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Review on SilverStone F1 Monaco S radar detector by Hongseok Bak ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I'm satisfied with it, there are only some small flaws.

The device itself is excellent, only when buying you need to pay attention to the following: 1) if the store has power (such as a cigarette lighter), then check the operation of the device through it. And also how the buttons click on it. Should be able to walk back and forth! Or check in the car (before paperwork). Or ask a store employee to walk with you to the car. If you come after the purchase with broken buttons to the store, then you will get a ten-day warranty check! like me.(( 2) insert a second device into the rear socket in the cigarette lighter so that the side edges do not pinch the power wires! (I guessed about it, having rebuilt these three adapters, when the wiring on the third one was already exposed). 3) do not insert the suction cup mount into the device (then barely pull it out). It is better to immediately buy just a sticky mat, only tighter. ) I bought a thin one, so it rips off the panel along with the device. (addition dated 04/10/2022 - since this rug comes off together with the device, I laid on it the main part from the unused "smartphone holder" that holds the smartphone in the car and has sliding side frames, washed down its lower part with a hacksaw ( a round plastic ledge, thereby making a flat platform and laid it "forever")) this holder on the rug. Now I just easily install and remove the device using the "smartphone holder") So the device has some unpleasant features, which, however, in no way influenced my decision to refuse it. And when the decision came under the guarantee, I changed it (having already checked everything as it should), and did not take the money. I love how it works! The main thing is to avoid the jambs that I described! Supplement (May 2022): the screw that secures the wheel to increase the volume and turn the device on and off tends to unscrew! (Judging by the reviews, I do not have one). So it is necessary to periodically (once a year) disassemble the case and twist it more tightly.

Pros
  • So far, the work of the radar itself (replaced under warranty) is satisfactory. Everything is superb
Cons
  • And now some disadvantages: After the purchase, it turned out that the buttons on the device itself did not work. After the purchase (the first device), it worked, spoke everything, ated the database and firmware through the program in the computer. However, as it turned out, the buttons on the device itself do not work (at all!) In addition, the suction cup mount did not want to detach from the device. I had to fiddle for an hour, disconnect it! (I bought a cheap sticky mat. The square lindens in the kit are tuff - they are attached on the reverse side with double-sided tape, which, when trying to remove the device from the panel, remained on the panel itself, and the lindens fastened together and the device along with it were torn off.) And further! The power plug has one more input socket on the reverse side (for a DVR or something else). But! There is a wiring inside that prevents the connection of some second device. Issue has been resolved (see comments) After a year (May 2022) of use, the screw of the volume increase wheel was unscrewed, since the warranty came out, I had to disassemble and tighten the screw to the wheel myself. And at the same time (!) the wiring in the power plug frayed (where another plug from the navigator was inserted). I had to take it apart and solder it. It seems like a trifle, but unpleasant - what if the unscrewed screw closed something? Although there are no complaints about the operation of the device itself.

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