Tag: Teardown

Valentine 1 Gen2: Under the Hood

V1 Gen2 Parts laid out

The new Valentine 1 Gen2 is based on a completely new underlying platform than the Gen1 so let’s pop the hood, take the detector apart, and take a closer look at what’s inside. 🙂 Note: All the photos are available in high res so click on any image to zoom in and take a closer …

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Uniden R1 / R3 Teardown: Under the Hood

Uniden R1 with horn opened up

Let’s take a look under the hood of the Uniden R1 to learn about the R1 and R3 internals. I popped my R1 open recently (as you guys know, it’s the same thing as the R3, just without the GPS chip) and we’ve been having a discussion on RDF about the internals here. Anyway, let’s take a …

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Escort Redline EX Internals: Under the Hood

Redline EX torn down

Let’s open up the new Redline EX and take a look at the Redline EX internals and see what’s going on under the hood. 🙂

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Escort Max360: Under the Hood

Let’s take apart the Max360 and see what lies underneath. Let’s see the dual-horn antenna, GPS chip, PCB’s, RF board, internal components, and more. 🙂

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Beltronics GT-7: Under the Hood

Here’s a teardown of the GT-7. It is indeed essentially a Max with different clothing. (Max2 teardown here.) I did find some minor differences when taking it apart so it’s not exactly a 1:1 swap… things like the new case has one little access area to open it up while the Max2 has two, the …

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Beltronics RX65 M4: Under the Hood

Let’s take a look under the hood of the Beltronics RX65 M4. 🙂

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Escort Passport Max2: Under the Hood

Let’s take the Max2 apart and take a look inside to see how it’s put together, how the horn looks, how the laser receiver works,where the speaker is, and so on. This was fun. 🙂

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