sgtpeper

It has the first set of beeps, not the second. It did detect something on the highway today, so SOMETHING is in there.

pfbz

Does it show a P (program) or L (logic) on the display, even when not detecting something? I paid no attention when I was checking out your car ;-)

BioBanker

If the detector was in there would you not be getting falses way more than once in a few drives?

i get kband false every mile or so

sgtpeper

I honestly don't use it all together that much - I sort of forget it's there most of the time.

It's at Black Canyon, a local shop here, right now and I asked them to see if they can find it while they're doing a few other things to the car.

RClurg84

Same, I get K-band false every min. The most likely cause that I can think of is another car with blind or rear spot detection. It happens around the newer model cars more than anything else.

sgtpeper

Oh I forgot - yes, in the mirror it shows a P, L or the other weird mark you can do on the V1. I just push in on the volume control and it changes.

pfbz

Then it's definitely there somewhere! If the shop doesn't locate it, bring it over and I'm sure we can track down where it is mounted...

32krazy!

theres a v1 upgrade you can have done to stop the false signals. i think it was about 60$. had to send the unit to v1 and they send it back

manimal

Or, you can disable the K band altogether:

http://www.valentine1.com/Lab/techreport3.asp



I live in CA, where both X and K aren't really used, so I disable both of those and get nearly 0 false alarms (the occasional laser false alarm comes from automatic cruise control systems). Ka alerts are 100% bogeys.

If you're in CA (or anywhere else where it's not used), disable POP, too.

My V1 is pretty old, but I haven't felt the need to upgrade after configuring it like this.