What are the best settings for the Whistler Pro78?

[bkrell]

It was probably just a K-band door opener.

[WhistlerMan]

First encounter: When I first got into Baton Rouge there were 2 Leo's parked on the side of I-12 (1 of which had a car parked on the side the road giving them a ticket) and the other Leo was out of his car with a Gun in his hand walking and pointing at the on coming cars in which I was one of them. The speed limit on that part of I-12 was 60 so I was not there for very long. If he was standing out on the highway I would think he was using POP or Lasar.

Question 1) My Pro78 did not go off at all, so can you explain why?
My thinking on this is that maybe he was using POP, and maybe he did not have the trigger pushed at the time I was passing him. BTW, my Laser setting was turned to the ON position so I would not think it was a Laser gun.

More than likely he was using LIDAR (laser). It is extremely difficult to detect laser when you're close because the beam is so narrow that it doesn't reflect up to the sensor in your RD. If you were close enough to see he wasn't squeezing the trigger, it was way too close to detect LIDAR without a jammer.

Question 2) If he was using POP would my detector not detect his gun, since I had it in the POP OFF position?

Your RD would have given you a brief K-band alert, but no POP warning. In other words, it would treat the signal like a normal k-band signal. I have confirmed this with my Pro-78.

The second encounter was: When finally driving home on Hwy 41 in Pearl River La. I reached up and changed my X band from ON and switched it OFF, just to see if it would beep when I passed this service station to see if the Automatic door was a X band, but it still beeped and it was K band. Also, sometimes it does not beep at all when the store is closed at night, so am I picking up a automatic door opener or possibly a Alarm system.
Question 3) What do you think about this?

That part's easy. The Pro-78 detects K and X on the same sweep, and this sometimes results in some confusion of the two bands, so sometimes with the X-band off, the RD will incorrectly ID an X-band signal as K-band. Also, it is possible there are two signals there: a strong X-band and a weak K-band. In that case, with X on, your Pro-78 will alert to X-band first because it is the stronger signal. With X-off, it would alert only to the K-band signal.

If it was Laser, why would my detector not alert me to Laser when I was a farther distance away? There was never a Laser warning at all.

bkrell,

Do they have business alarm systems that can make the detector go off, because it does not go off when the service station is closed for the night?

Could it not beep too, if the automatic door is turned off at night?

[bkrell]

Yes, alarms can make the detector go off. So can doors...

[Stealthcb]

If it was Laser, why would my detector not alert me to Laser when I was a farther distance away? There was never a Laser warning at all.

May not have seen it, still. Especially if you're high-mounted. If it was POP, your Whistler WOULD have alerted on it. Mine does, and quite well.

Do they have business alarm systems that can make the detector go off, because it does not go off when the service station is closed for the night?

Could it not beep too, if the automatic door is turned off at night?

Yes, perimeter alarm systems can alert on K and X band.

[WhistlerMan]

If it was Laser, why would my detector not alert me to Laser when I was a farther distance away? There was never a Laser warning at all.

May not have seen it, still. Especially if you're high-mounted. If it was POP, your Whistler WOULD have alerted on it. Mine does, and quite well.

So are you saying a high-mount does not pick up Laser?

Also, are you saying it alerts to POP even with the POP OFF?


BTW, it was high-mounted next to my rear view window.

[Stealthcb]

If it was Laser, why would my detector not alert me to Laser when I was a farther distance away? There was never a Laser warning at all.

May not have seen it, still. Especially if you're high-mounted. If it was POP, your Whistler WOULD have alerted on it. Mine does, and quite well.

So are you saying it alerts to POP even with the POP OFF?

Yes, it just doesn't TELL you it's POP.

[WhistlerMan]

May not have seen it, still. Especially if you're high-mounted. If it was POP, your Whistler WOULD have alerted on it. Mine does, and quite well.

Are you saying a high-mount does not pick up Laser?

[Stealthcb]

May not have seen it, still. Especially if you're high-mounted. If it was POP, your Whistler WOULD have alerted on it. Mine does, and quite well.

Are you saying a high-mount does not pick up Laser?

It depends on the specific angles and distances involved, but remember -- LEOs target your plates and headlights most often with LIDAR. So your chances are LOWER with High-mount. That said, mine is above the RVM and picks up laser off every stinking Lexus or Toyota it passes.

[WhistlerMan]

May not have seen it, still. Especially if you're high-mounted. If it was POP, your Whistler WOULD have alerted on it. Mine does, and quite well.

Are you saying a high-mount does not pick up Laser?

It depends on the specific angles and distances involved, but remember -- LEOs target your plates and headlights most often with LIDAR. So your chances are LOWER with High-mount. That said, mine is above the RVM and picks up laser off every stinking Lexus or Toyota it passes.

Stealthcb,

I have both a Toyota Corolla and Camry. :twisted:

Are you saying my 2 cars are stinky. :mrgreen:

[bkrell]

Yes, like StealthCB said, laser is aimed low and has a very narrow spread compared to radar. The lower you mount, the closer you are to the targeted areas. That's why so many companies state "mount in center of windshield for maximum range." It's not really maximum on either; it's a compromise.