9500I ramp up problem

[Tyler07]

This is my first RD since I bought a Uniden from QVC 15 years ago! During that time laser had JUST come out. It could detect X,K,Ka & laser. It's performance was OK, but it would false so much I lost all trust in it. Sometimes it would just go off for nothing while the car was in the driveway!

After the Uniden experience I decided that I was out of the RD market. But, it appears in my area the LEO's must've decided, "... let's increase our speeding ticket revenue...". So I decided last week to start my reseach on the latest RD's. I figured the technology should be top notch 15 years later.

From what I could tell from my research via the Internet Beltronics, Escort, and Valetine were tops. Beltronics and Escort have been the "big dogs" since the mid '80's, but I was in college then and couldn't afford "jack"!!!

I decided on the 9500i because I am a gadget kinda guy and I love electronics that think "outside the box" and the 9500i met that criteria. I remember when Valetine came out in the early '90's and it was all the rage with the arrows and sensitivity. The price reflected it's top performace too, I believe back then it was the most expensive. Even still today, most opinions on the Valentine were very positive, but it's high sensitivity equals many false alarms. That brought back my Uniden experience which drove me nuts! Of course, the Uniden couldn't come close to the V1's performance, but with todays avaliable technology it seems to me that filtering out "false signals" more effectively would be tops on the "to do list" for RD manufactures. Even though the 9500i is not perfect, yet, in this category it meant alot that they were giving it some effort. Therefore, I dropped $455 at my local Best Buy for the 9500i.

My manufacturer date is 4307. I believe mine should have the new firmware..am I correct??? I've not had it long enough to comment on the performance, but I look foward to seeing it do its thing!

[CJR238]

Tyler07, you’re go to go with the 4307. I too hate the falses and prefer a more accurate and advanced RD. personally I feel the 9500I is one of the best RD's ever made.

Good luck, drive safe and keep us posted on what you think.

Originally Posted by davekr

That ramp up or lack there of would drive me freakin nuts!!

Dave is always used to the ramp up and full alert on his computer ;-) he must have the same performance in his car.

[CJR238]

Just some observations about the updated ramp up:

X & K ramp seams to be almost as good as the X50 but it seems to be a bit more active and ramp up a bit quicker. Now thats a nice improvement!

1st Radar from a gun can get your speed in the best conditions at approximately a maximum of 3000ft in moving mode, and a maximum 5500ft in stationary mode. In most cases moving radar has about ½ the distance of stationary radar so the reaction from a RD should be different.

There have been reports that when K & KA is moving toward the 9500I it ramps up very quickly (moving mode) and when K & KA is not moving (stationary mode) ramp up seams normal. Allowing a more active ramp up to warn you better against moving threats.

The 9500I seems to be more active in its analyzing radar, the ramp up increases faster when it encounters a fast radar increase (moving radar) over a normal ramp up for (stationary radar). The 9500I does have GPS, so it is certainly possible that it’s analyzing the incoming radar to see if it increasing in a faster rate (moving radar) than what it would if it was increasing at a slower rate (stationary).
I think the new ramp up is made to react more sensitively to produce a slight edge over a slower ramp up and has nothing to do with GPS, but anything’s possible.