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Old 04-27-2010, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by billypete
just a note, as reported in other forums, turning off active side assist will NOt keep the detector from registering false positives. I assume the sensors are active even tho the led's are off.
i hate side assist. its annoying and just sends off my K band like crazy....
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Old 04-28-2010, 05:24 AM
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Thats good info. I'll have to let escort tech support know. Thanks
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According to this blog, if you disable POP then the side assist won't be a problem...

http://veilguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/...-mix-well.html
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Originally Posted by ELEVENS
According to this blog, if you disable POP then the side assist won't be a problem...

http://veilguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/...-mix-well.html
i've been meaning to program my V1. I'l try it!
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Originally Posted by billypete
just a note, as reported in other forums, turning off active side assist will NOt keep the detector from registering false positives. I assume the sensors are active even tho the led's are off.
This has been a helpful discussion. I am leaning towards a Passport 9500ix. Sounds like I need to turn off Audi Side Assist to make it work. Correct?

Does anybody know how I can get wires to go from the grill to the cab? I can't find any pass through to the cab. Looks like Audi made a pretty tight ship, Any ideas?
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Originally Posted by Sam05
This has been a helpful discussion. I am leaning towards a Passport 9500ix. Sounds like I need to turn off Audi Side Assist to make it work. Correct?

Does anybody know how I can get wires to go from the grill to the cab? I can't find any pass through to the cab. Looks like Audi made a pretty tight ship, Any ideas?
fyi...turning off the side-assist apparently doesn't really turn it off, as it still sets my detector off. I'm in the processes of upgrading my Valentine right now (12 yrs old!) so that I can disable POP.
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Originally Posted by cytoe1
fyi...turning off the side-assist apparently doesn't really turn it off, as it still sets my detector off. I'm in the processes of upgrading my Valentine right now (12 yrs old!) so that I can disable POP.
Does the side-assist, when off, give you a false alarm intermittently or frequently?
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Originally Posted by Sam05
Does the side-assist, when off, give you a false alarm intermittently or frequently?
On or off, the same. The false alarm (K band) is almost constant when I have my hitch bike rack on. Why Audi didn't actually switch off the sonar is beyond me.
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Originally Posted by cytoe1
On or off, the same. The false alarm (K band) is almost constant when I have my hitch bike rack on. Why Audi didn't actually switch off the sonar is beyond me.
pull the fuse! then again in our cars the fuse box is so confusing it doesn't affect just one thing
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update. with my new V1 and pop disabled, it still picks up the side-assist (or the rear detection used w/ the backup cam?). When there is more than 1 rear K band signal detected, the V1 seems to latch onto the side-assist. I usually have to switch the V1 off then on to stop it.
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