Stereo & Electronics - valentine 1

hey i just got a v1 radar in a lot of parts i bought on ebay....i plugged it in and it doesnt seem to pick up cop signals....ive been driving right next to one and it doesnt do anything...i was wonderin what version i need since i live in florida....i thought it must be the wrong version....and how much does an upgrade cost?? i dont know much abou t mine except that it has the laser option

check and see if all bands are turned on. go on the valentine one site and put in some serial number or something and it will say somehting about upgrading it. it could be broken too

i think my serial number is messed up it hard to read....it doesnt look like someone messed with it it just looks old...do you think they will still accept it? you can still read the numbers..but barely

send them an email, they can help u

holy crap they want a ton for the upgrade....

but it is probably less than to buy a new V1(400) or escort(300)

Bear in mind that not all police run radar (and certainly not all the time). Just because you didn't get a warning when running near a patrol car doesn't mean there's anything wrong with your detector. Try going to the parking lot of your local grocery store and see if the automatic door openers set off the detector. Then find one of those roadside speed warning signs that have the radar units to show your speed (you can usually find one near airport entrances and construction zones). Drive toward it and see how much warning you get.

I agree, most cops don't have their radar on all od the time. Best bet, is to drive around and look for one of those speed carts which tells you how fast you are going. If it doesn't work then, you have a problem. Another way might be to go into a busy shopping mall, radar should start going crazy with all the automatic doors and stuff.

it goes off every once and awhile....i dont think its broken i just think it doesnt pick up all the sgnals or soemthing i dont know...i really dont know anything about these things.....

Radar signals haven't changed much in the last several years. The only thing that is new is the POP mode some police are starting to use. Even then, it is not a new frequency just a much shorter duration signal that most detectors ignore. It is not in common use yet so it's probably not worth spending a lot of money to upgrade. Other than that, your detector will pick up all the signals commonly in use unless it is extremely old.

depending on how old it is, it may not have KA, which is used alot by cops

The Ka band was allocated in 1987 so it would have to be really old not to support that. If it has laser (LIDAR) capability then it will handle all of the radar bands.

Radar signals haven't changed much in the last several years. The only thing that is new is the POP mode some police are starting to use. Even then, it is not a new frequency just a much shorter duration signal that most detectors ignore. It is not in common use yet so it's probably not worth spending a lot of money to upgrade. Other than that, your detector will pick up all the signals commonly in use unless it is extremely old.


not only can the V1 detect a POP, but it'll say POP on the screen... lol.


badass detector.. i really want one, but whenever i have $400 (not often) i find something i want more.