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Works right out of the box with included straight power cord, direct wire cord, windshield mount, dash pad and hardwire kit.









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Buyer's feedback: - * radar ...
For around $100 this a fantastic radar detector, saved me 3 times first week I used it, KA band picked up close to a mile away, have owned many radar detector's before......this one is the best by far

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Buyer's feedback: - Powerful detector for a great price
This is the 3rd detector I've purchased and certainly the best. My first detector was purchased in 1999 and was also a Whistler. It worked great and had been dependable, always alerting me with plenty of time to insure I was going at a proper speed by the time I came within range of a police radar gun. However, I noticed that it stopped doing alerts on the interstates. I believe that is because I don't think it could detect super wide band KA and the state police have switched to guns using that technology, so it was time for a new one.

I happened to see a cheap (chinese made) import at a very low price on one of the deal a day sites and so made an impulse purchase after confirming it could detect super wide band KA. I should have done my homework as when I began using this unit I found that its range was so limited that by the time it alerts you are already in range of the radar gun. My estimate was that this cheap unit had only about half the range of my 10 year old unit. This unit was a waste of money no matter how cheap it was, so it was back to shopping for a new detector.

This time around I took my time to read the reviews of many detectors at several web sites. After reading these reviews it soon became obvious that the Pro-78 was a near universal choice for the best detector for the money, with a performance that almost equaled detectors costing 2 or 3 times as much as it.

My own personal experience is that this unit has almost double the range as my 10 year old unit. In fact this power almost caused me a problem right after I started using it. I live in a rural area and commute about 40 miles into work. I was heading into work one morning and was traveling on a lightly used local road a few miles from house when I got a KA alert that only lasted a few seconds. I have been commuting down this road for 10 years and know that there shouldn't be any alerts so I slowed down to the speed limit and started looking for a cruiser. I went about three quarters of a mile and didn't see anything and so thought it was just a false alarm and was just starting to accelerate to the normal speed locals go down this road at (about 10 or so mph over the limit) when suddenly the detector went off again and when I looked up the road I saw a cop on foot hiding in the bushes with a hand held pulse unit. He was about 1000 feet away so I was definitely in his accurate reading zone. I guess the Pro-78 had picked up the first alarm when he lit up the radar on some other car when I was still 3/4 of a mile away (and around a bend or two). It had picked it up so far away that I had almost given up on the alert!

Given how sensitive this unit is, one can pick up radar controlled door openers from quite some distance away. Fortunately most of these are on the X band which isn't used by the police much any longer. I disabled the unit from alerting to X band and so 90% of the false alarms are gone and I know where the other (K band) door openers are on my normal commuting route. If necessary there are some filter options which can further reduce false alarms if necessary but I haven't found them necessary.

I've been using this unit for 2 weeks now and have had it fire alerts on both local roads and on the interstate and am confident that this unit can provide me with plenty of warning time before I get into a radar gun's "kill" zone.

So to sum up this is a great radar detector for the price and is definitely worth your consideration unless you want to spend enough money to buy a top of the line Bell, Escort or Valentine unit.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Don't Waste Your Money ...
I've had a few detectors in my lifetime so I like to think I have some sort of credibility. I have nothing to gain by posting this so believe me when i say this detector is sub par. I've used it for a few months now and I've noticed it gives so many false alerts it becomes impossible to tell what is real. I'm not going to review all the features, you can read about those elsewhere. I just wanted to convey my experience with the unit. My two biggest issues is even when this thing is set to the lowest volume setting it's still loud. I can't imagine anyone who would use the highest setting. The second biggest issues is the fact that it goes off all the time and that is in city mode. I know how to use this thing and the constant false alerts makes me not trust it nor believe it. The last issue i have is when they were designing this thing, why did they put the power cable plugged into the right side of the unit. It seems in most cars the power outlet is on the drivers side. Just poor designing. In the end, don't waste your money, find another detector. I wish i did.

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Buyer's feedback: - Saved me a few tickets!
I travel about 100 miles each day to work. On the 1st day it detected 2 motorcycle cops sitting along side the road and the 1st beep allowed me enough time to slow down before detected. The only complaint I have is too many false alarms. Good product for the money invested.

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Buyer's feedback: - * It's great! ...
This was my first detector so my experience with detectors is not great. However, I had just hooked the Whistler for the first time and started around my block when the thing started squawking. I thought it was acting weird, but sure enough there was an unmarked squad car facing away from me down the block!. I was really impressed! Then I took it on a 350 mile trip and the Whistler showed many more radar traps than I thought were out there. From my limited experience I am very happy with this product and would recommend it to anyone.