d
Quote:
Originally Posted by brianeck
FYI for all the V1 guys that don't know (I didn't until recently) you can code out about 80% of false alarms and also stop the thing from making ANY sound on x band and k band with signal strength less than 4, this was a massive help for me. Even Audis that used to bug the crap out of me are no longer life threateningly annoying 
http://www.valentine1.com/v1info/pdf...-REVforPDF.pdf |
Valentine 1 - I only get False alarms on laser band from other cars, EZ pass booths when they read your speed, and the newer cruise controls that use laser. Otherwise I don't get false alarms. Laser doesn't help you anyway, just lets you know to pull over as its going off if you were speeding...although did save me once in VT. I'm sure Escort gets the same laser false alarms.
I'm set up with X band off completely, K band set to only go off at 6 bars of signal. I really don't get false alarms. I love the arrows, because they help filter out when the police are near the highway but not on the highway. I live in New england, and family in mid-atlantic. EVERY state up here only uses Ka or Laser (rarely) for speed guns (some locals may have X-band, but have never seen it....only on one of those speed limit signs that shows you your speed, and some of those use K band...but you see the thing and immediately look for police sitting nearby). With this setup I am safe from Maine to Delaware, including VT, NH, MA, CT, NY, PA, RI, MD, DE, NJ. The state police where I live will occasionally set up a laser site from a bridge in an area where there is a road sign with a Ka Band speed sensor that is on....not sure how the escort GPS filtering would deal with this. Staties in ME, NH, VT, NY all drive with radar on (standby mode) so I pick them up typically 3/4 - 1 mile away, plenty of warning. Drove with a friend in his car with escort (not sure which one) for a 4 hour road trip which seems just as sensitive but that thing had tons of false alarms...not sure what model but its new, or how he has it configured. I just found myself looking for the arrows reflexively and just missed them, but it did the job for the 1 speed trap we encountered.
Anyway thats my setup, I only get false alarms from laser which escort would as well. It rarely goes off...with everything on though it is like an Xmas tree, especially when I lived in Boston. The V1 is one of the few electronic devices these days that i COMPLETELY trust. No software glitches...no updating to do unless you want to, always works, always. Military grade construction.