The Valetine1 is a wonderful radar detector. In its default setting, it catches just about everything. Unfortunately this creates false alarms and reduces the effectiveness of the tool. In my area, there is a K-band drone shooting out every 4-5 poles on I-280. What is a radar detector usefulness if it keeps giving me false alarms?
Fortunately the V1 does have the ability to be reprogrammed to the driver's specifications. Valentine has a PDF that shows how to enable the programming mode below:
http://www.valentine1.com/v1info/pdf...-REVforPDF.pdf
I've fiddled around with multiple settings and landed on this setup for the time being. It seems to detect most California Highway Patrols if their radar is on. It is on point when I am on the I-5 heading down to LA without being too intrusive with the K-band. CHP officers use the KA band so these settings are to tone down the K-Band which has numerous false alarms.
Here are my settings for San Francisco Bay Area:
It mutes K band for 30 seconds unless its above 4 dots.
It unmutes at 6 dots for K-band instantly.
Mutes rear K-Band
Big L mode will not have visual or audio alerts K band till its past 4 dots.
Little L mode will have visual alerts and muted audio volume until 4 dots where it unmutes.
A will use it like it is not programmed
Instructions:
Code:1.Go to programming mode in the v1. 2.go to option 7, then make sure the arrow is pointed DOWN. (it is pointed UP as default from VR) 3.go to option b next, make sure arrow is pointed DOWN. 4.go to option C next, make sure arrow is pointed UP. 5.go to option d next, make sure arrow is pointed UP. 6.go to option E next, make sure arrow is pointed UP (default). 7.go to option F next, make sure arrow is pointed UP (default). 8.go to option G, make sure arrow is pointed DOWN.
Feel free to post other V1 setups! The default setting is always available with A mode, but it is nice to have custom setup to stop the V1 from crying wolf!