Optimal Detector Placement - Passport 8500
09-20-2001, 10:40 AM
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Optimal Detector Placement - Passport 8500
Greetings -
Suggestions for optimal detector placment? 8 inches above the dashboard (instrument panel) seems to work fine but the power cord gets in the way.
Thanks,
Josh
Suggestions for optimal detector placment? 8 inches above the dashboard (instrument panel) seems to work fine but the power cord gets in the way.
Thanks,
Josh
09-20-2001, 10:53 AM
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Mine's hardwired, but I keep the detector above and to the right of the mirror
That way it's out of the way, but I can reach it to mute it (didn't need the remote display). No visible wires as I ran the wire around the windshield and to the fuse box.
09-20-2001, 11:11 AM
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Right under/behind the mirror
Below any tinit on the windshield.. you give up the rear protection..
I put the remote mute button/hardwire box just above the foglight switch on that little ledge, with the provided velcro. The wires easily conform to the split in the dash, and run across above the drivers legs to the fuse panel, and the data cable to the detector, up the driverside a pillar and across the top of the windshield.
Total install time 1 hr.
I put the remote mute button/hardwire box just above the foglight switch on that little ledge, with the provided velcro. The wires easily conform to the split in the dash, and run across above the drivers legs to the fuse panel, and the data cable to the detector, up the driverside a pillar and across the top of the windshield.
Total install time 1 hr.
09-20-2001, 11:11 AM
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above and to the left of the mirror, hardwired.
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I used the suction cup mount, took the suction cups off and stuck it to the windshield with double sided tape. That way, you can take the detector off when you are parked.
If you place it just right, you can still use your visor and not interfere with the rear view mirror. Also, you can still get your finger in to press the button to release the detector from the mount.
-alex
I used the suction cup mount, took the suction cups off and stuck it to the windshield with double sided tape. That way, you can take the detector off when you are parked.
If you place it just right, you can still use your visor and not interfere with the rear view mirror. Also, you can still get your finger in to press the button to release the detector from the mount.
-alex
09-20-2001, 11:28 AM
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You want it as high in the car as possible, and as close to the center as possible. Here's a photo
of mine...
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/4909/valentine_1_2.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/4909/valentine_1_2.jpg">
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09-20-2001, 03:47 PM
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Doesn't seem to affect radar... I seriously doubt that tint is radar-opaque. (more)
But it may affect laser. However, laser is of dubious value anyways, and it's not that commonly used where I live (Massachusetts). If laser gets a lot more popular, I'd invest in a laser jammer.
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