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Raise your driving intelligence with the all-new PASSPORT iQ, a versatile auto accessory integrating state-of-the-art radar/laser detection, speed camera and speed limit information, 3D GPS navigation, and more. Protect yourself from unwanted tickets and get safely to your destination.
State-of-the-art radar/laser detection, speed camera and speed limit information, 3D GPS navigation, and more.
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Radar/Laser Detection
Detector Mode ESCORT'S award-winning all-band protection plus a myriad of useful features keep you on the road, not on the side of it.
Multiple Screen Options Multiple screen options allow you to choose the information you want, in the color you prefer.
Expert Mode Detector experts will appreciate the ability to track multiple sources, including numeric frequency.
PASSPORT iQ Detector View Multiple screens track and display up to four different radar signals. You can also manage alerts and mark speed traps or safety camera locations for future reference.
Easy 3D Navigation
Ultimate Guidance Easy to read 3D maps, powered by NAVTEQ, provide clear turn-by-turn voice-guided instructions with lane assist.
Patented Defender Database ESCORT's Defender data is pre-loaded and provides audible and visual alerts for speed traps, red light cameras and speed camera locations for North America.
Multiple screens track and display up to four different radar signals. |
Easy-to-read 3D maps provide clear turn-by-turn instructions with lane assist. |
Provides audible and visual alerts for speed traps, red-light cameras, and speed camera locations for North America. |
Detector experts will appreciate the ability to track multiple sources, including numeric frequency. |
PASSPORT iQ Map View View your current location and route on a map. You can also manage alerts and mark speed traps or safety camera locations for future reference. Map view will also provide speed trap and camera icons directly on the map. Radar and laser alerts are shown in the lower left corner with a corresponding bar graph.
PASSPORT iQ Features
- Personal navigation system comes complete with NAVTEQ mapping, branded points of interest, speed limit data, and lane assist.
- AutoLearn feature automatically learns and rejects false radar sources based on exact location and frequency.
- New proprietary threat-signal ranking (TSR) software intelligently sorts, ranks, and rejects traffic-flow-monitoring false alarms automatically.
- Cruise Alert feature offers modified radar alerts within specified speeds.
- Defender Database stores thousands of red-light and fixed-position speed cameras throughout North America.
- Revolutionary AutoSensitivity mode provides real-time radar performance based on vehicle speed, plus Highway and Auto NoX settings.
- Mark Location feature allows you to instantly "mark" known speed traps, cameras, and other places of interest.
- Exclusive SpecDisplay provides actual numeric frequency for any radar signal.
- Selectable radar and laser bands allow you to customize which bands are monitored.
- Exclusive SmartCord for easy access to Mute and TrueLock features.
PASSPORT iQ Specs
Operating Bands - X-band 10.525 GHz ± 25 MHz
- K-band 24.150 GHz ± 100 MHz
- Ka-band 34.700 ± 1,300 MHz
- Ku-band 13.450 ± 25 MHz
- Laser 904nm, 33 MHz Bandwidth
Radar Receiver/Detector Type - Superheterodyne, Varactor-Tuned VCO
- Scanning Frequency Discriminator
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
GPS Receiver Laser Detection - Quantum-Limited Video Receiver
- Multiple Laser Sensor Diodes
Display Type - 5" LCD Screen with OneTouch User Interface
- 480 x 272 Resolution
Power Requirement - 12-volt DC, Negative Ground
- Escort SmartCord Included
Dimensions - 5.35" W x 3.71" H x 1.62" D
What's in the Box
5-inch GPS/radar/detection device, SmartCord, USB cable, mounting bracket, owner's manual on CD, quick reference guide, and 90-day trial for Defender Database.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(33 customer reviews) 121 of 132 people found the following review helpful
Good idea, but ....,
December 16, 2010 Paul Simonetti (NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Escort Passport iQ 5" Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Radar/Laser Detector (Electronics)
When my 9500ix was stolen out of my car earlier this year, I went shopping for a replacement. I was happy to see that someone FINALLY came out with a legitimate Radar/GPS combo that was housed in a stealthy "GPS-looking" body. I ordered the IQ and used it for 2 weeks. Then I boxed it up, sent it back, and ordered another 9500ix. On the positive side, the radar seemed to work equally as well as my 9500ix did. On the negative side, the IQ was HUGE&HEAVY, the GPS software was poor (didnt like the user interface, the routes were not always the best, and it often brought me to a location "down the road" from the intended destination), and I did not like the design of the mount - whether windshield mounted or "bean-bag" dash mounted, the power cord plugs into the *UNIT ITSELF* and NOT the bracket. On the heels of having my previous 9500ix stolen, I certainly didnt want to leave my new and expensive IQ on display when the vehicle was parked. This meant unplugging the power cord from the...Read more
42 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Amazing product,
March 17, 2011 Danny - See all my reviews
This review is from: Escort Passport iQ 5" Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Radar/Laser Detector (Electronics)
::POSITIVES::
* Tremendous range (of radar detector)
* Great gps system
* 4/5 stars for the Defender red-light camera database (that's my personal rating); there are a few it doesn't have in the system (in my average weekly driving) but I know where they are. I've gone out of town and it has surprised me by finding/notifying me of cameras in places that had them disguised quite well
* "Lockout" (ignore) function for annoying false alarms (mostly from motion detecting automatic doors ((grocery stores/gas stations etc)) which emit either a X or K frequency) --- this saves each false alarm, or frequency, based on its exact location
* looks like a GPS, so if you get pulled over (chances are, if the iQ is on, you're getting stopped for something besides speed) you're more likely to be treated 'fairly'. Cops are less likely to let you off with a warning if they see a radar detector up on the windshield (don't believe me? as a cop, but preferably NOT while...Read more
41 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Was hoping for a real winner combo, but was VERY disappointed.,
January 13, 2011 susie - See all my reviews
This review is from: Escort Passport iQ 5" Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Radar/Laser Detector (Electronics)
I recently had my radar detector and gps unit stolen
out of my car. So, when I saw this combo unit,
I was excited about this, even though it cost a lot more
then other units. I was willing to put a little more money
in it, for that convience.
But it has very poor quality GPS capabilities and does not
have hardly any of the stores in my area.
It also does not pick up red light cameras as
promised in its info.
It is lacking in signal pick up distance for
K and Ka band, and didn't pick up any of the
X band signals that my previous dectector did.
What a shame. Had such promise. I returned it.
