Jedi. You rock.

What year is your car again?

 

thanks firedude!
Mine's a 2005

 

Hmm.. just thought it might be inconvenient to reach up to the radar detector.. lol
Might just do this set up soon.

 

the passport has a large mute button on top of it. When I need to mute it, it's quite easy to reach up and click mute.
If it were attached to the windshield via suction cups it would be a further reach.

 

Does it have an "auto-mute" setting?

 

auto-mute?

 

What size fits the stock mirror, 3/4?

 

I like that feature to hook it up. But you should still take it to the track.

 

Why are radar detectors not illegal in the States??? Anyone?????

 

I believe the auto-mute feature means the detector beeps a couple times, then reduces volume by about 90% automaticly. My Bel RX-65 has that feature.

I usually have the music up pretty loud.... I turned off the auto-mute. Doesn't bother me.

 

They are in a few states or at least the states think they are. If it ever hit a federal court they would be legal in every state. My state feels that if your using a detector then your paying extra attention to your driving and that's mainly what they are after.

 

Now if you could only obey the law,,,,,

 

Yes, that's it exactly.

 

Don't we all? I owned my 8 for a full year before I decided to install mine. It was just sitting in a drawer so I thought what the heck, I'll hard wire this in for fun.

 

I'll have to double check my owner's manual because mine has done that the last 2 times I"ve gotten a Ka band. (including this morning)

 

Here's another idea versus hanging it so low on the mirror and in plain view ...

 

Please enlighten me.
I want to do that mute button mod as well.

 

I used the standard cable with mute switch and the local audio shop did the "piano black" insert and wiring run along the headliner.

I screwed the passport clip on to the visor.

For me, this works great, is a clean install, doesn't hang in full view, sit high on the car to catch the best signal and given the angled screen on the unit, can still be easily read. But who reads the screen, just listen and react accordingly.

 

Wow. Very nice.

 

so where does the wire come out to plug into the detector?

 

Tucked neatly up along the headliner ... and emerges from directly behind

 

i like where you placed the mute button.

i dont see the placement of the detector helpful for passengers in bright sunlight though.

 

I see, If I understand correctly you used this..

Direct Wire SmartCord.
Directly wire into a power source and ran the other end up the pillar and across the headliner, into your passort.. Right?
What was used to wire in your power source?

 

That's why I didn't see it, its on the other side. My 9500i has the wire connection on the drivers side.

 

I think I made up my mind. I'm going to do the joycrafts bracket and wire it up like Oranje.

Hope you don't mind me taking your idea.