What's the biggest complaint you have about your existing radar detector?
No. 1 for most people is false alarms. Radar detectors will always pick up other signals on the same frequency as police radar. Convenience stores, gas stations, mall car parks; it's the automatic doors that are the main culprits. In town, a radar detector can go off so often and be so annoying that you tend to ignore alerts — until those flashing lights fill the rearview mirror.
Using a Cheetah Radar Detector Interface (or RDI for short) to wirelessly link your existing radar detector with the Cheetah GPSmirror, or Cheetah C100 speed camera detector, makes using your detector in town a quieter and much less stressful experience, thanks to Cheetah's unique False Alarm Suppression Technology.
Essentially, the RDI turns your own radar detector into a radar sensor for your Cheetah GPS detector, so that two products from different manufacturers can work as one complete, integrated system. You get the best of both worlds - a quieter detector whose performance you already know and trust (and dare we say love!) enhanced with voice alerts, false alarm suppression features and class leading GPS alerts for photo enforcement cameras and well known trap sites.
Installing the RDI couldn't be easier. Simply plug it into a compatible detector and power it using your existing detector's own power cord. You will no longer hear the voice and tone alerts of your radar detector because the RDI plugs into the headphone socket (except on the Valentine 1 where the volume control is still operational). The visual display on your radar detector will still perform exactly as normal.
When your radar detector alerts, the Cheetah GPSmirror or C100 will instantly provide a voice alert to identify the radar / laser band and a warning tone. There is no delay in receiving the alerts. There are different warning tones for each radar / laser band. There is also a discreet visual display for secondary confirmation.
Cheetah detectors have a range of user adjustable features to help silence most of those annoying false alarms. They enable you leave your radar detector on its maximum sensitivity and use the Cheetah GPS detector to quieten down it's alerts. For example, the Audible Alert Speed feature lets you program a speed limit threshold for radar detector alerts, e.g. 35mph. Drive slower and radar alerts are automatically muted, drive faster and you hear them again. It's so simple, it's revolutionary. You can disable individual radar bands in the Cheetah's memory. You can mute radar alerts, or swap between Voice Only Alerts or Voice + Tone Alerts at the touch of button.
Finally, because the RDI links wirelessly with your Cheetah, it can make it much easier to instal remote detectors in your engine bay, or even be creative with stealthy installations of traditional windshield mounted detectors
Yes, you can hook up the C100 and V1 remote display (audio or visual) at the same time.
speedcheetah 11 months ago
Looks like a great product from the reviews I have read. I have a question..on the C100, can I use this in series with my V1 remote display?
GlennBatch1 11 months ago
@GlennBatch1 Yes, you can hook up the C100 and V1 remote display (audio or visual) at the same time.
speedcheetah 11 months ago
im not trying to start an argument im sure you know more but ive read ku has been authorized for america and just the other day my detector picked it up its never picked it up in this area and i drive through ti twice a day
ilikeemericas 1 year ago
No worries, @ilikeemericas, where did you read it was authorized? What is the source?
Some cell phone towers can cause a KU false
speedcheetah 1 year ago
Ku band is in some parts of the states
ilikeemericas 1 year ago
@ilikeemericas - KU band is not used anywhere in the United States or Canada
speedcheetah 1 year ago