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Old 11-17-2009, 01:59 AM   #54 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sunsational04 View Post
thanks for alll the help. i had one awhile ago and i swear it doesn't always work bc it would go off at random times like by a grocery store or like best buy from their doors and its such a pain.. ALSO someone told me once that it doesn't always work with the police radar things like they can turn it off so your dectector can't go off. i'll be getting one ASAP. thanx again guysss!
well...the reason why you don't think it works is probably because you have your detector pick up all the bands...X-band is archaic, they don't use X band anymore, and in Houston, K-band is close to phasing out too...KA-band is the predominant one now...I'm on my 4th Valentine 1, and I've always set the radar to ignore X-band, otherwise, when you go pass a store or a bank, it would go off...K-band also goes off, but K-band is also used by johnny law here, so I leave it on...

no one thing you gotta remember is that the device is a radar "detector", it detects radar. A lot of people talk and refer to it as a "radar", and it's not...it detects emitting radars...therefore, if the cop doesn't have his radar on, then your detector detect it...
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