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Topic Back in 01 traveling through a desolate stretch of eastern Colorado, |
Yes, a nice (and welcome) addition... Burg Boxster - 9 years ago |
Re: Already had the software upgrade and just recently set the traffic/K-POP to Off. Burg Boxster - 9 years ago |
Sure wish Mike would make the V1 undectable Roger987 - 9 years ago |
Don't think it can be made completely undetectable.... MarcW - 9 years ago |
Using a radar detector in a region/state where they are outlawed is going to have the unit... MarcW - 9 years ago |
Re: Using a radar detector in a region/state where they are outlawed is going to have the unit... Roger987 - 9 years ago |
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confiscated and a fine almost certainly levied. The mistake was not in using a radar detector that was not undetectable but in using one at all. This was compounded by not only using one where it shouldn't have been used but also by not paying close enough attention when in proximity to a LEO with the ability to pick up the radar's signature emissions.
If I lived in a state where it was illegal to use a radar detector I would not use one. It doesn't require much effort at all to just watch one's speed. I do not speed in town or suburban areas anyhow. The risk isn't worth it and besides that what's the point? One just ends up at the next stop light sooner. I use my car's cruise control to set the speed to the limit so I don't have to constantly watch the speedo to avoid letting the speed creep up into the ticket zone.
Oh, I visited the link and read the Beltronics unit is reportedly invisible to any radar detector detector. I'm at a loss to understand then why Valentine doesn't offer this same feature.
Re: Using a radar detector in a region/state where they are outlawed is going to have the unit... MarcW - 9 years ago |
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confiscated and a fine almost certainly levied. The mistake was not in using a radar detector that was not undetectable but in using one at all. This was compounded by not only using one where it shouldn't have been used but also by not paying close enough attention when in proximity to a LEO with the ability to pick up the radar's signature emissions.
If I lived in a state where it was illegal to use a radar detector I would not use one. It doesn't require much effort at all to just watch one's speed. I do not speed in town or suburban areas anyhow. The risk isn't worth it and besides that what's the point? One just ends up at the next stop light sooner. I use my car's cruise control to set the speed to the limit so I don't have to constantly watch the speedo to avoid letting the speed creep up into the ticket zone.
Oh, I visited the link and read the Beltronics unit is reportedly invisible to any radar detector detector. I'm at a loss to understand then why Valentine doesn't offer this same feature.
1. At the time my friend bought his V1, it was, indeed, undetectable. But technology changed, and it became detectable by the newest police devices. Mike has chosen not to make his current V1 undetectable .
2. It was at night, the cop was in an unmarked car. Difficult to observe the police car.
3. You're right Marc, if one stays within the speed limit, a radar detector is unnecessary. I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing people who use radar detectors do so because they know that, at times, they will speed.
But all that discussion is irrelevant to the point of my post, which is simply, a V1's arrows make it a better unit, but that superiority is lost if it's not undetectable, as it once was. Bell makes such a unit.
My friend called Mike's shop and was told that Mike is working on making his unit undetectable. That was about 5 years ago. My guess is that, for reasons only Mike knows, he's not interested in either making, or selling (or both) such a unit. Fortunately, Bell has chosen a different path, by offering an undetectable unit.
It's reasonable to anticipate that, as governments try to find more revenue, more and more States will outlaw radar detectors. The detectability of the V1 unit may become increasingly relevant.
Falsing on laser is a bad unit. Mine did that and I sent it in and got it back a few weeks later... MarcW - 9 years ago |
How valuable is a laser detector? MikenOH - 9 years ago |
Can't say. I haven't been out on the open road for over 2 years. Around where I live/drive I... MarcW - 9 years ago |
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I have a combo unit--Laser and K/KA/X band radar--but have never had my laser dector go off without having a visual on the LEO's car when the alarm went off.
Isn't the detector essentially telling you to expect a ticket if you're +10mph over?
Lately I've been depending on WAZE to the point where I don't even plug in my detector anymore.BTW, this is used on mainly on Interstates.
Re: How valuable is a laser detector? Michael SYS Driver - 9 years ago |
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fixed with the check unwashed. I called and the tech support said the repair was free of charge. Another time more recently the unit started falling on another band. Again I sent it in with a check for repairs and got it back fixed with the check again uncashed. Call and arrange to send your unit in to have it fixed.
Nice writeup. Thanks. *NM* Laz - 9 years ago |
FYI: SAVVY unit not very compatible with the 981: OBD socket is in the driver's footwell fuse panel. Laz - 9 years ago |