase an rx-65 but do what you want man your money to waste not mine. I would get an x-50,v1,v995 over a rx65.



AlPiNe~

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Originally Posted by alpinestars_2002795

As i have prevously stated I would not purchase an rx-65 but do what you want man your money to waste not mine. I would get an x-50,v1,v995 over a rx65.



AlPiNe~

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From all the tests Ive seen around here, the RX-65 is always shown to be better than the x-50. If you have your reasons please let me know. V1 is out of the question because of cost and because I'm a Belscort fan lol. Its basically X-50, RX-65, or the rumor of this new Escort RD coming out soon.