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Whistler Radar Detector Settings For Australia


Below is an explanation to some of the settings you may find on your radar detector and some suggestions when setting up a radar detector for operation in Australia.

Recommended Settings - Whistler Pro 78XRi

  • Test –Off
  • X Band – Off
  • K Band  - On
  • Ka RSID – On
  • Laser LSID – On
  • Laser Area 1 – On(.02-1.0Y)
  • Laser Area 2 – Off(N)
  • Laser Area 3 – Off(N)
  • Laser Area 4 – Off(N)
  • Laser XR – N
  • VG2 – Off
  • Voice - On
  • POP – Off
  • B SVR – Off
  • XK FLTR – 1
  • Ka FLTR – 1
  • LED BLINK
  • RMP – FST
  • LED – Blink

Recommended Settings - Whistler Pro 93GXi

  • Test –Off
  • X Band – Off
  • K Band  - On
  • Ka RSID – On
  • Laser LSID – On
  • Laser Area 1 – On(.02-1.0Y)
  • Laser Area 2 – Off(N)
  • Laser Area 3 – Off(N)
  • Laser Area 4 – Off(N)
  • Laser XR – N
  • VG2 – Off
  • Voice - On
  • POP – Off
  • B SVR – Off
  • XK FLTR – 1
  • Ka FLTR – 1
  • LED BLINK
  • RMP – FST
  • LED – Blink
  • TSFR – Off
  • FDSR – On
  • GPS Mode – Y
  • GMT - 8
  • DST – N
  • Clock – Y
  • ADIM- On
  • Compass – N
  • Heading Voice – N
  • Overspeed Warning – 110kmh
  • SPD Volume – Y
  • Auto Quiet Spd – 30kmh
  • Speed Mute – 30kmh
  • Alarm Radius - 400
  • Del Radius – 400

Depending on which brand of radar detector you own you may only have some or all of the following setting options.

  • X-Band

    X-Band should be turned OFF, this frequency is not used by any speed measuring equipment in Australia (X-Band is used however by some automatic doors and can therefore cause false alerts if enabled).


  • K-Band

    K-Band should be turned ON, this frequency is used by mobile speed cameras and Police patrol cars depending on which state you are in. K-Band may also be used by some automatic doors causing false alerts, in some cases these can be minimised depending on your radar detector. There are radar detectors available with K Band segmentation to assist in reducing false alerts. You should check to confirm which frequencies are used in your location and isolate the unused from your device to further reduce false alerts.


  • Ka-Band

    Ka-Band should be turned ON, this frequency is used by Police patrol cars and mobile speed cameras depending which state you are in. This is a licensed band and any false alerts would mainly be from other leaky radar detectors. As with K band radar detectors, there are radar detectors available with Ka Band segmentation to assist in reducing false alerts. You should check to confirm which frequencies are used in your location and isolate the unused from your device to further reduce false alerts.


  • Laser or LSR

    Laser should be turned ON, this is designed to detect the Infra-red light from a laser gun or in some states laser cameras.


  • SWS

    Safety Warning System is a method of sending short messages to a radar detector to warn of traffic hazards such as roadworks or emergency services vehicles in the area. This system uses K-Band radar to send messages to the radar detector which it can then give an audible alert and display a simple message such as “Roadworks Ahead”, more information here.

    We recommend setting SWS to OFF as it can cause a delay to a standard K-Band alert signal. You can chose to activate this setting of so desired.


  • POP

    POP is a form of instant on radar that sends out a very short burst of radar designed to get an estimate of vehicle speed, it is not very accurate and is not used at all in Australia.

    We recommend setting POP to OFF, turning it on may cause false alerts.


  • TSR

    Traffic Signal Rejection, in some states of Australia a specific kind of K-Band radar may be used to monitor traffic density and average speed (this system is not used for monitoring individual vehicle speed but just the general traffic flow speed). It works by sending out very short bursts of K-Band radar signals every 60 seconds or so, this can cause radar detectors to give an (false) alert, to help counter this the TSR setting on the radar detector will delay any radar alert for approximately 0.5 seconds meaning that the radar detector will only alert to radar signals longer than 0.5 seconds.

    We recommend setting TSR to OFF as it can delay the receive alert signal; you can turn it on if you have these traffic monitoring system in your area and you are bothered by the false alerts also setting TSR on may help eliminate false alerts from blind spot alert systems now fitted to some vehicles.


  • RDR

    Radar Detector Rejection is used to minimise false alerts from other radar detectors. Some radar detectors while receiving radar signals may also transmit a small amount of radar signal very close in frequency to the standard radar signals used by police thereby causing false alerts on other radar detectors.

    We recommend turning RDR to OFF as this can delay the “receive alert” signal.

  • FDSR

    FDSR is an new development for radar detectors. This setting allows users to isolate radar emissions fro other vehicles utilising blindspot detection and collision avoidance radar systems. We recommend FDSR be activated


These are the most common settings which affect the performance of your radar detector and should be used as a general guide only; please contact us for more specific setting advice if required. When you purchase a radar product from radars.com.au, you will receive a unit that has been ste for optimum conditions in your location as well as tested for operation on radar and laser.