rockstar143

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Lookin good, man...
I recently hardwired...because it got in the way of my windshield sunshade every time...so now I mounted it on the clip thingy on my driver sunvisor. Right in my face, and can hear it...so far so good with spotting laser/radar there too. VERY stealthy!

Souljah

Nice progress. Keep up the good work!

vuuha05

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I have an SSM TL and it doesn't even come close to yours. good job man

cjTL

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Thank you guys! Much appreciated. Although, you'd be disgusted if I posted a pic of my engine air filter that I replaced today.

jptl04

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Cj, update on the V1 how do you like it? likes, dislikes?

im getting ready to install mine soon. i was hit with a $500 ticket last month, plus i gotta waste a day doing traffic school. doing close to 100 mph on the fwy, not good!!! i could have used it then.

cjTL

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I'm loving it. The sensitivity of the device is GREAT. I picked up a cop coming from nearly a mile away using the Ka band. I've encountered an instant-on radar situation traveling on the highway and the V1 alerted me with plenty of time to slow down. I really like the physical controls of the device too, it feels solid and is easy to adjust, mute, etc really quick. The display readout is easy to read and auto-adjusts the brightness.

My biggest dislike is also the fact that it is very sensitive. There's a spot in town that I go through every day that picks up about 4 sources of radar, and does so for about a half mile. Luckily, the ramp-up times of false sources can easily be told apart from genuine radar sources. Real radar starts with one small beep and gradually increases. Falses show up with a few rapid beeps right away and then slow down and disappear. Plus, nearly all the officers around here have used the Ka band. It becomes easy to decipher after a few weeks of use. The falses show up on the X band around here typically. So more of just an auditory annoyance.

For a radar detector, its the best you can get. A $500 ticket has to suck.

Aman

I thought you could store false alerts for next time?

cjTL

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No sir. I think that's the 9500ix. If I'm not mistaken, people have complained about that RD because it can store the false alerts based on GPS location...so if you store one, and an actual officer is at said location the next time, the RD will go deaf and blind on you and not notice a thing. Or at least that's what I've heard...maybe it's smarter.

jptl04

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So you haven't got the hidden display? So when you wanna mute it you have to reach up and press the button? They sell a tiny mute button you could install it on the light switch stalk. Not by V1 but it's made for it. I'll be doing something along those lines.

cjTL

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I have the hidden display (got it as a gift with the V1) but there wasn't really anywhere I could easily install it without it looking tacky. I might sell it since its been sitting in my drawer for a month now. The V1 is next to my mirror so its not too bad to mute, no different than when I use the Homelink button to open my garage. What's this mute button you speak of? I'm interested...

jptl04

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here it is its pretty cheap, and hooks up to the main power source accessory socket. http://www.safe-n-sound1.com/Valenti...te%20Plug.html