Product Description
Whistler's XTR-445 laser/radar detector gives you full band protection from radar signals, 360-degree laser detection, Whistler's patented VG-2 cloaking technology, and plenty more. The brilliant blue text display, along with tone alerts and Whistler's unique alert periscopes, mean you'll never miss an alert. Competitive features and competitive pricing.
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Product Details
- Color: Black
- Brand: Whistler Radar
- Model: XTR-445
- Format: CD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.45" h x 3.15" w x 4.90" l, .93 pounds
Features
- Battery-powered radar/laser detector provides up to 15 hours operation on a single charge (power cord and rechargeable batteries provided).
- Provides 360-degree alerts for selectable radar and laser signals, POP mode alerts, and Safety Warning System alerts.
- New and improved red OLED text display provides distinct visual confirmation of signals detected, signal strength, and indicates engaged modes of operation.
- VG-2 cloaking technology makes you invisible to radar detector detectors; 3 City Modes and Highway Mode for reducing false alerts; dim/dark mode
- One-year warranty
From the Manufacturer
The Whistler XTR-445 has an improved red OLED text display that provides better contrast, brightness and color. It shows alerts detected, engaged modes, and digital signal strength in text format (i.e. HIGHWAY or Ka9). Another feature of the XTR-445 is traffic flow signal rejection (TFSR), which helps eliminate alerts from radar based traffic flow sensors. The rechargeable NiMH batteries in this device provide hours of use without the need for a power cord. There is also an internal battery charger that recharges the NiMH batteries in the unit when plugged into a functioning 12V socket. Advanced speed detection capability responds to brief bursts of radar in the POPT Detection Mode.
Key Features
- Two Filter Modes: provide additional signal processing to reduce false alerts caused by some radar detectors
- Dim/Dark Mode: reduces the illumination of the display; when in dark mode, the display is turned off during an alert then remains off for 20 more seconds before returning to its dimmer setting
- Selectable Tone Alerts: allow choice of tones providing distinct audible alerts for bands received
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Alert Periscopes LED's
on top of the unit provide additional visual alert - Total Band Protection: X band - K band - SuperWideBand Ka - Laser, the only four bands that are used for speed measurement
- 360° Maxx Coverage: detects from front, sides, and rear
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Three City Modes:
(City, City 1, City 2) reduce the annoyance of false alerts - High Gain Lens: provides increased field of view which means better range
- Selectable Bands: allow specific bands to be turned on or off
- Stay Alert: Whistler's exclusive feature that tests your alertness on long trips
- Quiet / Auto Quiet: silences audio alerts
- Alert Priority: displays most important signal when more than one is detected
- Setting Saver: saves personalized settings when unit is turned off
- Selectable Auto Shut Off: automatically shuts off your detector if you forget to turn it off
- Safety Warning System: keeps you informed of highway safety where transmitters are located
- VG-2 Detection: when engaged, alerts to VG-2 presence
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Works as advertised
By Radio53
Like the different filters to tune out traffic sensing radar. Seems pretty sensitive to real radar from cop cars. The vg2 went off a few times already. You have to keep in mind that when vg2 is detected the local oscillator In the detector shuts down for 30 seconds to avoid detection by the cops. So even though it shuts down of corse u know there are cops around. It's a keeper.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Sensivity
By Jesse T. Mccomack
I have owned two other Whistler radar detectors and the XTR-445 is much more sensitive than the others and the ability to use it without the power cord is the main reason that I bought this model.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Worked great for two weeks.
By William M
Seemed to work great, would detect radar with more than enough time to slow down, about the same range as my old Passport. Didn't seem to have any more false alarms than my Passport, in fact there were a couple spots on my daily commute where the Passport would false, but the Whistler would remain silent. This was using the Highway mode on both. They don't use Laser around here luckily, so I can't comment on that.
Batteries seemed to be good for about 5 hours before they would read 25% left. That was good enough to last the week for my dailt commute to work, but if it sat unused for 2 days after re-charging, it would drop to 75% without ever being turned on, dropping the life to about 3 hours. Not great for any trips, don't forget the cord, or some spare batteries. I had planned to replace the cheap chinese batteries with better quality rechargeables to see if that would extend battery life.
Got in the car yesterday and turned it on, it goes through the entire test sequence, and then says "NO BATT" and shuts itself off. How can it turn on if there are no batteries? I tried charging it overnight, even tried a different set of batteries. Same results.
JR is paying return shipping to exchange it, so I will try another. Hopefully it has a longer life span. I can highly recommend JR music world, great service.
UPDATE 9/11/2012: I received the replacement from J&R a couple of days ago. The batteries that came with this one are garbage, and will only run the unit for about an hour before the charge runs out. I have tried regular alkalines (DO NOT charge these!) and it shows 50% battery life after 8 hours. I have some Eneloops on order to fix the low battery life. Just a warning that if you do buy this unit, plan on replacing the batteries right out of the box.
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