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from: ConsumerEvidence.comIn 2006, radar detector reviews and tests, with products supplied by Beltronics, Valentine One, Escort, and many other manufacturers of car radar detectors, one model stood high and mighty among all of them. It is the Escort Passport 8500 X50, it aced most of the torture test it was subjected to. The results were further supported by independent users all over the world, attesting to the detector's proven reliability.
Escort Passport 8500 X50 provides an impressive array of detection technology, which allows you to customize its operation to compliment your driving style and personal taste.
This gadget is fitted with useful features, such as full LED display text of the Safety Warning System (SWS) signals, which comprises of over 60 specific safety text messages which warn of hazards in areas that use safety radar. Escort Passport 8500 X50 works in the X-band, K-band, Ka-band, and at the Laser emitted frequencies, or lidar using multiple sensors. The display modes consists a 280-LED matrix-text, a bar graph, SpecDisplay and ExpertMeter. The ExpertMeter display informs the driver of the band frequency and the relative signal strength on up to eight separate radar signals all at the same time; LEDs arrange in multiple columns represent a different signal.
The SpecDisplay displays the numerical frequency of the detected signal. Customizable audible alerts increases in volume level as the relative to the incoming signal's strength, or the closer the signal source, the louder it gets. The 8500 X50's sensitivity controlscan can be set on highway, highly-filtered city mode, and AutoSensitivity; the latter makes us of an advanced signal rejection circuitry which separates real detector signals from background noise, such as the frequencies emitted by remote garage door openers, to reduce disconcerting false alarms.
It has a microprocessor which can be reprogrammed and customized gives a degree of future proofing against emerging law enforcement technology. These options allow the driver to select individual signal bands (on or off), selections for the three meter display, a mute and an AutoMute, as well as two audio tone levels. The unit is designed to be completely immune to the VG2 "detector-detector". The onboard microprocessor is upgrade friendly, and can be worked on in the future to compensate for newer technologies. The 8500 X50 is conveniently equipped with an earphone jack built-in, and comes with a quick-release windshield mount, as well as extra suction cups, a durable travel case, and a SmartCord, which is a power cord with installed with an alert lamp, pilot light and a useful mute button.
Description and Features:
Escort Passport 8500 X50 Blue Radar Detector Portable Radar Detectors Manufacturer: Escort Lowest Price: $278.04 USD Detection Bands: K Band Radar, Ka Band Radar, Ka Super Wideband Radar, Ka Wideband Radar, Laser, VG-2 Alert, X Band Radar Power Source: DC Automobile Power Adapter Sensitivity Modes: Auto, City, and Highway General Features: backlit display, display dimmer, VG-2 Protection, visual alert, earphone jack, mute, audible alert, auto mute, volume adjustment Included Accessories: travel case, Automobile Power Adapter (DC), window mount
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