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02-14-2008, 08:00 PM
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I got my Valentine 1 in the mail today and hooked it up. I read the manual, set my volume dial and lever, and played with the three modes. According to the manual, this detector sounds to be sweet and accurate.
So far the stupid thing is a nightmare. Its so freaking annoying and beeps at anything and everything. I was sitting at an intersection with no cops and it was going nuts of a bogey counter reading of 9. I had a CVS, Walgreens, gas station and some other strip center on the 4 corners.
The drive only got worse. I ended up just unplugging it and putting my Bel Vector 995 back up which occasionally beeps at random stores/hospitals.
Am I doing something wrong? What makes it so sensitive to the lightest signals? I thought it filtered out the questionable signals and only alerted them when the signal strength increased?
Thanks!!!
So far the stupid thing is a nightmare. Its so freaking annoying and beeps at anything and everything. I was sitting at an intersection with no cops and it was going nuts of a bogey counter reading of 9. I had a CVS, Walgreens, gas station and some other strip center on the 4 corners.
The drive only got worse. I ended up just unplugging it and putting my Bel Vector 995 back up which occasionally beeps at random stores/hospitals.
Am I doing something wrong? What makes it so sensitive to the lightest signals? I thought it filtered out the questionable signals and only alerted them when the signal strength increased?
Thanks!!!
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=11240
I would also print this out and put it in your car.
http://valentine1.com/lab/MikesLabRpt3.asp
There are big problems with the new Escort 9500i and the majority of people are returning them because of less range than the Valentine One.
http://www.guysoflidar.com/march-200...ctor-test.html
They are locking out signals from door openers and the 9500i is not alerting to cops that shoot radar in that area. Owners of the 9500i are also complaining that signals that they lock out are not staying locked out from the day before. They also say that their Sirius/XM radio is cutting out because of the 9500i and its GPS function.
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23027
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23178
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23183
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23036
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=22800
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtop...torder=asc&sta rt=0
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=22824
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=22762
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=22803
Are you satisfied with your 9500i or returning it?Satisfied with 38% [ 21 ]Returning 61% [ 34 ]Total Votes : 55
This is a video of the 9500i failing to alert to actual police radar because of its flawed technology.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=1
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02-15-2008, 12:23 AM
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and here's a video of the V1 failing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCsyR2e4GVI
Each to their own. Everyone has an opion on what is the best and each detector has it's pluses and minuses; remember that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCsyR2e4GVI
Each to their own. Everyone has an opion on what is the best and each detector has it's pluses and minuses; remember that.
02-15-2008, 01:06 PM
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02-15-2008, 05:37 PM
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my 9500i has never lost any locked out signals and iv had it go off KA way before i saw the cop in an area where i have a signal locked out. while it was locking out the signal it worked perfectly...
02-15-2008, 07:05 PM
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That would be awesome! I've killed the X and K band and so far the radar is what I expected. Just today on my way to work, I got a Ka band reading at around 24th street. A squad car was 'incognito' behind a fence with 2 bike cops ready for action. They were at 50th street intersection. I had more than enough warning!!!
02-15-2008, 07:25 PM
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Yea i will do it once i get home... for some reason my resize program isnt working so once i get it working i will resize them and post up on how its hard wired.
02-15-2008, 07:28 PM
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Dude, this is what I did to make my V1 hardly EVER false alert. Read this post and you'll find it a big help. I also run mine in the "big L" mode, I think it's city mode. Disable the laser too if you have the tech package.
http://clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=298123
http://clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=298123
Thanks for the great find.
02-16-2008, 10:09 AM
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http://guysoflidar.com/twodetectors.html
http://valentine1.com/lab/DoItYourself.asp
02-16-2008, 08:36 PM
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People are turning off there X bands on there V1 anyways... and i have never had to lock out a K signal... the cop would have to be sitting EXACTLY where the signal is anyways because of the GPS... Each person is going to have there own preference... i prefer the 9500i because i do a lot of city driving...