I'm assuming you mean when I first turn the unit on...?Quote:
Originally Posted by BiGeAsYgUy
I will take a photo of that and of the inside.
Rick
P.S. - the LEDs are sold.
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I'm assuming you mean when I first turn the unit on...?Quote:
Originally Posted by BiGeAsYgUy
I will take a photo of that and of the inside.
Rick
P.S. - the LEDs are sold.
If you go into the programming mode on the V1, and scroll through all the options, you'll come to a point where all the LEDs are lit, and stay lit. This will make it easier to take your pic. There is also a LED test mode that lights each LED individually in sequence. Handy for making sure you didn't short something out when soldering. Both these modes are after you get past all the programming options (press the button repeatedly until you get to them)Quote:
Originally Posted by rdalcanto
Here are the pics. The dark one is blurry because of the long shutter time, but you get the idea. The three replaced LEDs are easy to pic out on the inside pic because they are different from all the others. Finally, as you can see on the display shot, I drilled out the red disks so the lights are brighter and not changed by the red plastic.
http://www.dalcantohobby.com/dark.jpg
http://www.dalcantohobby.com/LED.jpg
http://www.dalcantohobby.com/display.jpg
Rick
Took it for a test run. Went by a mall, got the false, looked down and saw green. Hit Mute. Got additional bogeys as I went along. Couldn't tell bands apart from the audio since it was muted, but only had Green (QUICK glance), so I knew I was good. AWESOME! Highly recommended mod!
Rick
Nice Job!
Looks very good.
I had thought once too that having different LED lights would make it easier to identify radar bands at night. After having mine for awhile. I found out that it was just as easy to look at the position of the red LED. It is simple to see if the light is high or low so band idenfitication is no problem whatsoever even at night. Drive safely and happy motoring.
I just use my ears...
Besides, any alert is a potential threat. You hear a blurp, and it's not in your usual falsing area...you slow down. Who cares what band it is? Are you really going to look to evaluate what band it is before you take any action? Even if you do, it's so much easier to just know what sound each band makes.
Just my $0.02... 8)
It takes a little while to learn what the audio is for each band. Also, if you hit the mute button and get another alert, the only way to know is by looking at the lights. So, are different colored lights necessary? No, but I LIKE EM!!!
Rick
As long as you hit Mute only once, the bogey-lock tone is not muted, and you can determine the band based on that, even when the regular alerts are muted. For example, dee-deet brap-brap means Ka.
If you hit the button a 2nd time, the bogey lock is also muted. I do this when I'm in parking lots with lots of door openers.
I thought of swapping my LEDs out, but once I read that they're surface mount... well I think I can live with the red. :)
A while ago, I suggested to Valentine Research that they change the faceplate label so that the band identifiers are backlit by the corresponding LED.
How about creating a transparent vinyl sticker with color overlays for each band LED? Would using blue and yellow over the red LED yield purple and orange? Then you can simply remove the sticker if you ever need to send the unit back for repair work.