The V1 is so easy to hardwire, you'd be insane not to.

I'm a COMPLETE MORON and I was able to hardwire it myself.

 

Hardwire, takes 10-30 minutes. The cord is just a telephone cord, so if you break it or need a longer one... radio shack.

 

yep like the rest of the guy said, just hard wire it to the fuse box. takes 10-30 min, turn the key and the radar detector is on.

 

can someone please answer my stupid question?
what is a Radar, and what are they for??

 

A radar detector. It senses when a cop is using a radar gun or laser gun to warn you to slow down. They don't work for lasers tho. By the time the detector goes off, you've been caught.

AllenS2K.... They also make battery powered ones. I was thinking about getting one of those so I can just take it off and lock it up if I keep the top down while it's parked. I don't know how well they work tho. Anyone else checked them out?

 

my 8500 looks just like. so fresh and so clean.

hardwiring is really, really easy.

passport makes the escort solo s2 which is an okay model, but if its not difficult to hardwire, get hardwired because of superior performance