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I recently did oil change and brake pads while my car was on jacks stands.
All sorted but my test drive last night exposed that my Passport is dead.
No display or sound. Buttons don't work.
I'm not even sure what system is installed in my car, besides Passport and laser jammer, since this was done by the previous owner and installed by the Aston dealer.
Here the display what says Passport:
This is the buttons behind the steering wheel.
I have this in my grille:
And this on top of my license plate:
Now my question, did anyone install a similar system on their car and can point me where to start troubleshooting why it stopped working?
You might also try holding the power button on the control unit (this is the unit with the buttons - 2nd pic) for 10 secs or so. The power button is located on the edge of the control unit.
If the battery on the car runs low, the Passport will automatically shut itself off to protect it.
I've had a Valentine detector which I've been using for ages. With all the radar-based accessories on cars these days and the fact that they use the same frequencies as police radar has made my unit almost useless because it's falsely triggered by them. How well did your Passport detector work with all those other radar sources on the road?
I've had a Valentine detector which I've been using for ages. With all the radar-based accessories on cars these days and the fact that they use the same frequencies as police radar has made my unit almost useless because it's falsely triggered by them. How well did your Passport detector work with all those other radar sources on the road?
The Valentine is widely known to have terrible filtering.
One annoyance is incessant false alarms—the Valentine’s filtering isn’t very effective. On our 22-mile loop, the V1 called out 53 threats in its most selective mode, which reduces but doesn’t eliminate X-band alerts. Turning off X-band is an involved process that you wouldn’t bother with on an interstate exit ramp. Determining what’s a cop and what’s not is left to the driver, who faces a steep learning curve to decipher the V1’s bogey count, band indicators, signal-strength meter, and the signature arrows at a quick glance.
Escort, on the other hand, is leaps and bounds ahead. That article is a few years old, but Escort has continued to do impressive things in signal filtering.
Even with its database cleared of known false locations, the Max proved adept at filtering radar signals, sounding only nine alerts on our suburban route in Auto No X mode.
If you have an older Valentine, they will walk you through an update that greatly reduces false alerts.
I use Valentine detectors on both my Vantage and FX SUV. They are chatty, but IMHO, they have the best rear antennas in the business. Both detectors are mounted below the rear view mirror.
+1 I have V1 and a Escort 9500i they both work, but I like and use my V1 more. Saved me it's purchase easily over the 10years I've owned it. Mirror mounting is the way to go.
Speeders keep your property taxes lower. Think how much more your police force would cost if they couldn't collect all that moving violation cash. So I make sure I do more than my fair share.
I've had a Valentine detector which I've been using for ages. With all the radar-based accessories on cars these days and the fact that they use the same frequencies as police radar has made my unit almost useless because it's falsely triggered by them. How well did your Passport detector work with all those other radar sources on the road?
If you have an older one you can disable the POP feature which helps a bit with the Audi's on the road. The new update is supposed to be much better. I have not gotten around to sending mine in yet.
