Anyone that knows about cobra radar (9530)!!?

Question

i just bough a cobra 9530 and it havent gone off yet! i dont know why. Do i have to reset it or switch mode? please help!

Answer 1

those radars are useless the po just have to tap the trigger to see your speed for like a second and at that point you have no chance to slow down

here are some tricks that i have learned after doing it the wrong way and fineing what works

use a scout- this i do all the time and it works very well find a car that is going at least 15 mph faster then you and memorize there taillight design wait about a mile and match there speed keeping back about a mile watch that car for any major decreasein speed or brakelights when you see these any your scout is not being delyed by another driver or to make a manuver you may have a po present if no brakelights or mass slowdown you can match your scouts speed as long as you keep the distance of about a mile

the flaw in this is that you have no way to tell if one is coming from behind

watch oncoming traffic- grouping caused by mass braking in view of a cop can be a sign so when you see about 10 or more cars all grouped together then a huge gap then another group you may (like 30% here) have a po

watch the onramps and, bridges, and treelines- braking in front of you will sign a cop on the other side of trees or a bridge or ready to go on a onramp out of sight

look for people with radar-you can fester a scout ie if i am in front of you doing 60 in a 55 and you approach me going 65 i can wait about 10 seconds any let you by you will shoot by going at least 70 i can match your speed staying a mile or so back and go 70 once again this only works if a cop is in front and they are not doing a check and tag

so heres a few just be careful

as for your radar you can zap it by unpluging it for more then 6hours then pluging it in as i said as not before or after as you are starting  the car it will reset the system

like i said they just tap the radar so when it does go off all you wil hear is a quick squelch and then nothing unless they are looking for illegal radar dtictors or just want to see what  you do then they might hold the trigger down for a few

with a scout they will tap the radar on the scout if you have radar it will go off when they hit the scout giving you time to slow down what you dont know is if they just shot you

whatever man goodluck

Answer 2

It is a very low end radar detector, it does not work very good and will not pick up radar signals until it is too late, best bet is to return it and buy a better unit......

Answer 3

Drive in front of a state trooper goin 99 mph and see if its broken

Answer 4

You must be in the USA, most other more sensible countries have made them illegal to use because they encourage morons like you to speed. Pity you haven't got speed cameras, you never know where they are set up.