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Originally Posted by williakz
FYI on detectors:
Escort has recently (last couple of weeks) released a HUGE performance improvement for its extreme range RedLine windshield-mounted unit. Best of all, the upgrade is FREE, a word not usually associated with Escort! Technical details are somewhat arcane, but basically the new software allows you to turn off unneeded Ka band segments which allows the unit to respond more quickly to those you actually do need. And since the unit typically needs to scan only a few segments, its sensitivity to those segments increases thereby decreasing detection time and increasing detection distance. Details are on the usual detector forums and on Escort's forum as well.
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Holy balls, Escort actually finally put in Band Segmentation?? Any idea if they added RDR as well?
For the benefit of people reading this thread, Escort/Beltronics been not been very good at detecting short radar bursts (i.e. Quick Trigger) compared to the Valentine 1. Band Segmentation has only been available on their very high end STiR Plus model, which is a custom install and not windshield mount. This is huge news! It's been rumored as a firmware update for ages. Hopefully they have added for the 9500ix/Pro 500 as well. I'm going to head over the the Escort forum and read up on it. Thanks for the tip!
Edit: Looks like the Redline receives both BS and RDR. The 9500ix/Pro 500 receive nothing
