Escort Passport 8500 X50 Radar and Laser Detector (Blue Display)

Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars The good, the bad and the noisy

By	Tim Mouradian (North Shore, MA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Escort Passport 8500 X50 Radar and Laser Detector (Red Display) (Electronics)

After driving for ~2 weeks with both x50 and Valentine One I am
keeping x50 and Val1 will go back to the vendor.

Besides the price differential, x50 offers better pop protection,
is less sensitive in the city driving and offers more up-to-date
interface.

On the other hand it lacks arrows and back window radar (it does
have a back window laser detector, which is not the same as a
full fledged radar that Valentine 1 has patented).

Arrows could come very handy, but this alone does not
justify the ~$120 difference between otherwise very similar
products.

Other than that, both units are very accurate compared to some
other detectors that I've tried. The noise level in the city
driving could get excessive, thankfully x50 comes with a very convinient mute button right on their "smart cord" power supply.

I am deducting a star for the lack of a carrying case,
as less expensive units come with carrying cases out of the box
I was expecting x50 to provide this accessory as part of the
product, not a separate purchase.

Product Features and Technical Details

Style: Blue display

Product Features

• Provides extreme long-range warning on all radar bands, including X, K, superwide Ka, and instant-on POP mode, along with 360-degree laser protection
• Ultra-bright blue alphanumeric matrix display with 280 LEDs and three different modes
• Advanced EZ-Programming lets you customize up to nine features
• Exclusive AutoSensitivity intelligently filters out annoying false alarms
• One-year limited warranty

Technical Details

• Operating Bands: X-band 10.525 GHz +/- 25 MHz; K-band 24.150 GHz +/- 100 MHz; Ka-band 34.700 GHz +/- 1300 MHz; Laser 904nm, 33 MHz Bandwidth
• Laser Detection: Quantum Limited Video Receiver; Multiple Laser Sensor Diodes
• Programmable Features: Power-On Indication, Power-On Sequence, Signal Strength Meter, AutoMute, Audio Tones, City Mode Sensitivity, Display Brightness, Dark Mode, Radar / Laser Bands
• Radar Receiver / Detector Type: Superheterodyne, Varactor-Tuned VCO; Scanning Frequency Discriminator; Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
• Display Type: AlGaAs 280 LED Matrix/Text; Bar Graph, ExpertMeter, or SpecDisplay; 3-Level Dimming, plus Dark Mode
• Power Requirement: 12VDC, Negative Ground
• Sensitivity Control: AutoSensitivity, Highway, and City
• Size (inches): 1.25 H x 2.85 W x 5.32 L

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