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  1. #1
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    Default What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    After having the V1 for over a month, I’ve noticed I’ve had more false lasers with the V1 than any of the Escort detectors I’ve owned. But regardless, I love the arrows!

    With that said, I want to keep this thread strictly about false alerts with the V1, other than the typical automatic door openers etc. What unusual encounter gives your V1 a false alarm? The goal is to build a list and see if any other V1’s have similar encounters and experiences with false alarms.

    I’ll start…the other day I noticed I received a strong front signal of a K band alert, but there was no cop in the area to be found. It turns out that the car’s taillight in front of me was giving off that alert, the car was an Audi S8. Of course as soon as I drove next to it the alert slowly minimized but as soon as it was in front of me again, it shot right back up.

    There are other false alerts I’ve had too, when I remember the details of those instances, I will post them. So whats your story?

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    Other than the typical flases from vehicles and automatic door openers, I've had Ka falses from security systems for houses/buildings and I believe falses from satelite dishes.

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    I get the regular k falses from door openers, ka falses from cobras (rare enough here) and laser falses from some volvos and laser falses from toll booths and anpr systems on the motorway (they read plates to work out average travel times and update info boards as to what eta to certain destinations would be)

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    My V1 version is 3.872,I have pop and ka gaurd off and I use the coil cord in my car and the company truck that I drive 6 days per week. The only false alerts that I get are X/K band from auto door openers etc. With all the chat that I have read about ka false alerts that people get with the guard off I am beginning to wonder. Could it possibly have something to do with where it is mounted and how it is wired but mostly if it is hard wired? Could the hard wire route be conducting electrical interference thus causing false ka alerts?
    I have read about problems that people have had with remote installs and weird alert problems and the fix was rerouting the wires to prevent interference.

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    I have had all the same regular falses from door openers etc and a few J outs caused by other cheaper radar detectors in other cars but the one thing different that I can report is that when my Laser Pro Park system was malfunctioning a few years ago, I was getting tons of laser falses and especially when the LPP itself was falsing. That was due to a grounding issue that I resolved since then.

    Chances were that if the LPP started falsing when I was around anything at all reflective, (shop windows, signs over main roads, rears of cars ahead of me or coming the other way at times etc) the V1 would alert and plenty of times, it was just laser falsing when the heads were firing with no alert at all.

    Thankfully, it was all sorted out ages ago but it just proved to me at the time just how sensitive the V1 is on laser.

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    I get falses constantly, even laser from neon signs, sun, infiniti cars, air ports ect... But using maximum K band filtering it helps with the K/X falses dramatically.

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    The only falses I've had were Laser alerts due to cars
    Last edited by speeddemon; 03-11-2011 at 08:28 AM. Reason: Editing

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    Occasional false Laser alerts due to either active cruise control in cars, older brake lights and driving into direct sunlight. Sometimes, just because it feels like it I think! The only Ka falses I get are very rarely from other cheap radar detectors.

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    - K band falses on the highway which are from passing cars with lane assist, but I already know how the ramp up is with them and ignore it.

    - ka falses only had twice from cobras but it wasn't bad

    - laser falses get to me once in a while, especially with the Infinitis

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    Default Re: What types of False Alerts have you experienced with the V1?

    Ka guard on kills most of the falses. I get a few Laser falses but not alot

 

 

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