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by **FST4RD** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:19 pm

My poor Beltronics XR400 radar detector is having issues....
Quite often it starts beeping and flashing up "LO3 CAL" "MARKERS". After much searching on the net the manual is not available... so I emailed beltronics to see if they had one or knew what was wrong with it.
They emailed back "I can help you with your query… the messages that are being randomly displayed are telling you that the unit requires a software re-calibration. We can carry this out for you for a small fee."
So I emailed them back to ask where and how much
They replied "Please post it to our repair centre in Taupo… they will repair it for $125NZD. Please include all your contact details and a good description of the fault so they know what to look for."

$125!!! Small fee!!! I'd hate to see what a normal or large fee would be! I don't even know if it's worth this much to be honest....
Anyone know of anyone that can sort this in Christchurch for say at least half this price?

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by **Boosted_162** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:22 pm

Sorry i cant help, but damn i hope this doesnt happen to me. Or ill be forced to upgrade my trusty XR950.

Maybe for that price it is time to move on if noone can help?

EDIT: Did you ask through radar direct? Maybe they can help being dealers? I got mine through them.

by **Adamal** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:22 pm

Did you buy it brand new? If so, how long ago?

My reply would be something along the lines of "I didn't pay for this thing to flash incorrect lights at me. You fix it for free."

by **FST4RD** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:32 pm

She's pretty old but damn reliable, well was!
Be well out of warranty I can imagine...
I think some of the newer ones can auto calabrate themselfs.

by **fxgt race** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:35 pm

Mine does the same thing,sometimes all the time and other times it dosen't happen at all,mine is a 990

by **FST4RD** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:05 pm

Only thing is that if the software needs calibration does that mean it's not so reliable anymore....

by **ollieboy** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:24 pm

You could try Parrotts in Chch, they do calibration of police radars and stuff so could possibly help. I don't know for sure though.

by **FST4RD** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:37 pm

Thanks for that! Never thought of that....
I don't really want to buy another one as I hardly actually use this one...
Mainly for interest as I don't speed.... and I actually mean that!

by **HZRDIZ** » Thu May 01, 2008 2:14 pm

On a side note, what is happening with the law to ban radar detectors??? Has it been passed or is it just a "here today, gone tomorrow" thing?

by **FST4RD** » Thu May 01, 2008 2:30 pm

Don't think they're banned yet....
There was fierce opposition to it.

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