[Ptuh Ptuh]

Originally Posted by pepsih

i have a v1 and im happy with it, but if you really want a cheap solution you may try some apps on your phone, i personally use an app called WAZE, this app allows you to make and receive update from other members. People can report accidents, traffic jams, speed and police traps!

i use it all the time, in collaboration with my v1 ;D
I suggest you to give it a try at least for couple days

Funny thing you bring that up, I have been using WAZE on my iPhone previously but for some reason on the iPhone 5 I have been getting lots of issues with that app. It won't load, it can't locate me (Im standing still, outside of my car with clear view of the sky), when i do get directions it's all sorts of fcuked up. What iPhone are you using?

[glachhman]

8500 x50 putting in work for me

[pepsih]

Originally Posted by Ptuh Ptuh

Funny thing you bring that up, I have been using WAZE on my iPhone previously but for some reason on the iPhone 5 I have been getting lots of issues with that app. It won't load, it can't locate me (Im standing still, outside of my car with clear view of the sky), when i do get directions it's all sorts of fcuked up. What iPhone are you using?

im more an android guy
so i have a samsung galaxy s2...
my gps is messed up too but i manage to make it work with an additional app that's called GPS Status



funny thing, to locate me i have to hold the phone vertically so the yellow point is exactly in the middle, and then few sec later i got it ;D


I suggest to all of you guys and girls to at least try this app, more peopl use it more accurate it will be

[Ark10bimmer]

The v1 picks up laser signals. Just play around with a few of the top radars. Don't get cheap crap you will regret it.

[scroitoru]

Mine paid itself. Not saying did get a ticket yet, but just today, I was trying to go around a guy, and I see the Escort lit up. It's good to have one, but be also cognizant of your surroundings.

[nycbr]

The V1 was making me nuts with false alarms around the city, although I never tried shutting off the X band. I now use a Bel GX65, which is similar to the Escort 9500, that works great and has much less false signals.

[Fortyb]

I'm using the V1 programmed with personnel settings hardwired in My car and the passport 8500 x50 hardwired in the wifes Acura.. Both are great detectors.

[Bakeme521]

Originally Posted by s3ries

what sucks about the gps feature on the passport 9500ix is that lets say i block out a shoprite k radar from the door. and the cop is shooting rader right next to it with Ka, itll block out the signal.... happend to me before in my town, so i shut the gps feature off, since i dont know where cops are hiding and could be blocked out by the gps,but otherwise great radar detector!

That's not why you got caught. It would find a separate signal and realize it was something legit. It does not ignore radar in areas that it remembers it ignores the same signal strength in the same location after 3 times passing it. He must've gotten you with laser and didn't hit the detector so you never saw it coming.

I wondered the same thing so I read up on it before purchasing one and it has already paid for itself twice.

[NeoNz]

V1 FTW, don't get anything else. Laser, you're screwed. You can get a jammer

[bmorebblick]

Originally Posted by anerbe

Really?!? So if the 9500 goes into an area that it has blocked radar, will it block out all radar signals in that area? I thought it was just that specific radar type/frequency, and any additional will be picked up.

+1 This is indeed the case. It will block gps based on previous freq detected, rather than EVERYTHING in that location.

[joelk01]

Have had a V1 for 9 years in north Jersey and works great. Definitely recommend hardwire install.

[bmorebblick]

I went with the new Passport Max to follow up my 9500 - I am in love.

[Deep_Blue]

Originally Posted by darkw1sh

How did you program these off, I just got the V1, and its starting to piss me off in Vegas i was picking up 9 x/k bands coming down the strip.

Check V1's website. they have step by step instructions. I've had a v1 for years, just wish i had some way to put the mute button on my steering wheel

[Epic404]

An example of a good setup:

V1 Radar detector (turn off X)
V1 Savvy
Laser Interceptor Quad (HP if funds allow)
Participate in Waze

Some basic tips:

• Don't speed without another car within a half mile in front and behind you.
  
• Don't speed at night in poorly lit areas.
  
• Watch the sky for small planes (VASCAR) if your state allows this type of enforcement.
  
• Watch for marked and unmarked police vehicles both in front and especially behind you. Many states allow the police to pace your car and issue a ticket without them ever having to turn on radar/laser. Some states even allow the police to pace at any distance (which is really BS).

[thecadman99]

My Redline will alert at every hotel/supermarket/etc... that has a radar auto door. The X band can also be triggered by dead spots in cell service- if your cell is too close, your phone will "boost" its search signal and it causes my redline to go off (my detector is mounted on the bottom of my phone car mount).

For that reason, I turn the X band off.

That said, the Redline has great reception, but you will get falses quite often.

[taibanl]

Originally Posted by thecadman99

My Redline will alert at every hotel/supermarket/etc... that has a radar auto door. The X band can also be triggered by dead spots in cell service- if your cell is too close, your phone will "boost" its search signal and it causes my redline to go off (my detector is mounted on the bottom of my phone car mount).

For that reason, I turn the X band off.

That said, the Redline has great reception, but you will get falses quite often.

What about redline+ live?

[thecadman99]

Originally Posted by taibanl

What about redline+ live?

I don't think live works like that.

[vanondemand]

i run 9500ix in conjunction to a laser interceptor quad setup.
Radar detectors are useless against lidar/laser guns

[taibanl]

Originally Posted by thecadman99

I don't think live works like that.

As i understand it. Cant you lock put falses when hooked up to an iphone?

[Yvette]

I was tired of waiting for good used v1 actually, but the price they were selling was not worth buying it used. So i ordered new one directly from V1 website. We will see how it goes, heart many beeps but didnt see a cops today.

[morrobaybum]

Dont cheap out on a radar, the extra money you spend on one will pay for itself over and over. In regards to laser my understanding is that since it is instant the cops knows you where speeding. What does come in handy is when the car next to you was also speeding and didnt slow down cause they dont have a radar screaming "laser". That happened to me and I watched the CHP pull over the beetle instead of me...

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by e90sexion

heart many beeps but didnt see a cops today.

haha, It would be worthwhile for you to find out what type of radar they run in your area, i.e. X, K, Ka. For me, I am 99.99 percent sure X band is not used in my area so I turn it off. I thought K band was dead in my area as well but it just resurfaced in the city cops patrol cars. Must have found some cheap old guns on ebay.