No More Radar Detector False Alerts!
Are you completely fed up from all those false alerts from your radar detector?
If so you’re not alone.
False alerts are the #1 complaint from radar detector users everywhere, but now you can do something about it with the Beltronics STi-R Plus.
Not only does the Bel STi-R Plus offer AutoLock, (called AutoLearn by Escort) which through its GPS technology auto learns common false alert locations and block them out but also offers a unique feature for the road warrior, user-selectable Ka band segmentation and RDR
Much of the Ka band spectrum which radar detectors are programmed to receive is NOT used by police, often a stray signal from one of those cheap leaky Cobra or Rocky Mountain radar detectors will often set off another radar detector within its vicinity.
So basically what the engineers at Beltronics have done was to include the ability for you to deactivate certain segments of the Ka band not used by police, allowing you to drive false alert free while also increasing the range and performance of the unit.
Police Radar in the U.S. is centered on the following 3 Ka Band frequencies:
33.8 GHZ (MPH Industries Brand Radars) Bandwidth 33.7 – 33.9 GHZ.
34.7 GHZ (Stalker Brand Radars) Bandwidth 34.6 – 34.8 GHZ.
35.5 GHZ (Kustom & Decatur Brand Radars) Bandwidth 35.4 – 35.6 GHZ.
Band Segmentation on the Beltronics STi-r Plus breaks the Ka Superwide band into the following 10 segments that can be turned on or off:
Ka1 (33.392 – 33.704)
Ka2 (33.704 – 33.896)
Ka3 (33.886 – 34.198)
Ka4 (34.184 – 34.592)
Ka5 (34.592 – 34.808)
Ka6 (34.806 – 35.166)
Ka7 (34.143 – 35.383)
Ka8 (35.378 – 35.618)
Ka9 (35.595 – 35.835)
Ka10 (35.830 – 35.998)
Therefore to segment your Bel STi-R Plus to the optional settings recommended by an engineer at Beltronics, your detector would be programmed as follows:
Ka1(33.392 – 33.704) OFF
Ka2(33.704 – 33.896) ON
Ka3(33.886 – 34.198) OFF
Ka4(34.184 – 34.592) OFF
Ka5(34.592 – 34.808) ON
Ka6(34.806 – 35.166) OFF
Ka7(34.143 – 35.383) OFF
Ka8(35.378 – 35.618) ON
Ka9 (35.595 – 35.835) OFF
Ka10(35.830 – 35.998) OFF
And to even tighten up the filtering of your Bel STi-R Plus to zero out those leaky Cobra units, Beltronics added the feature of RDR. However from my experience with the STi-R Plus I leave this setting off as it has reduced the optimal range of the unit.
For those of you that would like to program your STi-R Plus using the same settings that I have chosen to use, here they are:
- Autolock on (Self programs known false alerts automatically)
- GPS on
- Speed Check off (voice prompt that tells you that you’re over the speed limit)
- X Band off – Some of the states known to still be using X-Band are: Oregon, Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana, South Dakota (US Park Service at Mount Rushmore) and North Carolina
- K band on
- Ka band segmentation from above (segments 1,3,4,6,7,9,10 off)
- POP Off (unless I traveling through Nevada)
- SWS off (Safety Warning System – Have yet to find one system operational in the USA, worthless feature)
- Laser On
- RDR off (I choose range over filtering)
Do you have a Beltronics STi-R and do you use the Band Segmentation feature? If so would love it if you could comment as to what settings you have found to be optimal for your location either by using the form below or commenting here on our Facebook Radar Detector review page.
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Do you have a listing of the Ka Bands and systems used in Canada?
1st Priority would be OPP.
2nd Pri would be RCMP.
thnks
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@Ian, I know that RMCP has been using the Kustom Eagle @ 35.5. I’ll ask around for some of the other units and frequencies.
If paired with a jammer such as the LI, then wouldn’t laser detection be useless? And why POP off? Does having POP mode on reduce the range as well?
@ Kevin (kevinritsema) A laser DETECTOR is useless pretty much anyway without a jammer. As far as POP off, Nevada is the only state that still has the MPH contract and if you leave it on you reduce sensitivity.
Right, but in this case, laser detection is turned on. If an LI or blinder is purchased, when it jams, won’t it alert the driver, thus removing the need for a laser detector?
Kevin (kevinritsema)You woulds still need a radar detector
I have a 9500ix from ’08 but when I was shopping out detectors I was really looking at the Bel STi-R Plus hard since the 9500ci had the ZR4s and I wasn’t interested in them since I went LI. I’m strongly considering selling my 9500ix for one of these but I’m still hung up on the lower mounting protocol of remote detectors regardless of horn strength.
I’ve since upgraded to the STi-R Plus and using the same settings as you are Roy.
I’m now in Saint Cloud, MN
Roy, what’s your sensitivity setting at? I have mine on “Highway” for now, same as I had my 9500ix.
I always use the highway setting
Good stuff Roy, thanks.
btw Roy, do you ever see Bel offering a “Blue” concealed display for us old guys?
I’ve also asked and don’t see that happening. The Escort team wants to keep blue as their color