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Whistler XTR-695 Laser/Radar Detector with Radar Signature ID, Laser Signature ID, 7-Color Display, Real Voice Alerts and External Audio Jack | 
| Brand: Whistler Radar
Category: CE
List Price: $249.95
Buy New: $146.43
You Save: $103.52 (41%)
New (42) Used (3) from $120.00
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1174
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 123 x 96 x 36
MPN: XTR-695
Model: XTR-695
UPC: 052303404399
EAN: 0052303404399
ASIN: B001ECKSFA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Alert Priority | | • | Selectable Vehicle Battery Saver | | • | Radar Signature ID (RSID) - Indicates Ka 33.8, 34.0, 34.3, 34.7 or 35.5 on the display when police radar alerts are detected within these common Ka speed radar windows. Alerts that fall outside of these parameters will be reported only as Ka. | | • | Whistler Exclusive Laser Signature ID (LSID) - Laser Identifier may indicate the Pulses Per Second (PPS) transmitted by Speed Laser or other forms of laser sources. | | • | Custom Multi-band Selectable Display can be set so that each Band alert can be a different color (I.e. K Band Alerts in Blue, X Band Alerts in Purple, Ka band Alerts in Green, etc.), or Scroll ALL colors while alarming. |
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Product Description
RADAR DETECTOR, XTR695, EXCLUSIVE
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| Customer Reviews:
Very good detector, an excellent value December 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this detector recently and just completed a 600 mile round trip to Florida. The detector performed very well indeed, and I'm very satisfied.
K-Band Performance. Very good to excellent. On one stretch of flat road the XTR-695 alarm went off approx. 1.3 miles in advance. Even with some rolling terrain it also picked up a patrol car on the side of the road more than a 1/2 mile away, plenty of time to slow down. Just very solid performance on K-Band.
KA-Band Performance. Very good to excellent. On one flat stretch of road it picked up an oncoming patrol car close to a mile away, and this was with the patrolman toggling the radar on and off as he encountered trarffic. Another time there was a patrol car parked at the end of very long sweeping curve on an interstate, shooting across the road at about a 45 degree angle. A very difficult test, but the 695 gave about a 15 second advance warning. Since the radar was shooting across the road, this was more than enough time to slow down, and I think about all you can expect considering the angle of the radar beam in relation to the road.
X-Band - I turned this off in the menu. It's not used in 48 states and turning it off cut the number of false alarms way down since all those automatic door openers in strip malls were now ignored.
POP Detection - I turned this off. I had received a couple of false KA band warnings on the 300 mile trip down to Fla., and turning POP detection off eliminated these entirely on the return trip. The false KA band warnings seem to be related to passing vehicles, and I'm assuming the signals were coming from their detectors. Of course the RSID feature will identify most false readings, but I found myself lifting my foot and hitting the brakes just as a reflex before determining the signals were false.
It's true the display is somewhat dim, but it's not unreadable. It shouldn't be a deal breaker by any means, especially since the verbal warning states which band the threat is on in a very clear voice.
A note on detection distances mentioned above. These were all with traffic in front of me, which makes a big difference in the real world. Good quality detectors can pick up radar for miles on a perfectly flat road with no traffic, but that seldom occurs in reality. If you have the bucks, some of the very expensive detectors will pick up radar farther away than the 695, but some will not. Do your research before investing a lot of money in a detector.
A very good detector, and well worth the money.
Great value October 15, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It's a great radar detector with plenty of easy to use features.
My only complaint is that it can be extremely hard to see the screen in the day time. None of the backlit colors help with this either. At night time the multiple colors are great though.
The voice alert and blinking leds on top make up for the hard to see screen thankfully.
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