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Detection
I bought a Valentine 1 for Christmas this year, since i've had it , its been alright... I've been noticing when i see cops it doesnt go off , and they drive by me all the time , and never the v1 never goes off. What is the deal here i thought its suppose to be one of the best detectors. Someone please shine some light on my problem.
My V1 is mounted in the middle of the windshield btw.
Thanks
Re: Detection
Welcome to the board. Nice gift with the V1. Now for your problem, not to be rude, but it is a radar detector, not a cop detector. Not all cops that you see will run radar. They could not care about your speed or just use pacing or VASCAR to get your speed. As a side note, I do not know where you are from, but you can probably turn off POP to cut down on "falses" that you probably have..Originally Posted by hutch
As the other guy said, it's not necessarily a problem. Cops don't always have their radar on, and not all police cruisers have radar guns either. It's not at all abnormal (in fact, it's quite the norm) to encounter police with no radar running.
Yeah thats what i kinda figured but i also thought it detected there frequencies that they use on there radio. I live in Texas .. Dallas to be exact
+1 to everyone's comments, are you at least falsing near shopping centers/automatic doors. If you're not that would be a good indication something is wrong with your V1
Yes i am... I remember one time i was on the highway and a bike cop was gunning people and it didnt go off.... Was it because it wasnt pointed at me? Or should it go off even if it isnt pointed at me?
it was probably laser. the only way you would have gotten an alert would be getting targeted by the laser gun or the rd picking up laser scatter which is very rareYes i am... I remember one time i was on the highway and a bike cop was gunning people and it didnt go off.... Was it because it wasnt pointed at me? Or should it go off even if it isnt pointed at me?
Is it better to mount it on the top of the windshield or in the middle where its already at it?
With the V1 honestly you're going to get top-level performance wherever you mount it on the windshield. When considering a mount point, think more about how to keep the unit more concealed and easily within reach to use the buttons rather than performance.
No, there is a device that actually does this. Someone will have to rescue me on this one. It does detect cops using their radios, but I also heard it sucks.
As for mounting, I suggest as high as possible. Some cars you can mount above the Rear View Mirror, which is what I do. You should also go to the V1 website, Mike goes into huge detail about where to mount and the pros and cons of the two options.
Final note. At first (when I knew nothing about RDs) I thought it was kinda lame that I didn't have a "Cop Detector", but rather just a Radar Detector. But over time I realized that you no longer have to worry EVERY time you see a cop car. If your V1 didn't alert, you can somewhat assume that the cop isn't too worried about speeding. This statement might cause alot of uproar and I can understand that. It's a bit more complicated than how I portrayed it, so I'll let others clean up my "mess".
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