The following settings are recommended:
1. X band – OFF
2. K band – ON
3. Ka band – ON
4. LASER – ON
5. Ka Band Sensitivity – More Responsive
6. Ka False Guard – OFF
Features 7 – F all programmable to personal preference.
H. Ku Band – OFF
J. Pop Mode – OFF
u. Euro Mode – ON

Note on Euro Mode
When running the detector in euro mode, the bogey counter will display the letter U/u during normal operation. An upper case u (U) means the detector will alert to Ka Band, K Band and Laser, while running the detector in lower case u (u) means the detector will alert only to Ka Band and Laser. To change between upper and lower case U, simply hold in the control nob for a few seconds during normal operation.

Note on K Band
K Band radar is used by police in Western Australia as outlined above, but this band does share a lot of false alerts. This is because many motion sensors such as automatic doors also use this radar band. K Band alerts should be treated with caution until the source is identified. Alternatively if you wish to have no false alerts and just want to pick-up multanova’s then you can disable K band. The Ka band has virtually no false alerts. The option to turn the K band on or off comes down to personal preference and should be decided after you have driven the routes you commonly take, and see how many false alerts you have received.

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Radar Bands
There are four different radar bands used worldwide, these are:
X Band – NOT USED in Western Australia
K band – USED by police in Western Australia
Ka Band – USED by police in Western Australia
Ku Band – NOT USED in Western Australia

X and Ku Bands are used in America and Europe respectively and are not used by any police in Western Australia.

There are two radar devices used by police in Western Australia which work on two different bands. When your detector alerts you to the band it is detecting, you should be looking out for the radar device corresponding to that band. The radar devices and their bands are listed below.

- K Band is most commonly used by police in Western Australia in the form of moving in-car radar. Many police cars contain a radar gun used to catch speeding vehicles. These radar guns can catch you speeding from either behind or coming from the opposite direction.

- Ka Band is used by police in the form of the Multanova. These are the most common radar device you will find, particularly in Perth. Emitting only very low power, multanova’s are VERY hard to detect, which is why we choose to only sell the Passport 8500 X50 and Valentine 1, which have the best Ka band range available today.

Laser
Laser guns do not use the doppler principle like radar guns do. Instead the laser gun sends out a pulse, and calculates the “time of flight” for the pulse to be reflected back to the laser gun. Since the speed of light is a known value, the distance between the laser gun and its target can be calculated by the time of flight. The laser gun takes multiple distance measurements, and by comparing the different distance measurements over time, it can determine the speed of the target.

The Laser gun used by police in Western Australia is the LTI Ultralyte. Laser is very difficult to detect. This is because of two factors:

1. Beam Width – Unlike radar the signal or beam emitted from a laser gun is a lot smaller than that of radar. For example, at a distance of 200 meters, the beam width of the laser gun is only 59cm.

2. Nature of signal – A laser signal is only active when the operator pulls the trigger and therefore the beam can only be detected, when it is already getting your speed. Because of this, any laser alert must be treated very seriously.

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Western Australia
There is no law prohibiting the use or Radar / Laser detectors in Western Australia. However, Laser and Radar Jammers are prohibited and users may be charged with hindering police.

Queensland
Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
(ROAD USE MANAGEMENT-ROAD RULES) REGULATION 1999

Using radar detectors and similar devices

(1) A person must not drive a vehicle if the vehicle has in or on it-

(a) a device for preventing the effective use of a speed measuring device; or

(b) a device for detecting the use of a speed measuring device.
Maximum penalty-40 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to a device whether or not the device is operating or in working order.

South Australia
(Road Traffic Act 1961- May 2 1996 Reprint) 53B. (1) A person must not-(a) sell, offer for sale or use a radar detector or jammer; or(b) drive a motor vehicle that contains a radar detector or jammer

Tasmania
Traffic (Road Rules) Regulations 1999

REGULATION 225 PART 13 - LIGHTS AND WARNING DEVICES

Division 3 - Horns and radar detectors

Using radar detectors and similar devices.

(1) A person must not drive a vehicle if the vehicle has in or on it a device for preventing the effective use of a speed measuring device, or a device for detecting the use of a speed measuring device, unless the person is exempt from this rule under another law of this jurisdiction.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.Note: Drive includes be in control of; see the definition in the dictionary.(2) Subrule (1) applies whether or not the device is operating or in working order.

PART 22 - LOCAL ROAD RULES

Note 1

The rules in this Part are not part of the national scheme. They apply only in Tasmania.

Division 1 - Powers of police officers and authorised personsSeizure of detection devices

354. (1) A police officer or authorised person who has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle is equipped with a detection device may;(a) enter and search the motor vehicle; and(b) doing as little damage as possible in the circumstances, seize any device that appears to the police officer or authorised person to be a detection device; and(c) cause any device so seized to be tested; and(d) cause any device so seized to be produced in court as evidence in any proceedings under rule 225.

Note 1: Authorised person and police officer are defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: Rule 225 makes it an offence to drive a vehicle having a detection device.(2) If a person is convicted of an offence under rule 225 the detection device to which the offence relates is forfeited to the Crown.(3) In this rule,”detection device” means ­(a) a device for preventing the effective use of a speed measuring device; or(b) a device for detecting the use of a speed measuring device.Start of valid time period for this component: 01 Dec 1999

End of valid time period for this component: 29 Nov 2009

Northern Terriroty
PART 2 – TRAFFIC RULES THAT APPLY IN TERRITORY
Division 8 – Other road rules

27. Interfering with traffic infringement detection device

(1) A person must not unlawfully tamper with, interfere with or cause damage to a traffic infringement detection device.

(2) A person must not unlawfully interfere with the operation of a traffic infringement detection device.

(3) A person must not drive a vehicle that has in it or on it a device for preventing the effective operation of a traffic infringement detection device.

(4) A person must not drive a vehicle that has in it or on it a device for detecting whether a traffic infringement detection device is in operation in the vicinity of the vehicle.

(5) A person commits an offence against subregulation (3) or (4) whether or not the device in or on the vehicle is in use.

(6) If a member of the Police Force believes on reasonable grounds that a person has, or a vehicle is fitted with, a device that is intended to be used in contravention of this regulation, the member may seize the device for the purposes of tendering it in evidence in a prosecution of the person.

(7) If a person is found guilty of an offence against this regulation, the court may order a device seized under subregulation (6), or a device used in the commission of the offence, to be forfeited to the Territory.

ACT
MOTOR TRAFFIC ACT 1936 - SECT 164G

Sale, purchase or use of radar detectors and jammers 164G.

(1) A person shall not use, sell or offer for sale, or purchase, a radar detecting device or a radar jamming device.(2) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle, or cause a motor vehicle to stand, on a public street or in a public place if the vehicle is fitted with or is carrying a radar detecting device or a radar jamming device.
Victoria
(Road Safety Act 1986) 74. (1) A person must not own, sell, use or possess a device the sole or principal purpose of which is to prevent the effective use of a prescribed speed measuring device or to detect when a prescribed speed measuring device is being used.

New South Wales
TRAFFIC ACT 1909 - SECT 4AD
4AD Sale, purchase and use of prohibited speed measuring evasion articles

(1) A person must not sell or offer for sale, or purchase, a prohibited speed measuring evasion article.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not drive a motor vehicle, or cause a motor vehicle or trailer to stand, on a road or road related area if a prohibited speed measuring evasion article is fitted or applied to, or carried in, the vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) The owner of a motor vehicle or trailer which is driven or stands on a road or road related area in contravention of subsection (2) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the defendant satisfies the court that the article concerned was not designed as a prohibited speed measuring evasion article but was designed for another purpose.

(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) or (3) if the defendant satisfies the court that, at the time of the alleged offence:

(a) the vehicle was in the course of a journey to a place appointed by a member of the police force, an officer of the Authority or a court, in order to surrender the article, or

(b) the vehicle was the subject of a notice, issued in accordance with the regulations, requiring the owner of the vehicle to remove the article from the vehicle within a specified time and that time had not expired, or (c) the defendant did not know, and in the circumstances could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the article concerned was fitted or applied to, or was being carried in, the vehicle

TRAFFIC ACT 1909 - SECT 4AE

4AE Surrender and forfeiture of prohibited speed measuring evasion articles

(1) A police officer who reasonably believes that:

(a) a prohibited speed measuring evasion article is being sold or offered for sale in contravention of section
4AD (1), or

(b) a motor vehicle or trailer is standing or being driven in contravention of section 4AD (2) because of an article fitted or applied to, or carried in, the vehicle, may require a person in possession of the article to surrender it immediately to the police officer or, in the case of an article fitted or applied to a motor vehicle or trailer and not immediately removable, may by notice in writing served on the owner of the vehicle require the owner to surrender the article within a specified time and in a specified manner to the Commissioner of Police.

(2) An officer of the Authority who is authorised in writing by the Authority for the purposes of this section and who finds a prohibited speed measuring evasion article fitted or applied to, or carried in, a motor vehicle or trailer may, by notice in writing served on the owner of the vehicle, require the owner to do either or both of the following:

(a) remove the article (if it is fitted to the vehicle),

(b) surrender the article within a specified time and in a specified manner to the Commissioner of Police.

(3) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (1) or (2), whether or not he or she is the owner of the article concerned.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) A court which finds an offence under section 4AD or under subsection (3) to have been proven against any person may order that the article concerned, if not already surrendered pursuant to a requirement under this section, be delivered to the Commissioner of Police within a time and in a manner specified by the court.

(5) An article surrendered as required under this section is thereby forfeited to the Crown and may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of at the direction of the Commissioner of Police.

(6) No liability attaches to any person on account of the surrender by the person, in pursuance of a requirement under this section, of a prohibited speed measuring evasion article of which that person is not the absolute owner

Source: Radar/Laser Detection

“New high-tech speed cameras which could see the number of speeding tickets double are being tested on Perth’s streets as police consider several new models that will also allow speeding motorcyclists to be caught for the first time.Police advertised a tender last year for cameras that would finally be able to photograph speeding vehicles from behind in an attempt to put an end to the free ride for motorcycles, which have only rear number plates.

But the new cameras, tested on the Mitchell Freeway on Wednesday, could also double the number of cars that are checked because the cameras supplied by one of the leading bidders can detect and photograph vehicles going in both directions.

Cameras supplied by German company Vitronic can take speed measurements across four lanes of traffic in both directions using laser technology which is understood to have been developed for military use.

It can take digital photographs from the front and the rear, which can then be reproduced on the speeding ticket.

While the tender closed in December, police would not comment on the process yesterday and have previously stated they hoped the new cameras would be on the streets by July. They expected the cameras to cost $75,000 each, though it is not known how many will be bought.

Figures released by former police minister Michelle Roberts in 2005 showed police estimated more than 18,000 speeding motorcyclists were photographed by speed cameras each year.

The tickets were all written off until last year when police introduced a companion system which used a video camera next to speed cameras to capture footage of speeding motorcyclists.

State Government plans to force riders to fit front identifiers to their machines have been hampered by researchers who have not been able to come up with a number plate that would suit the many different motorcycle styles. ”

SEAN COWAN - The West Australian