received used V1. Not detecting jack

[SlapMyFro]

What are the prices for refurbs?

like 30-40 dollars less, not even worth it, and being burned on ebay why would you even consider another *used or referb* radar detector?
get it new imo.

[RadarKid]

like 30-40 dollars less, not even worth it, and being burned on ebay why would you even consider another *used or referb* radar detector?
get it new imo.

I dont know, I guess I have a little more faith in Valentine than some seller on Ebay
Will I be able to get a refurb WITHOUT POP?

[SlapMyFro]

I dont know, I guess I have a little more faith in Valentine than some seller on Ebay
Will I be able to get a refurb WITHOUT POP?

I dont think they would have anything that old there

[RadarKid]

I dont think they would have anything that old there

can you shut POP off on the newer units?

[category4]

can you shut POP off on the newer units?

Yes you can not a problem at all.

[RadarKid]

Yes you can not a problem at all.

cool. how come people make a big deal about the PRE POP units being better then
?

[MEM-TEK]

I dunno. But as far as RDs go, I always like to buy brand new rather than used.

[Paperlantern]

cool. how come people make a big deal about the PRE POP units being better then
?

The one I ended up with is PRE POP

[category4]

cool. how come people make a big deal about the PRE POP units being better then
?

I don't know, I upgraded both of my pre-POP units to POP when it first became available. Then the thought of POP mode scared me, now not so much.

[MetalFlame]

Send it back. Get your $$ and buy one factory direct. Again, you get 30 days to see if it fits your style. To hell with eBay.

X2!
Radar Kid,do what LordV said.That's what I would do.
Your V1 is rev.3.817 or lower,that means your V1 has the old Analog temperature compensation circuit which is not very accurate/reliable and your V1 could fall out of tune without giving you the "E" (error) warning.

Second very important reason is K and especially Ka-band filtering.Older V1's,like yours,have more false alerts,than the newer V1's do.

cool. how come people make a big deal about the PRE POP units being better then

First POP V1 was rev.3.817,but it was only POP1 capable(only 67m/s Ka-POP,w/o K-band POP) and it didn't have the option "J" to turn off POP.The problems started when VR introduced POP2 capable V1 rev.3.818.First there was a problem with "Junking" a real Ka alerts,then there were the "ghosting" problems,after that VR released the worst rev. ever(IMO),which was rev.3.824.Allmost all V1 with this rev. noumber,could not enable option "7"(NO K-band AutoMuting!!!)
Some people prefer pre-POP V1,because those units didn't have so many bugs/problems as early POP2 units.