Escort Passport 9500ix Radar/Laser Detector (Black)
by Escort Inc.
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Manufacturer: Escort Inc.Brand: Escort
Edition: Electronics
Format: CD
Model: 9500IX
Color: Black
Publisher: Escort Inc.
Studio: Escort Inc.
Music Label: Escort Inc.
Product features:
- Crystal-clear voice alerts and high resolution display
- Variable speed radar performance
- AutoLearn intelligence and user-selectable preferences
- Safety warning system and brightness controls
- Comes fully equiped with a Comprehensive owner's manual, quick-release windshield mount, coiled SmartCord, quick reference card
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Escort Passport 9500ix Radar/Laser Detector (Black)
Customer Review: Living with this has been a pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars
I owned an old Uniden radar X/K band detector. It beeped ALL the time. Highway/City was a laugh. Escort finally solved the problem. After a months' use of my 9500ix I can drive all over and not get a false alarm the whole trip. If it beeps, there is only one meaning - traffic enforcement is nearby.
Update: at one intersection my 9500ix occasionally falses for no reason - there is no radar there. Today (7-1-2010) I found out why it "falsed" which really it did not. On the cross traffic there is periodically a speed enforcement officer (and every time it falsed at that intersection it showed PD frequencies). Today I saw the traffic stop - turned out the motorcycle was 2 blocks down the side street just leaving the radar on and even though I was 90 degrees off the radar signal, it still picked it up and showed me police frequency. Turned out that officer liked that intersection alot which was the source of my signals. Rule of thumb - disable the auto lockout feature if traffic enforcement is in a usual place - end update
Basically, high end radar detectors have come a long ways - let me explain why I like this so much.
First off, it's MUCH more than an radar "detector" - its a spectrum analyzer. Picture these two scenarios:
#1 I'm driving home past that speed sign with the big LED display which uses K-band radar on 24.145 Ghz and my old uniden clunker goes off with a K-band alert. Yea, I know - the sign is there and I'm doing 35 in a 25. 100 feet past the sign is a Harley with red and blue lights who is also operating in the K band on 24.168 Ghz. My uniden can't tell the difference. It's a detector, not a spectrum analyzer, It lights the K light and beeps, job done, and hopefully I get a warning, but since the sign is 2 blocks from my house I ignore it and get to meet and greet one of our fine traffic enforcement officers.
#2 I have my 9500ix installed now. It knows where I am thanks to the onboard GPS. It knows the streetsign is on 24.145 GHz. Up till now it doesn't beep. But then there's the Harley up ahead operating on 24.168 Ghz. He's not supposed to be here! Full blast alarm comes out of the radar detector and I go for the anti-lock brakes down to 24 mph before the harley can lock on my signal.
Because I've become accustomed to not getting false alarms ALL the time I take my 9500ix seriously.
Try another scenario. Up ahead the light is turning yellow. Without my 9500ix I might be tempted to try and "make it on yellow" - but this light has a red light camera w/ $283 fine. It's in the 9500ix's database of driving hazards, so long before I see the yellow, my 9500ix cautions me about the camera, and I decide to stop on yellow. No radar detector can do that.
Finally, because my 9500ix can be customized to give you the frequency of the alert (like the 24.168 Ghz Harley radar speed enforcement device above) I've started to get to know my local police by the frequency they use. Those streetsigns (I have 4 within 1500 feet of my house) are just there to drive everyone batty who has a radar detector until they get careless. That does not happen with the 9500ix after its programmed.
*IF* my 9500ix goes off, there is a good reason for it, and I check the display to see the frequency since the strength is indicated by the beeps. I have my cheat sheet of what cities use what frequency for their radar and can tell quickly if they are operating in the area.
In total, including the driver warning bands, the 9500ix receives 8 bands, I run with highway sensitivity and all bands turned on without a single false alarm. A popular option is to shut off X band since so few police departments use it but since I have locked out all X band interferance sources I'm not concerned. Who knows - somewhere out there an X band radar unit may have my name on it.
A side effect of those automatic speed signs setting off everyone's radar detector is that the police can leave their vehicle units in the lock on position, which is where we want them. The police figure people will ignore it or give up entirely with a radar sign on every block, but in reality they are just a 2 mile beacon alerting you to a speed trap nearby.
The old road and track sensitivity reports that showed brand A to sense a radar transmitter 100 feet sooner than brand B are worthless too now. I'd much rather have ALL false alarms removed so when I get an alert, match frequencies, I *KNOW* there is speed enforcement in the area than an extra 100 feet which is a fraction of a second.
As for long term maintenance, I just take my laptop and usb cable out to save my personal noise emitters to disk and get on the internet to upload the latest non-radar threats to my unit as they come about.
While the 9500ix commands a high price, its feature set is well worth it. Combining GPS and a fine microwave spectrum analyzer produces the ultimate traffic safety device.
Description of Escort Passport 9500ix Radar/Laser Detector (Black)
The Escort Passport 9500ix radar detector is a state-of-the-art GPS-based radar detector that won't deliver extraneous false alarms when you are in your car. It's pre-loaded with red light and fixed position speed camera locations throughout North America and includes the AutoLearn feature that automatically learns and rejects false radar sources based on exact location and frequency.Digital Cameras and Photo Categories
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