good advice and info, im waiting for my 9500xi and ill be looking for cops while testing the radar, maybe get a kick out of every time it goes off and i see a cop hiding, before he catches me accidentally speeding :)
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good advice and info, im waiting for my 9500xi and ill be looking for cops while testing the radar, maybe get a kick out of every time it goes off and i see a cop hiding, before he catches me accidentally speeding :)
OK, a couple of pet peeves:Quote:
Originally Posted by NickT916
1) The radar detector you have purchased is called a 9500ix, not a 9500xi. It is amazing how often this mistake happens around here.
2) This is a radar:
http://www.mega-tech.com/graphics/pr...d-stalker2.gif
This is a radar detector:
http://www.carenvy.ca/wp-content/upl.../10/9500ix.jpg
What you have purchased is called a radar detector(RD for short), not a radar.
yes, i did buy a radar, its time i start pulling cops over, citizens arrest time!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by djrams80OK, a couple of pet peeves:Quote:
Originally Posted by NickT916
What you have purchased is called a radar detector(RD for short), not a radar.
jk :)
You mean a radar gun? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by NickT916yes, i did buy a radar, its time i start pulling cops over, citizens arrest time!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by djrams80OK, a couple of pet peeves:Quote:
Originally Posted by NickT916
What you have purchased is called a radar detector(RD for short), not a radar.
jk :)
I totally agree with your suggestions and situational awareness always - but for now, I'll stick to my 2 RDs instead of 1 - I'm using one for when I do my running around staying in town, and then the other when out on the open road out of town. I never use both at the same time - only one or the other :(Quote:
Only a total loser would need two RDs for one car! :eek: Oh wait. :(
V1
9500ix
i decided to go ahead and buy the V1 also, i bought this one used on ebay for $250
they are known for tons of false alarms due to door sensors and everything around town, correct? but on the freeway there is no such false alarms and has a longer range front and back
so my total investment is currently at $650
$400 9500ix
$250 V1
seems a bit much, but might be very well worth it for protections around town and freeway ...
now if you are driving around town 70% of the time and 30% of the time get on the freeway, are you better off with an IX or the V1??
Good luck with that. You should know that about 50% of used V1s show up needing repair. What version is it? There are many older versions out there that do not perform anywhere near the standards of today's V1s.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickT916
1.8 version, what repairs do they need and how do you know if it needs repairs?Quote:
Originally Posted by djrams80Good luck with that. You should know that about 50% of used V1s show up needing repair. What version is it? There are many older versions out there that do not perform anywhere near the standards of today's V1s.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickT916
What usually happens when a V1 needs repair is that the detected frequeny range will drift. What that means is that when a properly working V1 sweeps the K band for example, which is 24.050 - 24.250 GHz, it will slightly oversweep the band, something like 24.040 - 24.260 GHz. A broken V1's sweep range will be off, so its sweep range might have drifted down to something like 23.945 - 24.165 GHz. So, when a LEO comes by running K band radar at 24.145 GHz, the V1 alerts as normal, but when a LEO comes by running K band radar at 24.180 GHz, that is outside its drifted sweep range, the V1 doesn't even know the radar signal is there and never makes a peep. My used version 1.8, revision 3.812 V1 showed up even more busted than the example I described and couldn't detect X or K band at all. I had to immediately send it in for repair.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickT916
To fix something like this, VR goes in and changes out the broken component, which costs $45.
Do you know what software revision the one you purchased is?
CHP like to hide behind the walls on the entrance ramps on the I-5 in Sac and shoot you in the rear as you pass with instant on. Just a word of caution from my observations passing through that area. Enjoy your V1.