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BookPrices.net - Whistler XTR-695 Laser/Radar Detector with Radar Signature ID, Laser Signature ID, 7-Color Display, Real Voice Alerts and External Audio Jack
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List Price: $249.95
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Manufacturer: Whistler
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Whistler Radar
EAN: 0052303404399
Feature: Alert Priority
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Label: Whistler
Manufacturer: Whistler
Model: XTR-695
Publisher: Whistler
Studio: Whistler
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Features
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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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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Radar Detector - Very Happy With Purchase!
Comment: I bought this detector about a month ago and have been very happy with it. There have been some complaints about the display, and yes it doesn't show up too well in bright daylight, however that doesn't bother me. When the radar goes off, I can both hear it and see it as the display changes color. I have been very happy with the performance of the radar so far and really like the color options.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Got exactly what i payed for
Comment: This detector is perfect for the price. I gave it a 5 star b/c nothing has dissapointed me yet on it. I would highly suggest it for its price
Customer Rating:
Summary: Lousy display
Comment: Pros:
The price is right. The features and programmability are right. The solid black color is right. The sensitivity to real radar is descent.
Cons:
The display is simply unuseable, it is virtually unreadable during the day. Despite the programmable color options, the contrast is so low that you cannot see the text no matter the choice of color. This unit also produces many more false K band signals than my other detectors (Valentine and Bel).
I would not buy it again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very good detector, an excellent value
Comment: Note - see edit at end for added comments.
I bought this detector recently and just completed a 600 mile round trip to Florida. The detector performed very well, and I'm really satisfied with both the performance and value.
K-Band Performance. Very Good - On one stretch of flat road the XTR-695 alarm went off approx. 1.3 miles in advance (with traffic in front of me). Even on rolling terrain with a patrol car located at the bottom of the dip in the road, it alerted approx. a 1/2 mile away, plenty of time to slow down. Very solid performance on K-Band.
KA-Band Performance. Very Good to Excellent - It picked up an oncoming patrol car approx. a mile away with the patrolman toggling the radar on and off as he encountered traffic. Another time a patrol car was 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, which was more than enough time to slow down.
Navigating The Menu - Yes, even radar detectors now have menu options, but this one is very simple to navigate. Just press the Menu button, then keep pressing it until the option you're seeking appears on the screen. You can turn off, or on, just about every feature the detector has.
X-Band - I turned this off in the menu. It's used very little in 48 states (New Jersey & Ohio being the exceptions) and turning it off cut the number of false alarms way down (all those X-band automatic door openers in strip malls are now ignored).
POP Detection - Detecting radar guns in POP mode (the few radar guns that have a POP mode that is) requires a detector to spend a lot of time searching for the very weak POP signals, usually lessening response time and increasing false alerts. I turned POP mode off. POP readings can't be used in court, they just let the police get a peek at vehicle's speed without sending out a stronger signal. I figure you'll get hit a couple of seconds later with the real radar blast if you're speeding, probably too quickly to slow down anyway, so POP detection didn't seem worth it. I had gotten a few false KA band alerts, apparently bleed over coming from other detectors, and turning off POP seems to have prevented those types of false alerts almost entirely.
Voice Alert - Great feature. This is one of those things that turns out to be much more useful than you would think. You hear a quick beep/buzz to get your attention, and then a very loud clear voice announces the particular threat (i.e. "K Band"!). You know exactly what you're dealing with without ever having to look at the detector.
Periscope LED Alert - Another feature that turns out to be of more use than anticipated (the "periscope" terminology is Whistler's btw). Two bright blue LEDs, that are raised above the top surface of the detector, flash whenever radar is detected. Even with the music cranked, the LEDs should attract your attention.
Audio Alert - The different radar bands (and laser) have their own distinct alert (buzz/beep, whatever you want to call them). According to various detector experts, the speaker in the XTR695 is one of the largest in the business. All I know is that it's capable of being very loud, depending on how you set the volume control.
Display - This is the one area I'd say Whistler has room for improvement. The main display is dim, but it's not unreadable, at least not in my vehicle. Whether or not this is going to be a major issue probably depends on the individual and the particular vehicle (or the ambient lighting in that vehicle). For me, with the voice alerts telling me which band the radar is on (or announcing a laser hit), the loud audio alerts and the flashing blue 'periscope' LEDs, the display just isn't that important.
A note on detection distances mentioned above. I run the XTR695 in Highway Mode. I do not use any additional filter modes (Filter1 or Filter2). The 695 uses a basic filter mode from the factory, and that is the only filtering that was being done. The encounters were all with traffic in front of me, which makes a big difference in the real world. If you have the bucks, some of the more 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. While this detector doesn't qualify as the very best out there, it has done very well in most of the tests I've come across.
In summary, a very good detector, and well worth the money.
Edit 12/18/08: I still like this detector very much. I wanted to add however, that the main reason I chose the XTR695 over the Whistler Pro 78 was due to the RSID feature available with the XTR695. After living with RSID for awhile, it hasn't proven as useful as I thought it would (it's not a scam by any means, and works perfectly well). If you want the top-of-the-line from Whistler, by all means get the XTR695. However, if price is a concern, then the Whistler 78 should provide similar performance at a lesser price (and with the nice blue LED display to boot). Again, I'm very satisfied with the XTR695, but wanted to pass on my experience in case anyone is trying to decide between the 695 vs the 78.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great value
Comment: 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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Editorial Reviews:
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RADAR DETECTOR, XTR695, EXCLUSIVE
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