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04-09-2005, 09:14 PM
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5th Gear
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
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X-Band Need your opinion
The V1 radar detector can be programmed, one program allows for the disabling of Xband... since a lot of Xband is the cause of many of the fals alarm....so should I disble it?
I know in Houston a lot of police do not use Xband... what about your areas? What is you opion, should I disable it? 
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04-11-2005, 05:21 PM
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5th Gear
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
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Read up and check and see if any cops use X band. I live in Virginia and there is no longer any X band. Only bad thing is that I make trips to North Carolina only 10 miles away and they use it.. Just read up on what bands are used in the area you usual travel in..
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04-11-2005, 07:11 PM
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5th Gear
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Originally Posted by Passat774
Read up and check and see if any cops use X band. I live in Virginia and there is no longer any X band. Only bad thing is that I make trips to North Carolina only 10 miles away and they use it.. Just read up on what bands are used in the area you usual travel in..
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Where can you find the information?
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The proud owner of a 2005 DS/B MCS-JCW...God is my Co-Pilot, but Satan has his foot on the Gas!!!
Half of a two JCW family, I am the fast one!
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04-11-2005, 07:17 PM
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1st Gear
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: oregon
Posts: 48
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personally, i would keep it on.. better to be safe than sorry. i got clocked with x-band and got a $141 speeding ticket. i would hate it if i got pulled over right after getting a V1. thats about $250 down the drain, not to mention the ticket.
thats my 2/100
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04-12-2005, 11:03 AM
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6th Gear
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Sora, Panama
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yes, but how would you find this type of information? and where did you get a v1 for $250? Im going to have to pay $400 for it... please tell. i would love to have an extra $150 to spend on a new cold air intake...  |
04-12-2005, 07:52 PM
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5th Gear
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
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Originally Posted by 1nf3rn0
yes, but how would you find this type of information? and where did you get a v1 for $250? Im going to have to pay $400 for it... please tell. i would love to have an extra $150 to spend on a new cold air intake... |
Seriously, i paid 400...
My problem is that Houston is blanketed with xband...but i do travel to other areas....
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Joel
My Flickr Site
The proud owner of a 2005 DS/B MCS-JCW...God is my Co-Pilot, but Satan has his foot on the Gas!!!
Half of a two JCW family, I am the fast one!
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04-14-2005, 06:48 AM
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Neutral
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Option 1 - keep it in hwy mode to decrease sensitivity.
Option 2 - Get a Passport 8500 ( ;-) . It's "expert meter" display will show you the frequency of the X/K or Ka-Band signal being detected. Do a a little research on google to find the most prevalent police radar/ X-band frequencies and you're good to go - OR - simply call your local and/or State police and ask....if they don't want to tell you you can probably find the information on the web and/or file a FOI request.
The basic frequency ranges are as follows:
Х-range (10.525 GHz +25 MHz),
К-range (24.15 GHz + 100 MHz),
Ка-range (33.4 GHz - 36.0 GHz),
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07-06-2005, 06:28 PM
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2nd Gear
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Join Date: May 2005
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x band sucks
i live in ny and the only one i leave on is ka band, of course the laser is on as well. x band is worthlesshere even k isnt used anymore. if it says ka better slow down 98% of the time its gonna be worth slowing down for.
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