Dont know where this thread should go, but here it is.

So I have had the Passport 8500 for about 2 years now and when I mash on the gas from a stop it goes into "laser" mode. the radar detector goes nuts. Is this a default in the radar detctor or just mine going bad from sitting in the sun all the time? Or is it just telling me to slow the eff down? No cops around when it does this. Just mainly when im at a dead stop and floor it, and up to about 50 it will do it.

I dont wanna drop another $300-350 on a radar detector but i will. Its saved me more than that already.

Any ideas? Anyone??

 

did you try doing a google search to see if anyone else has this issue? Oh wait, I did it for you and found this...should help you get started..

http://www.radardetector.net/8500-Fa...6e553364bebc2f

 

Thanks!!

 

Try reseting it. I actually bought my 8500 because my 7500 was all screwed up. After I bought it, I noticed in the instructions that you can reset it by holding down all 3 buttons for a bit. I tried this on my 7500, and now it works perfectly.

 

Hard wire it for beginners with the smart chord. Ive had mine since the day it came out and never had it do that.

 

what 3 buttons? i only see 2. the stupid thing is still going off like a mo fo. but just since it got warm (60 degrees) i had no problems when it was cold. WTF?

i read the forums for the site that CJITTY posted but cant figure out how to turn the "laser" mode off. im ready to throw the thing out the window.

 

The mute button on the unit (not the smart cord) is the 3rd button. I dont have my instruction manual on me, but I am pretty sure that you hold all three buttons down for a bit to reset it. If you have the manual, it will tell you for sure.

 

If you wanna turn the laser mode completely off, you just hold down the 2 main buttons on top to go into program mode. Then just scroll thru until you see something about the radar bands. Normally, I think you hit one button for scrolling thru the options and the other button for changing the option. When you find the option about the different radar bands (not sure what its called), use the mute button on the front of the unit to change from on to off for each band.

 

ill try that. i was messing with it earlier and held down the 2 buttons at the top and it put me to the program mode. but then i was like wtf...how do i turn off the laser mode. ill use the 3rd button to turn that off. who cares about laser mode here in KY....cops proly couldnt figure out how to use it if they had it

BTW.....THANKS!!!

 

got the laser mode turned off. YEAH!!! Thanks Sust Man!

 

No problem. Laser is kinda worthless anyway. It doesnt even go off unless you are the one being lasered, and by then its too late to hit the brakes anyway. Its really just a "your fck'd" announcement.

 

yeah my buddy has one too. last time and only time it went off. it was just a reminder that your getting a ticket!!

plus....these KY cops are so stupid they probably dont know how to use their laser.

 

interesting. yeah i've had some problems with it going to laser and deafening me...but never tied it to the speed of my car since it happened so randomly...will have to give this a try and spare myself warranty

 

yeah mine started going off randomly about 6 months ago. didnt think much of it. then it got worse. now laser mode is turned off. hold the 2 buttons on top....find the different bands and once you find laser hit the mute button to turn laser off.

 

but do i want to turn it off? i just want it to not go off when it isnt supposed to...btw i have an x50...hopefully similar reset instructs (will go back thru that first link)

 

if you dont want it to go off unexpectedly like mine was....id turn it off. i read the forum about the detector and there is some kind of short or the laser sensor just goes "bad" mine got so annoying that i was ready to just take it out of my car. so glad that i turned off "laser mode!!"i just have the 8500 but im sure the programming is fairly similar to the x50. if you dont have the manual just google and you can proly find an instruction manual. if im missing something, someone please correct me.

hope this helps.