I had my ****** 9500ix for about a month and so far Ive been very happy with it. Last night I was in mild traffic coming down a hill on the free way and I saw a cop sitting on the side of the road with his radar gun out point it straight at me(and everyone else). I was one lane away from the shoulder where he was at. My radar detector did not even bleep. ***. Is there some radar guns that cannot be picked up by any radar detector?
Everyone with ****** 9500ix...it did not pick up a radar gun... ***
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speedracervr4
Enthusiast
It was probably laser and it wasn't pointed at you...
TrackAire
Enthusiast
Probably not radar, but laser.
If the cop doesn't hit your radar detector with the laser, it won't go off. Not like radar where you can put the detector on the seat of your car and it will still read the stray waves.
Then again, you might have a defective detector.
George
If the cop doesn't hit your radar detector with the laser, it won't go off. Not like radar where you can put the detector on the seat of your car and it will still read the stray waves.
Then again, you might have a defective detector.
George
Drew
Enthusiast
He could of been using an x band gun and you where running in "auto no x mode" otherwise known as city mode
I leave mine on hwy all the time.
I run 3 different 9500ix units in 3 different vehicles. You know when you've been painted with laser....scares the crap out of me with the sounds it makes, guaranteed to give and a workout
I leave mine on hwy all the time.
I run 3 different 9500ix units in 3 different vehicles. You know when you've been painted with laser....scares the crap out of me with the sounds it makes, guaranteed to give and a workout
It was on auto. Passport recommends you run on auto all the time.....i seem to remember picking x bands on auto.
speedracervr4
Enthusiast
I run a Passport SR7 laser shifter in conjunction with my 8500ix so I don't have to worry about those situations as much.
Still the detector has a range and should have picked it up!
vancouver-gts
Viper Owner
What car did you drive, a Prius or a Smart car? Cops don't care about those even if they're speeding,lol.
Escalade, blacked out, strutted out, slammed on BIG wheels. Definitely a drug dealer looking car so he would he would be more then interested in it LOL
speedracervr4
Enthusiast
It's a lot more of a concentrated beam and by the time the detector goes off it's too late.
Drew
Enthusiast
Maybe it was close to the end of his shift and wasn't pulling the trigger?
I've never had a ticket with them and I've never doubted the detectors. Kids usually play spot the officer cause it goes off way before there are seen.
Once had a client out in the viper, we where moving down a straight hyway that had little roller hills. Radar went off and the police car was not in sight, I shed too much speed and when we hit the crest of the hill, he flicked his lights on and pulled us over. He ask if I knew why I was being pulled over, I said "not for speeding, I knew you where there before I saw you" he said he pulled me over cause it seemed suspicious a viper would be doing 70 in a hundred zone. His pistol was 3/4 out of the holster the entire discussion and didn't ask for registration or license.
I've never had a ticket with them and I've never doubted the detectors. Kids usually play spot the officer cause it goes off way before there are seen.
Once had a client out in the viper, we where moving down a straight hyway that had little roller hills. Radar went off and the police car was not in sight, I shed too much speed and when we hit the crest of the hill, he flicked his lights on and pulled us over. He ask if I knew why I was being pulled over, I said "not for speeding, I knew you where there before I saw you" he said he pulled me over cause it seemed suspicious a viper would be doing 70 in a hundred zone. His pistol was 3/4 out of the holster the entire discussion and didn't ask for registration or license.
98intrigue
Enthusiast
Pictures, please!
SoCal Rebell
Enthusiast
Chuck it and buy a real radar detector.................................a Valentine 1 
jknappster
Enthusiast
Chuck it and buy a real radar detector.................................a Valentine 1
Chuck them all and buy a jammer.
TowDawg
Enthusiast
Do some research on the subject. A radar gun throws a much wider path of waves and your detector can pick it up much easier when he's shooting anywhere near you. A laser gun is very narrow beam and you will not pick it up unless he's aimed directly at you. In a big SUV, it might not even pick it up if he does shoot you, depending on where you have it mounted. Laser needs a relatively flat, reflective surface to get a reading, which mean cops generally aim at your headlight or front plate area. If you have the detector mounted high on your windshield or visor, there's a chance it won't pick it up (it's that small of a beam). Mount it low and center on your windshield.
Speedracer has the right idea. I run the SR7 laser diffusers front and rear, in conjunction with my built-in SRX system in the Viper. In the H2, I've just got my old 8500, as it rare that I'm too much above the speed limit in it.
The detector didnt not go off at all.
Ill look in to the SR7
vancouver-gts
Viper Owner
he aimed at you with a laser but didn't pull the trigger,end of story. Unless the Valentine has mind reading capabilty of a cop , it wouldn't have helped either ,haha
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Ok gotcha. So at what point does this thing help me?
vancouver-gts
Viper Owner
it helps you if there are a bunch of cars around you so you'll have some evasive action to take. Cops don't jump out as far as the fast lane for safety reasons, so you have a chance he'll pull someone in the curb lane. Just ask any cop! When I got pulled over once on the highway two years ago, there was only one other car [ Audi A5] on the road so guess who he pulled over after he did a U-turn chasing us down? Vipers are cop magnets.
speedracervr4
Enthusiast
looks like sr7 was replaced by srx and both are discontinued.
There are others like the ZR3 or ZR4. The Sr7 and SRX pop up on fleabay often. There is also a forum dedicated to radar/laser reviews and products.
AZTVR
Enthusiast
I don't imagine that it can be very helpful at all against laser. I'd like to hear from folks here if they have successfully avoided a ticket with a laser detector.
TowDawg
Enthusiast
Without shifters, all a laser detector does by going off is let you know that you just got nailed.
If you don't care about the shifters being a separate system and not "plus and play" with your current detector, there are better ones out there than the ****** shifters I have. Don't get me wrong, mine have worked perfectly when called upon and have saved my ass plenty of times, but I think the brand that always kills the others in shifters is Laser Interceptor (or something like that).
If you don't care about the shifters being a separate system and not "plus and play" with your current detector, there are better ones out there than the ****** shifters I have. Don't get me wrong, mine have worked perfectly when called upon and have saved my ass plenty of times, but I think the brand that always kills the others in shifters is Laser Interceptor (or something like that).
TowDawg
Enthusiast
It will pick up radar really well, and all higher end detectors have laser as standard now anyway. It basically will just tell you that you got nailed. From there you can try to drive like a sane person and hope maybe he changes his mind when he sees that you are obeying all traffic laws by the time he catches you. lol
There's also the "chance" that he doesn't get a good read the first shot and you can slow down enough before he hits you again.
There's also the "chance" that he doesn't get a good read the first shot and you can slow down enough before he hits you again.
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