Nope. No arrows on the Passport, which is probably the only thing I don't like about it, though it isn't that big of a deal. It leaves the driver to decipher the most probable direction of the bogey painting you. It really isn't that hard, once you get to know how the alerts behave. Signal strength, average observation and common sense pretty much serve as the directional indicator.
I do have my 8500 hardwired. The easiest way to go about it is by getting the wiring kit that Escort makes. Run the ground line to the firewall, steering column, etc.. Take the power line to the cabin fuse box underneath the driver's side dash and get a piggyback fuse (find them at your local auto store) to make a connection. The nice thing is that the Passport 8500 has a on/off/volume switch on the left hand side of it, so you don't have to worry about draining your car battery (unless you forget to turn the thing off). You don't have to take the entire dash apart, either. Just the front decorative piece surrounding the instrument cluster and clock. With the right tools, it's a 45 minute job, easy.
