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Full CarPlay support! R9 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your R9 radar detector, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. Featuring intelligent alerts and advanced muting! R9 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your R9 to the fullest. ***IMPORTANT NOTE: R9 Companion™ requires a Uniden R9 or R9w radar detector with US Version 138 / 122 firmware to function correctly. EXCLUSIVE to R9 Companion: • Same source, duplicate signal rejection. - The R9 acts like two radar detectors, R9 companion filters through this additional information for improved accuracy of location lockouts & bogey counts. • Dual horn priority signal queuing - Makes sure correct priority signal is shown with correct signal strength at all times. • Front and rear high resolution strength meters. The R9 Companion™ app leverages 5+ years of optimizations and features from the Radar Companion™ series (Available separately on the app store for owners of V1, R8, R4, & DS1 radar detectors). Enhanced GPS location based 'false muting' via SpotLocks™ - All future updates to this app are free to purchasers of R9 Companion™ R9 Companion™'s alerting and muting systems are fully optimized for the R9 platform. Intelligent voice announcements and on-screen visuals will always keep you informed and aware of the situation around you. R9 Companion™ full feature list: • SpotLocks™ - Location based false silencing has never been this good or easy. Turn on the intelligent location-based learning and let R9 Companion™ do the rest. Or you can manually 'lock' or 'unlock' locations with ease from the main alert screen. • SpotLocks™ works seamlessly with your R9’s built in 'auto mute memory' locations. If you create or delete a location from the app it will apply the changes to your R9 at the same time. • Option to play detector tones in app. • 'Proximity' meter - leverages the high resolution signal strength and direction information provided by the detector to show you a better representation of the signal's source. • 'K & X falses in area' meter shows you how many possible false alerts exist in the area you are travelling based on the accumulated SpotLock data™. • 'Custom Phrases' for a given threat's audio alerts. • HUD displays the priority alert's band, signal strength, frequency, & direction. The HUD is color coded between real threats & muted false signals. • HUD of the secondary alerts' bands, signal strengths, frequencies, bogey counts & directions. • Mute rear K & X band signals independently. • Advanced BSM/CAS/Ka False Muting (Optimized for the R9). • Ability to set the R9’s internal detector settings from within the app. *Requires US Version 126 firmware: All Threat Quiet Ride Limit Speed K BLK 1 Units Laser X Band K Band K Pop K Filter K Scans TSF Ka Band Ka Pop Ka Filter Ka Scans (Narrow, Wide, Segmented) Ka 1-9 Segments Auto Mute Volume Display Color Display Brightness Priority Band Auto Mute Memory ON/OFF Select Auto Mute Memory Bands • 'Ghost' muting quiets false alerts when you are stuck traveling near a false emitting vehicle. • "Passive Mute™"- Quiets the R9 below user set speeds & during weak K & X signals. • Bogey counter. • Vehicle speed (MPH or KMH) display. • Mute status with the ability to manually mute/unmute alerts as you need. • Detailed & intelligent voice announcements of dir, band, freq, str, # of alerts, occurrences of mixed signals & more. • Automatic muting of Ka, K, & X bands ('Time before mute' set for each band). • 'Reduce Speed' notification for user set speed. • ‘Urgency Alerts™’ - Unmutes growing threats & announces these alerts via voice & notifications. • ‘Alert History’ - View your past alerts with detailed information. • Compass heading. • Imperial/metric units. • Detailed trip summary at the end of your ride including duration, distance, alerts, muting stats, battery, & more. • iPhone & Apple Watch notifications of dir, band, & freq of each alert. • Tips/Help.
What's new · 1.02.22
Now works with CarPlay!! "Feels like a new detector!", -e This is what people are saying after using the Radar Companion™ apps - See what all the fuss is about, try it for yourself! This new version is a major overhaul in alert presentation and navigation experience. New for version 1.02: • CarPlay support - Fullscreen/Dashboard • Full navigation functionality. • New 3D Perspective map view for navigation. • CarPlay background alerts - with fine-tuning controls. • Live Activities for CarPlay, iPhone, Apple Watch. • New alert screen (portrait & landscape views). *Option to view classic or new alert screen with a tap of a button. • Ability to turn on/off posted speed limit (US, CA, AU, NZ). • New alert screen banners showing detailed alert, false assist, POI, MyRadarIQ, over speed warnings and other detailed detector status information. • New alert banner "SignalScope" Shows signal strength over time of the current priority alert. • Option to hide "Active" banner from free drive dashboard. • Quickly change detector firmware settings from within the app. • Set detector mode from new alert screen. • Alternate Route selection with highway, and toll avoidance. • Navigation screen shows arrival time, distance & trip time remaining. • 'Show traffic' option while navigating. • 'Recent trip' quick selection. • Nearby points of interest selection. • Quickly switch back from navigation screen to classic alert details screen. • “Free Drive” (map / no map) alert screen when not in navigation mode. • Free Drive without map display option (battery saver). • MyRadarIQ™ - Threat assessment intelligent system for the radar companion series of apps. A new meter, visible at the top of the main alert screen, will show a graphical representation of the probability of a police presence (Ka or Laser) in the direction of your travel. Using your personal alert data, whenever a high probability exists for an encounter ahead, you will know about it well in advance of facing the actual threat. The meter will go from yellow (low threat), to orange (medium threat), to red (high threat) and flash aa a voice announcement occurs. The meter will also flash red when a Ka or Laser alert is actively being received to help draw attention to the alert. Probabilities are calculated down to the day of the week you are traveling, increasing the accuracy on any given day. • Posted speed limit displayed on main alert screen (Currently supported markets: US, CA, AU, NZ). • Customizable low speed muting based on the speed limit. • SpotLock engine version 03012026 - latest historical data. • Advanced false assist engine version 03012026 - latest 5+ years of historical data. • Accessibility option to flash the screen on alert. "Feels like a new detector!", -e This is what people are saying after using the Radar Companion™ apps - See what all the fuss is about, try it for yourself! If you liked R9 Companion before this release, you are going to LOVE it after! Modify the most popular settings on your R9 radar detector right from the app! See the list below for a complete list of the settings you can modify (more settings coming in future updates). Spread the word, it is only going to get better. If you have an idea / suggestion you would like included in a future update, please visit https://crackedpixel.com/contact-us to let us know. Thanks! Previous Updates: • Added compatibility with R9w. • Compiled with latest XCode SDK. • Added a 'check mark' next to the R9 settings you currently have selected for better usability. • Added the ability to modify front and rear radar settings for X, K, Ka from the app detector settings page. • Added a check mark next to the R9 settings you currently have selected. • Added additional BT signal quality levels. • Added R9 firmware version information to main alert screen. • Added R9 'new firmware' update check and reporting.
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