NOTE: R8 Companion™ requires a Uniden R8 radar detector with US Version 128 firmware to function correctly. R8 Companion will NOT function correctly without this firmware.
R8 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your R8, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. Featuring intelligent alerts and advanced muting! R8 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your R8.
The R8 Companion™ app leverages years of optimizations and features from the Radar Companion™ series of apps. (Available separately for owners of the V1, R4, R9, & DS1 radar detectors).
Enhanced GPS location based false muting via SpotLocks™ - All future updates to this app are free to purchasers of R8 Companion™
R8 Companion™s alerting and muting systems are fully optimized for the R8 platform. Intelligent voice announcements and on-screen visuals will always keep you informed and aware of the situation around you.
R8 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 R8 Companion™ do the rest. Or you can manually lock or unlock locations with ease from the main alert screen.
• SpotLocks™ works seamlessly with your R8’s built in auto mute memory locations. If you create or delete a location from the app it will apply the changes to your R8 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 signals 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 threats audio announcements.
• High resolution meter for the priority alert (Not limited to the # of bars on the R8 display).
• Customizable heads-up display (HUD).
• HUD displays the priority alerts band, signal strength, frequency, & direction.
• 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 R8 platform).
• Ability to set the R8’s internal detector settings from within the app (See below list, more detector settings coming in free future upgrades). *Requires US Version 128 firmware:
All Threat
Quiet Ride
Limit Speed
K BLK 1
K BLK 2
Rear K Mute
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
Change Alert Display NOTE: A bug in firmware makes it so you have to select #3 from the detector.
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 R8 below user set speeds & during weak K & X signals.
• Bogey count display showing total number of threats.
• Vehicle speed (MPH or KMH) display. Speed is color coded for each alert type.
• Mute status with the ability to manually mute/unmute alerts as you need.
• Detailed & intelligent voice announcements of direction, band, frequency, strength, number of alerts, occurrences of mixed signals and more.
• Automatic muting of Ka, K, and 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 about each encounter.
• Compass heading.
• Imperial/metric units.
• Detailed trip summary at the end of your ride including duration, distance, alerts, muting stats, battery, and more.
• iPhone & Apple Watch notifications of direction, band, & frequency of each alert.
• Tips/Help system.