Are Traffic Flow False Alerts Driving You Mad?
If you own a radar detector you know how annoying false alerts can be and to make matters worse many cities and states have been installing traffic flow sensors spaced a mile or so apart along major roads which use K-band to measure traffic flow.
As a result many radar detector owners have been shutting off their detector and going without protection.
Because of this Escort and Beltronics have integrated TSR software into many of their detectors and when it is enabled it is able to filter out these annoying alerts.
TSR Rejection Overview
On a recent trip from San Diego to San Francisco we had the opportunity to test several of the Escort and Beltronics TSR equipped radar detectors.
With TSR disabled our detectors would alert every mile or so to K band and at its highest peak on the display we could eye the radar drones mounted high on a pole within close proximity.
We then enabled TSR filtering by:
- Navigating to preferences section on the menu
- Under bands scrolled to TSR and selected on
By doing these two simple steps that took less than 10 seconds, we were able to block out these annoying false alerts and enjoy the freedom of the open road with our detectors.
Is GPS Filtering Better Alternative to TSR Filtering?
Yes and here is why.
When you activate the TSR filtering software to your radar detector you are in effect adding another process on how your radar detector distinguishes real alerts from false alerts.
Although this process only takes milliseconds it could make the difference in an instant on radar ambush.
However if your radar detector is equipped with GPS filtering and/or you have Escort Live, and you encounter these drones on your regular commute, you can block them out by frequency and location.
Thus your detector will not have to work so hard and will be faster in alerting you to real threats ahead.
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