Lidar is an infrared light which the fcc has no control over, radar is an electrical wave that is broadcast, unless you have an fcc license, you can't "broadcast" anything legaly over 1 watt, which i don't think is very effective. When I receive my evo, I will purchase a lidar jammer/detector. The tickets I can afford!, It's the insurance that is hard to swallow. Already, my insurance goes up $400.00 just from switching it from my s-10 to an evo. My insurance lady has no idea what an evo is but she was astounded at how much my insurance went up. She asked me if it was some kind of exotic car or something!

 

I mount mine right in the middle of the windshield. I figure this way I'll avoid as many obstructions as possible. Also, I don't really worry about a cop seeing it, because they are not illegal here. And if I do get pulled over, I'm screwed anyway.

Concerning the false alarms...
The only one that consistently sets off false alarms is the x-band. Everything else seems to be authentic. So I've gotten to where I totally ignore the x-band, unless I'm in the middle of nowhere and it starts going off anyway.

 

lol ... here in another po-dunk part of Utah I've found some Sherrifs get out the ol' X-Band and hide in the bushes. The only thing that saved me one day was that I KNEW that an automatic door opener wasn't coming from that bush up ahead. Radar Detectors help, but being aware is where you really need to be.

jcnel.

 

X50 has worked great for me picks up CHP everytime.

 

rocky mountain radar makes the best units. they have lazer and radar jammers. they will
pay for your ticket if you get one..........

 

All of the reviews I have read on the laser systems made by rocky mountain have been poor. One test actually claimed they had no more difficulty getting a speed from the equipped car than the unequipped car.

Maybe they have improved things since that test?

 

YMMV, but according to at least one source, www.radartest.com The Rocky Mountain products are about the worst in the market, plus their jammer does not jam anything.

 

As an electrical engineer that KNOWS a bit about radar, Rocky Mountain Radar is junk.

You get what you pay for ... typically those found in the 200+ dollar range are the best value.

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jcnel.

 

I remember a magazine article that tested the "lidar jammers". They had mixed results and determined that it wasn't worth the cost as the jammer only worked less than half the time. I don't have access to the article right now or I'd find it and scan it. As for radar, SCC, Consumer Elect., Motortrend and other have all rated the V1 as the best of the best for a couple years now.

 

I agree that this is a good source of info. I've "hard wired" the cord on 2 cars now; most straightforward way I have found was to just run a wire down the RH A pillar cover, ground the neg side there at an available screw, then take the hot across the lower portion of the dash (along the channel i.e., below the glove box door frame etc) then into the console & attach the wire to the back of the cig lighter socket. Looks like the dome light would also work, the black & white wire on terminal 1 of the 3 terminal socket 218 at that location should be a hot.

Dan

edit-Just noticed the dome light remains hot with the key off, so you wouldn't want to use this for your +. One of the hot leads to the sunroof is a possibility, it seems to have 3 (green orange, green yellow & green black, terms 3, 6 & 5), but really just connecting to the back of the cig lighter socket is much more straightforward electrically, sure to be trouble free.

 

Escort Passport SR7 kicks ***, works great. Don't pay to have it installed, its not that hard and dealers do a sloppy job IMO. I re-installed mine because the initial install was shoddy.