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- 08-22-2006, 04:07 PM #1sraikeGuest
My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar detector. I
had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says the phone is spewing
out something it shouldn't and this is common on CMDA phones. I do believe
it is the phone as my work phone is an LG CMDA phone on Verizon and it does
not set off the detector. One or the other has to go as it is getting to be
quite annoying. Anyone else have this issue?
Thanks,
Stu
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- 08-22-2006, 04:23 PM #2mikeyhsdGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
speed and cellphones KILL.
slow down and no need for the radar detector.
[email protected]
"sraike" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar detector. I
had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says the phone is spewing
out something it shouldn't and this is common on CMDA phones. I do believe
it is the phone as my work phone is an LG CMDA phone on Verizon and it does
not set off the detector. One or the other has to go as it is getting to be
quite annoying. Anyone else have this issue?
Thanks,
Stu
- 08-22-2006, 04:35 PM #3skipGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
"sraike" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar
> detector. I had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says the
> phone is spewing out something it shouldn't and this is common on CMDA
> phones. I do believe it is the phone as my work phone is an LG CMDA
> phone on Verizon and it does not set off the detector. One or the
> other has to go as it is getting to be quite annoying. Anyone else
> have this issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Stu
>
Dont speed
- 08-22-2006, 04:56 PM #4sraikeGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
I hear ya bro but I'm not talking on the phone while hauling ass down the
road. This crappy phone is on though and most likely throwing something out
that interferes. Prior LG PM-325 didn't do it, Samsung SCH-8500? didn't
either but had an earlier Samsung that did. With one bar max of signal
strength at home and now this, Sprint may be a thing of the past for me. The
V1 will always be with me though.
Thanks anyway,
Stu
"mikeyhsd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
speed and cellphones KILL.
slow down and no need for the radar detector.
- 08-22-2006, 05:19 PM #5DanRGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
sraike wrote:
> My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar
> detector. I had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says
> the phone is spewing out something it shouldn't and this is common on
> CMDA phones. I do believe it is the phone as my work phone is an LG
> CMDA phone on Verizon and it does not set off the detector. One or
> the other has to go as it is getting to be quite annoying. Anyone
> else have this issue?
> Thanks,
> Stu
Interesting. I have the A900 but no radar detector. But I'm curious. Does
the radar warning go off all the time every time? What is the range? Have
you experimented by walking toward the car to see when the alarm would
sound? Do you have the GPS function turned off?
What if your phone is jamming the police radar. You would be invisible.
- 08-22-2006, 06:03 PM #6AZ NomadGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:35:52 GMT, skip <skip> wrote:
>"sraike" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>> My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar
>> detector. I had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says the
>> phone is spewing out something it shouldn't and this is common on CMDA
>> phones. I do believe it is the phone as my work phone is an LG CMDA
>> phone on Verizon and it does not set off the detector. One or the
>> other has to go as it is getting to be quite annoying. Anyone else
>> have this issue?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stu
>>
>Dont speed
As long as speed limits are set for the worst idiots on the road, there are
going to be speeders. I suggest you refrain from being such a sanctimonious
asshole.
- 08-22-2006, 06:14 PM #7Mij AdyawGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
I would suggest getting an Escort Radar Detector and dumping the old
inferior Radar Detector on Ebay. Escort Radar Detectors have the best
rejection of non-radar sources and other interference. I used to have an
Escort back in the days when I liked to speed and they rule!
"sraike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar detector. I
> had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says the phone is
> spewing out something it shouldn't and this is common on CMDA phones. I do
> believe it is the phone as my work phone is an LG CMDA phone on Verizon
> and it does not set off the detector. One or the other has to go as it is
> getting to be quite annoying. Anyone else have this issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Stu
>
- 08-22-2006, 06:34 PM #8sraikeGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
The detector seems to go off when the phone's signal is weak and looking for
another is my guess. In a urban area where coverage is good it hardly ever
sets of the detector. But on my drive home though a more rural area it goes
off like every few seconds. The closer the phone is placed to the detector,
the more it will set it off. I've seen it go off as I'm walking to my truck
at home from about 10 feet away. I have not tried turning the GPS off but
it's a good idea and certainly worth a try. I'm not lucky enough to have it
jam police radar
After many, many Google searches I'm finding others report that their PCS
phones are seeting off various brands of radar detectors. Seems to be a CDMA
issue for some reason.
"DanR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...> Interesting. I
have the A900 but no radar detector. But I'm curious. Does
> the radar warning go off all the time every time? What is the range? Have
> you experimented by walking toward the car to see when the alarm would
> sound? Do you have the GPS function turned off?
> What if your phone is jamming the police radar. You would be invisible.
- 08-22-2006, 07:08 PM #9GlennGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
sraike wrote:
>
> After many, many Google searches I'm finding others report that their PCS
> phones are seeting off various brands of radar detectors. Seems to be a CDMA
> issue for some reason.
Probably not a CDMA thing so much as a PCS thing.
13th harmonic (odd harmonics probably much stronger than even) of 1857.7
MHz is 24.15 GHz which is the middle of the allocated radar band. PCS A
channel handset transmissions are at 1850-1865 MHz. It's just about a
perfect (mis)match. Look in your area and see whether your provider has
A or B channels. I bet it's A.
When signals are weak and coverage poor, the handset is running maximum
power and has the most distortion along with the strongest signal. These
are the conditions for maximum harmonic generation.
g
- 08-22-2006, 08:21 PM #10Tod DeBieGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
I've had several CDMA phones in my car and I don't believe they have ever
set off my V1.
I would get the phone replaced.
Tod
"sraike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar detector. I
> had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says the phone is
> spewing out something it shouldn't and this is common on CMDA phones. I do
> believe it is the phone as my work phone is an LG CMDA phone on Verizon
> and it does not set off the detector. One or the other has to go as it is
> getting to be quite annoying. Anyone else have this issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Stu
>
- 08-22-2006, 10:16 PM #11NotanGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
Tod DeBie wrote:
>
> I've had several CDMA phones in my car and I don't believe they have ever
> set off my V1.
>
> I would get the phone replaced.
>
> <snip>
I highly doubt that Sprint would replace the phone due to its (possible)
interference with a radar detector.
Notan
- 08-22-2006, 10:40 PM #12Mij AdyawGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
The problem would most likely be inadequate image rejection by the Radar
Detector.
"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Tod DeBie wrote:
>>
>> I've had several CDMA phones in my car and I don't believe they have ever
>> set off my V1.
>>
>> I would get the phone replaced.
>>
>> <snip>
>
> I highly doubt that Sprint would replace the phone due to its (possible)
> interference with a radar detector.
>
> Notan
- 08-22-2006, 11:00 PM #13gGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
Mij Adyaw wrote:
> The problem would most likely be inadequate image rejection by the Radar
> Detector.
>
Probably not an image since most detectors are single conversion
straight to a baseband detector. However, it wouldn't take much 13th
harmonic power to set the thing off and an A channel PCS handset is
definitely generating some harmonic energy, particularly in a poor
coverage region where the final stages are likely to be saturating and
into maximum distortion. The only thing saving harmonic energy coming
out of the antenna is probably low-microwave filtering which very likely
isn't doing very well that far away from it's design corner frequency.
The characteristic could easily vary from phone to phone too.
(PCS A Channel 25 = 1850.75 MHz)*13 = 24.060 is probably in the of
range of most 24.15 GHz center radar detectors. Most of them are pretty
wide and/or search to allow for radar gun frequency variations.
I think it might be an interesting test for people in PCS-A coverage
areas (a good portion of Sprint, I think) to try holding their phones
out in front of their 24 GHz radar detectors while in poor coverage
areas. I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few phones do cause a false
detection.
g
- 08-23-2006, 07:06 AM #14skipGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
AZ Nomad <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:35:52 GMT, skip <skip> wrote:
>
>
>>"sraike" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>
>>> My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar
>>> detector. I had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says
>>> the phone is spewing out something it shouldn't and this is common
>>> on CMDA phones. I do believe it is the phone as my work phone is an
>>> LG CMDA phone on Verizon and it does not set off the detector. One
>>> or the other has to go as it is getting to be quite annoying. Anyone
>>> else have this issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stu
>>>
>>Dont speed
>
> As long as speed limits are set for the worst idiots on the road,
> there are going to be speeders. I suggest you refrain from being such
> a sanctimonious asshole.
I bow to your brilliance
- 08-23-2006, 09:16 AM #15Isaiah BeardGuest
Re: Samsung A900 sets off radar detector
sraike wrote:
> My Samsung A900 phone keeps setting off my Valentine One radar detector. I
> had one other Sprint phone do the same. Valentine says the phone is spewing
> out something it shouldn't and this is common on CMDA phones.
Valentine, sad to say, is full of it.
The A900 "spews" out things only in the 800MHz, 1.9GHz and 2.4GHz bands.
Police radar operates in the following bands:
X-Band: 10.525 GHz
K-Band: 24.150 GHz
KaBand: 33.4GHz - 36.0GHz
and Superwide Ka: 34.3 GHz 34.2-35.2 GHz, and 33.4-34.4 GHz.
None of these bands are anywhere NEAR the emissions of a CDMA handset.
Not to mention, I use a ESCORT S3 Radar detector and it has never been
set off by any of the CDMA or GSM phones I've used. Likewise, I have
friends with PassPort, Cobra and BELTronics detectors who have also
never had any issues. Seems like valentine is the only company having
problems with this.
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