Valentine One

93LSCOUPE · 03-03-04, 08:07

I need your advice Valentine One v1.7 and v 1.8 owners!

I just bought a Valentine v1.8. It's used and but looks like it's in great shape. I finally got a chance to test it out today, but I'm not sure if it's working properly?

I've had a v1.7 for about 6 months and thought the 1.8 would be an upgrade, but after testing it out today, I'm not so sure.

With the v1.8, in the "A" mode, I have not gotten a single hit. The v1.7 picks up everything and I'm now starting to wonder if the v1.8 the guy sold me is broken. The v1.7 I have picks up all sorts of radars when I drive into a shopping plaza but the v1.8 does not give any indication that it's working.

Is my v1.8 broken, or is it just better at filtering out bogeys????

tom p. · 03-04-04, 05:29

I've got V1.8 and it goes off all the time in the "A" mode. I 'spose you're not getting any repsonse in the other modes....sounds like that one needs to go in for service. I hope you bought it cheap and the S/N is still readable.

I had an earlier version, don't recall which version, but the newest models clearly have superior sensitivity and I don't think are really any better at filtering "false" alerts. The laser section appears better on V1.8 as well.

BTW, great detector but you probably already know that.

Accumulator · 03-04-04, 08:49

93LSCOUPE- Yeah, sounds like your v1.8 is messed up. I have V1s of numerous vintages (with the older ones all upgraded), and as best I can tell they all have about the same sensititivity. If anything, I get more laser-falses with the newest ones. Send it back to Valentine for service and hope it's not stolen

underdog · 03-07-04, 01:02

Just a question, has the valentine been reprogrammed? I know with mine I reprogrammed it not to search for 'x' radar. Just a thought, not sure if it is valid or not

GearHead_1 · 03-07-04, 08:50

My thoughts exactly.

Guess My Name · 03-08-04, 01:11

Quote:

Originally posted by underdog
Just a question, has the valentine been reprogrammed? I know with mine I reprogrammed it not to search for 'x' radar. Just a thought, not sure if it is valid or not

the V1 website has tons of info on how to program them....might be worth a check...

tom p. · 03-08-04, 01:20

I had forgotten about that.

It's easy enough to check:

Quote:

If the unit has been changed, P will appear briefly in the Bogey Counter soon after V1 is switched on (after the lamps-on test, but before the Mode indicator appears.)

http://www.valentineone.com/lab/MikesLabRpt3.asp