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Jun 20, 2008 | 07:37 PM

#41

ts_vaj

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Originally Posted by azn_xxxd

Yes lol, ya mi team now. Lol is your V1 up to dated ? and where do you mount it ?

No my V1 is oldschool man. It only detects laser from the front lol. Alot of cops still use radar so it's still doin it's job lol.

I think it would cost me over $200 bucks for an upgrade if I send mine in. A friend actually gave me mine for free a long time ago so he didn't have the mounts...I had to go buy sticky velcrow tape and set it on top of my dash. Works great.

Jun 20, 2008 | 10:14 PM

#42

hockeynut

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From: Cheeseland

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Originally Posted by ac08odl

i dive 25 miles to work and back home every day and my girl lives in jersey i got out there also and i pass cops on the high way a million times and the radar never use to ring and when it would ring its when i passed the cop. you cant tell me out of the million cops on the high way i passed not one had there radar on. my 8500 way so much better.. i even called escort passport and they told me to reset it and still the same. the radar would ring for any stupid shit but not a cop and for some reason when i would pick up speed it would ring..

I think I know what you're talking about - the "ringing" is for laser. My unit started doing that a few years ago. I called them and they said interference or something and
to send it in and they would put some shielding or something in the unit. It was out of warranty and I didn't want to be without it for a month so I just shut off the laser and have driven that way since. Not a lot of laser in my area so no big deal.

Jun 20, 2008 | 11:30 PM

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Phrosttz0

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From: Upstate, NY

yeah my 8500 use to ring and show laser on the screen whenever I floored the car, I thought I was the only one with that issue, very weird.... just started doing it.. the fix was purchasing a 9500i

Jun 21, 2008 | 07:45 AM

#44

fsttyms1

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From: Appleton WI

I get laser falses in both the V1 and the 8500 from trail blazer tail lights on occasion. Im not the only one either.

Jun 21, 2008 | 11:07 AM

#45

Krazylegs

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From: Naples, FL

Just wanted to mention that it is best to buy these things from an authorized dealer than trying to save a few bucks on e-bay. If you buy from an authorized dealer and have problems with false alarms, you can always send it back to the manafacturer for upgraded firm ware. IMHO I think that it would be worth the extra 100- for the 9500. There is the extra cool factor that the unit has similar to XM and DVD audio that the TL comes with. BTW I did mean the Solo in my previous post. I have the 8500 X50 with the blue display.

Jun 21, 2008 | 09:39 PM

#46

azn_xxxd

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Originally Posted by ts_vaj

yeah mine is v1.7 , i think that would be good enough huh, v1.8 is better but lol i iant gone waste 198 bucks to do it lol. Aniway V1.7 is good enough right ?