Originally Posted by
Vortex
Just got my HiFi module installed and it works great. Here's a demo of the unit in action announcing guns with the female voice, JTK'ing, comparing to the original control pad, and my initial impressions of the unit.
A couple notes.
The speaker is definitely loud. Even with the speaker tucked IN my dash behind plastic panels and driving on the highway with the top down, I can STILL hear the gun IDs which is very impressive. With my music blasting I can't hear the ALP speaker, so hooking up the stereo mute wire would definitely be a good idea and a straightforward solution.
I like the way the ALP handles brief lidar detections better than the way my HP-905's did. If the Blinders picked up a very very brief burst of lidar, say either scatter or a false, I would get no gun announcement and wouldn't know what it picked up. Even with the quickest shots possible from my PL3 and my lidar simulator, the ALP would announce the gun ID each and every time. I really love this feature.
When you start your car and the ALP boots up, instead of the beeps, you get the word "Active" announced, even if you choose the silent power up option. I would like to see that announcement go away so it's truly quiet upon startup.
Another thing I do wish was different was what the Menu button on the right does. I never really knew since generic beeps are kinda cryptic. With the voices now I know it adjusts the foglight settings. That's part of an accessory that's more common in Europe, IIRC, and I'd love to see that button switched to setting your jammers to receive mode. As I mention in the video, I loved being able to do this with my Blinders and KBJ, kill my jammers when spotting a LEO so that they don't jam when I get shot. Putting them in receive mode rather than killing the power altogether like you'd have to do with LI's, you could still tell if you got shot, for how long, what gun you got shot with, etc. A very useful feature. The menu button on the control pad changes the foglights settings and I'd like to see it set to changing between jam, receive only, and perhaps parking sensor only mode. It wouldn't be as obvious what setting you're on as it was with the Blinder control switch, and it's possible to do it accidentally and not realize it, so if it would change over for, say 30 or 60 seconds and then revert back to jamming mode automatically afterwards, that would be awesome.
Speaking of JTK'ing, I do some JTK's on video and if you JTK really quickly, you won't get the gun announcement as radargeek mentioned above. Having the ALP continue to announce the gun would be ideal. A different beep is definitely a good idea so we know the jammers have been set to receive only, but it's definitely possible to miss the initial announcement for whatever reason. Music's too loud at first and you don't have the stereo mute cable hooked up, etc.
Minor niggles aside, having the clear voices and loud speaker is definitely a nice upgrade over the normal control pad and I'd highly recommend it!
your suggestion for the menu button turning to receive only.
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