Escort Direct Wire SmartCord for Radar and Laser Detectors

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08 Apr 2009 +1 The guy below me, Norman, said exactly what I wanted to say about the product. It is a bit expensive for the simple circuitry (I should have just made one as a EE major...).

The only thing I want to note is that if you are buying this, you need to access your car's fuse box. It's rated at a certain current rating (I can't remember what, I think its 10 or 15 amps), which means you need to find an open slot for it to work it...

... If you are like me, and may not have any open slots ... –A. Lewisfrom Amazon.com
23 Mar 2009 Well designed, but not quite "one size fits all". If you have an Escort or Bel radar detector with a SmartCord, this is really your only option to hardwire your detector without losing your remote display and mute button.

The wires are long enough to route across the headliner, down the A pillar, and to your fuse panel. I was planning to put this in my center console, but the wires weren't quite long enough for that.

Escort makes two very big assumptions with this cord:
1) You want to splice one of your 12V wires
2) You kn... –Kevin Nichollsfrom Amazon.com
29 Nov 2008 KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING!! Sorry, but I felt pretty deceived and disappointed when I opened this up. (Quick shipping, however). The picture on Amazon was of an original "EXCORT" brand cord, and yet the price was more reasonable. Words like 'original' and 'Excort Direct Wire SmartCord' led me to believe this was the real thing, and possibly worth the money, even with the shipping... Not So!! What came in was obviously just another Chinese Knock-off with what I assumed would be the typical cheesy quality of such 'stuff'. I ... –ALMOSTA Rdfrom Amazon.com

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