Escort, aka Cincinnati Microwave, has been producing a wireless Detector for sometime. The first wireless too was a called the Solo. The unit used a 9 Volt battery and a Security Key to operate. The Original Solo Detected only X and K band, and was good at it.
After Escort took over Cincinnati Microwave, they produced the Solo 4 and followed Solo 5. These units featured X, K, and Ka detection. X and K were respectable, but Ka was highly limited.
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Technical Details:SRX
Key Features
Detection Mode:City / Highway modes
Detection Area:Front / Rear
VG-2/VG-3 Alert:VG-2 Undetectable
Other Features
Alert type:Audible
Detection Bands:X Band • K Band • Laser • Ka Super Wideband
Mute:With Mute
Warranty
:1 Year
Miscellaneous
UPC:737795720003
:44879127
Details
Passport SRX provides supercharged performance on all radar bands, including X, K, and SuperWide Ka bands. Utilizing technology from award-winning Passport 8500, this custom-installed remote detector provides the ultimate in discreet protection. Programmable laser transceivers (2 front, 1 rear) provide maximum protection against laser targeting.
The price : $715.00
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Beltronics for the past years has produced Second rate detectors but at reasonable prices. Fighting for first Honors in the Detector Market, Beltronics has put out many models to coupe with changes in the Police Traffic Enforcement Realm.
In the early 90s’, Beltronics had put out a 966ST. This unit provided Good X band, Strong K band, put fair Ka Photo protection. At this time 34.7GHz Radar guns were only 5-10% of the market. Because Ka band is becoming a feared tool for Police, Beltronics produced the 645STi/745STi. Both unit provided fair X band, Strong K and Ka band performance but only adequate Photo Radar.
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Note: This review was written during the summer of 2002 and not published until yesterday, but I still believe this is a pretty accurate review after having almost a year of experience with the 985.
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There seems to be a lot of debate as to whether or not the cordless Escort Solo S2 delivers the same degree of protection as the Escort 8500 or Valentine One.
(The debate between the Valentine One and 8500 rages on so I won’t address that issue other than to say that currently the edge in reviews ,for good or bad reasons, seems to be going toward the 8500.)
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Beltronics has produced a second rate performance, but first-rate value detector for many years. With the New 900 series second-rate detection is now near first rate.
Recently, Beltronics has been integrated into the Escort Company. A new product line-up could be in the works for the future. With the New DSP (Digital Signal Processing) chips, many achievements in detection are possible. The combination of minds from two companies could provide a better performer.
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Since there is not much first-hand information available about new Beltronics Bel RX65 radar detector I decided to share my short experience with everyone.
We needed another radar detector for the second car. I’ve been using Passport 8500 for a year now (chose it over V1 after careful testing both units) and was more then happy with it - saved my b@tt on several occasions. Love the multiple threat display - works like a spectrum analyzer.
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I had bought this detector back in 2001 in which at 1st worked great for me. It would detect cops in K band a mile away. It had saved me a few times but many times it didn’t. I had a bright red 2002 Mitsu Eclipse that just seemed to not be able to pull off the shoulder. Keep in mind that the detector was about a year old at this time. Well one day I was out doing about 90 with me and my sis through a 55. It was night and I wasn’t sure if the lights comming over the hill were going to be a cop so I slowed down to 70…still showing all clear on my detector I thought everything was fine until about 20 feet it gives me a 3 level warining. I was like oh $hit. Needless to say I got pulled over in my own driveway. After that I never relied on my cobra for anything besides the compass. Funny thing it worked great the 1st year. I’m not sure if it was because it was in different cars is what made the performance of the model go down. 1st car Chevy Lumina (moma’s 
2nd Mazda MX-3 (1st real car) and 3rd was my new Eclipse. Although I had had to peel off the cobra my 1st 2 cars when they had been wrecked (not my flaut on both I might add…no really Well by Summer of 2002 I almost threw it out the window if my girlfriend hadn’t of stopped me. If the reason why the cobra quit working was because of the advancment of speed measureing devices then I’d say don’t DOn’t buy this one because you’ll have over $800 worth of tickets by the time you realize it was a mistake. I’ve just bought a Escort 8500 X50 BLUE so I’ll be updating bout that one later. Seems to me you get what you pay for.
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The Escort name has been around for over 20 years. They have dominated the detector market with the Original Escort, Escort Passport, and late 80s Solo. After one of the founders had departed from the company (Mike Valentine) the company hasn’t produced a top-notch detector. Now with the merger (Bought out of Beltronics) the company is now back on track with a strong detector.
In the Title not quite a Vette: I would call the Valentine a Vette (factory), the Escort a Camaro (factory), and the Bel 980/970 a Firebird (factory). If you follow cars a Camaro and Firebird are similar with the Frame, Motor and Gauges. The difference is outside appearance and packaging, but give strong performance. The Vette “Valentine” give little more all around performance.
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I have previously written a review on the Escort Solo S2 and it got moved to a different category, plus I was less experienced then so found my review to be very unsatisfactory. Times have changed, and I’ve decided to try this incredibly popular and expensive radar detector again. The Escort Solo S2 is the most recent newcomer in the cordless market from Escort. They claim that it’s much better than the Escort Solo. Well, here’s what I found.
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