Radar Detector Laws In Australia

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESCORT 8500 X50 RED AND BLUE?
Nothing at all - besides the looks. The units perform exactly the same. The blue LEDs used in the blue display cost more to produce, hence the extra cost of the blue model.

HOW DO THEY CONNECT TO THE CAR?
All our radar detectors simply connect to your windshield via suction cups and are powered via your cigarette lighter. The V1 also comes with a hard wire kit so it can be connected direct to any live wire in your car.

I HEARD THE LAW WAS CHANGING, ARE RADAR DETECTORS STILL LEGAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA?
Radar detectors are definitally still 100% legal to own and use in Western Australia. The government has tried to ban detectors twice in the past and failed both times. This latest claim made at the end of 2005 never even made it to parliament and hasn't been mentioned since.

WHY DON'T YOU SELL ALL BRANDS OF RADAR DETECTOR?
The simple reason is that we only want to sell what works! We wouldn't waste our time using products that dont work so neither should you. We have chosen to only sell detectors that provide maximum range against the multanova. We have tested and found no Cobra, PNI, Snooper or Rocky Mountain can come close the detecting the multanova with enough warning to be useful. They just don't have enough Ka band sensitivty. Some Bel detectors such as the RX65 and XR950 can be useful against the multanova, but don't have as good Ka band sensitivity as the Passport and V1 Radar Locator, hence give less range and are less reliable against the multanova.

IS THERE SUCH THING A STEALTH DETECTOR? (Invisible to radar detector detectors)
The problem here is that all detectors emit a signal of their own which is detectable by radar detector detectors. The key for the radar detector manufacturers is to design a radar that shields it from emitting a signal of its own, whilst not compromising sensitivity to the signals it is detecting.

Bel have released a stealth detector called the Bel XR, (or STI in the US). So far reports from testing in the US have showed this detector to be stealth for all intents and purposes from the Spectre/Stalcar 3 radar detector detector. As such, this is the detector we would recommend for those living in states were radar detectors are illegal.

One man in Queensland, Roy Zegers, has also created a stealth version of the V1. From what we have read online, this has been tested and proven to be invisible to the Stalcar/Spectre 3 radar detector detector, used in the eastern states.

I AM GETTING ALOT OF FALSE ALERTS ON THE K BAND, SHOULD I SWITCH IT OFF?
Whilst most false alerts will occour in the X band, driving around with the K band turned on will undoubtedly give you some false alerts. It is very difficult to completely eliminate false alerts on the K band, as many other common devices (garage doors, shopping centre doors etc) work on a very similar frequency to the in car radar used by police in Western Australia, also on the K band. This means you can not avoid at least some K band false alerts. The upside is that if you a driving a route you take commonly, you can get to know hot spots for K band falses, namely near shopping centers or other commercialised areas, and quickly disregard them as false alerts. The other positive is that these alerts will only last for a short while, (a few seconds) as you drive past a source of the K band. The police in car radar however will alert on the K band also, but will stay alerting for a much longer time as that radar gun emits a much stronger signal than automatic doors and what not, and will most likely be easily recognised if you are getting an alert in a place where you don't normally get a K band false alert.

Because of those points, we recommend leaving K band on, and putting up with a few false alerts, so when you do encounter a police car with in car radar, you can allow your radar to give you advanced warning of its presence, so you can make sure you havn't wandered over the speed limit, before its too late.

Luckily we have found that there are basically no false alerts what so ever on the Ka Band (band the multanova works on), and as such, every Ka band alert should be treated as warning of an upcoming multanova. The only exception we have found is if your mobile phone has an incoming or outgoing call made in your car, this usually causes a Ka band false alert until the call ceases.