I bought a bel 980 about 4 weeks, I still cannot use it well. Even sometimes I see the cop's car just in front of me, but the radar detector just like nothing happened! Is it broken? But I'm sure it's beeping when I go to a supermarket or a bank. Anyone knows???

 

Ugh, cops don't have their radar on all the time. Get on the highway, and keep drivin until you see Highway Patrol/Stateys on the side of the road. When you drive past, and if they have a gun aimed at you, check your Bel. If it still doesn't say anything, then you have problems.

 

Only problem I have with Radar Detectors is they arent legal in VA....

BBBBOOOOOo (really would have been nice at 67 in a 35 )

 

ive got a bel 855sti and it falses all the time. im not talking about a supermarket or any other motion sensors, it just goes off. i sent it back to bel while it was under warranty and they replaced whatever inside of it and it was fine for a couple of months and now its acting up again. it seems after ive been driving for a while it works fine, but all that falsing drives me nuts.

 

Buy a Valentine One! Do NOT try and save a $100 on a radar detector by going with something else. Once you TRAIN yourself on how to use a Valentine One you know how many signals are around, which are REAL threats, and which direction they're located.

I've had it for about a year now and it's saved my A$$ at least 4-5 HUGE tickets, if not a trip or two to jail.

It's paid for itself more than once now! I got a BS ticket within 2-months of owning my Max and none since(knock-on-particle board!).

Best $400 mod I ever bought! I can't praise this thing enough.

 

I recently bought the Escort 8500 and it seems to work real good also. Not too many false alarms and you can cusomize it to eliminate the X band all together. In the last week, I avoided two tickets.

 

let it be known that radar detectors detect radar. not police cars, not police officers, not police dogs. just radar signals.

 

I hope I don't drive on the same roads you do.

 

Do they detect police helicopters? I hate it when LAPD has a chopper following me. It makes it impossible to get away.

 

ill have to check up on that.

 

CALM down there O.J.

 

 

hey check out the Canada forum.

 

if you blow up the helicopters, they'll sick the FBI on you. But just do R2-R2-L1-R2 then go up & down 3 times, and they'll back off. Oh wait.. or is that GTA? I dunno.. everything's merging together....

 

hah. boy do i miss my friend's PS2

 

Make sure you have no metal blocking the radar antenna...NO METAL.....many tints have metal in their composition...essentially creating blinders. Even the rear defroster screws with the reception.