Escort Passport 9500ix Radar/Laser Detector
- Crystal-clear voice alerts and high resolution display
- Variable speed radar performance
- AutoLearn intelligence and user-selectable preferences
- Safety warning system and brightness controls
- Comes fully equiped with a Comprehensive owner’s manual, quick-release windshield mount, coiled SmartCord, quick reference card, and an ESCORT travel case
Product Description
“No more false alarms” This is the claim of the new Escort Passport 9500ix. The 9500ix is a innovative product from Escort that combines GPS technology with a high performance radar detector to eliminate false alerts. Users are allowed to program warnings for fixed red lights, speed cameras and speed traps.
The Escort 9500ix is now equipped with the “AutoLearn” feature, which will make for a quieter and stress free driving experience. Over a period of time driving the same route to and from work or around town, the 9500ix will learn that a false alert is being set off and will block the frequency ensuring that a alert will only occur when there is a real speed trap.
The AutoLearn feature cross-references your location with the frequency of the signal and when it encounters the same signal in the same spot three times, it stores and blocks it out. If the location is a known hot spot for false alerts, the user can manually lock out the signal using the T… More >>
Escort Passport 9500ix Radar/Laser Detector
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5 comments
Marla J. Hochman on December 19, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I had high hopes for this product with the download ability, and I figured this was a great advancement in radar detectors.
However, I was very wrong! Escort said in order to do the 90 days worth of downloads, I would have to purchase two more items from them. I can not believe after spending this much for a radar detector I would have to purchase more items for this radar detector.
After 90 days, Escort “milks” customers for more money by asking them to buy more downloads. This is frankly ridiculous!
The worst part of it is, the downloads are very difficult to do. Instead of making them easy, Escort made the process extremely convoluted and time-consuming! I tried it on my laptop in my car, but it took so long and was so uncomfortable that I decided to cough up the money to buy their download equipment. Furthermore, because of the time needed my laptop battery died.
To add insult to injury, Escort controls most of the radar market since it also owns Bel. Their main competitor is Valentine.
I truly regret the purchase of this equipment as it seems like Escort was more interested in “milking” customers for more money, rather than making a great product. Finally, I have had numerous false alerts with this product which is unconscionable considering the price!
Steven Edgar on December 19, 2009 at 2:47 pm
This is by far the best radar detector I have ever owned. Trust me you won’t be disappointed.
Manx on December 19, 2009 at 4:35 pm
So many bells and wistles, I have used a V1 for years, read the reviews and decided to “upgrade” to a passport with gps. First let me say I didn’t realize radartest was basically provides a place for radar detector companies to pay for good review, so don’t trust them. I found out the hard way.
I put my new 9500ix in my car an assumed it was as good, well I commute on in an area of lot’s of camera speed traps, it caught only a few. It was very quiet though, actually to quiet, I got popped in an area where I can only assume it was hiding the cop thinking it was something else.
I asked him if he was instant on, he said no. So I went back a few day’s later to a known speed trap and sure enough the V1 picked it up nearly a mile before my new detector. This was an older one also. So Ebay’ed it away and sent the v1 in for an upgrade. Fore something like $180 bucks I got a band new detector, new case, new charger, new everything. I have had that V1 for 8 or 10 years, see passport do that, last I checked they give you a 50-80 dollar rebate, what a JOKE!!!
Tickets are serious, get a serious detector get a V1!
Charlie Ding on December 19, 2009 at 6:30 pm
The one that I ordered from Amazon is still on its way to my house. I saw a display at Fry’s today, and here is what I concern about. The wire jack is just a tel phone jack, with a small and fragial plastic clip on it which is very easy break. Once you put the unit on and take it off constantly ( to avoid being stolen), you may break the clip Jack, and if you hard wire interally, then you have to replace all the wires too. Why Escort did not use the same type of plug in, as the same one used on laptops today? I saw other brands are using laptop type plug in, all sealed jack and connectors. This is what Escort missed or did wrong.
I will see if i can just put a base ball cap on the unit over the dashborad to hide it so I do not have to take it off and put it on all the time.
M. Estridge on December 19, 2009 at 8:21 pm
love it but there are some radar guns it did not pick up on highway/