Problems With A Valentine 1 Radar Detector
Rock Crawling
Joined: Apr 2021
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From: DFW
It is not your V1 ...
Greetings,
It is not your V1, it is your windshield. Not sure if you got the cold package, but if you do, that is the issue. Also some other coating blocks the signals coming from the front. Not much you can do about it, other than set on the roof. I have a Velar which gives me the same issue, and the 110 with cold package. In fact, any radar will do the same. You may get reflections from inside the cabin, to the back antenna of the radar, which may show the signal coming from behind. Try this: do a test with it in the cabin, and outside. You will see spectacular differences. Find a hwy. sign with a speed display, or bribe a cop with a box of Dunkin.
It is not your V1, it is your windshield. Not sure if you got the cold package, but if you do, that is the issue. Also some other coating blocks the signals coming from the front. Not much you can do about it, other than set on the roof. I have a Velar which gives me the same issue, and the 110 with cold package. In fact, any radar will do the same. You may get reflections from inside the cabin, to the back antenna of the radar, which may show the signal coming from behind. Try this: do a test with it in the cabin, and outside. You will see spectacular differences. Find a hwy. sign with a speed display, or bribe a cop with a box of Dunkin.
Last edited by Mechano2020; Apr 12, 2021 at 05:38 PM.
Rock Crawling
Joined: Apr 2021
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From: DFW
Mudding
Joined: Sep 2020
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I piggybacked off the Air Ionizer fuse in the passenger compartment fuse box for my radar detector. The detector will turn on only when the engine runs (it will stay off with the ignition on but the engine not running.) If you are interested, I posted thread here: https://landroverforums.com/forum/20...nstall-102271/
I don't have a V1, but a fairly sensitive Uniden R3 unit that lacks the direction arrows of a Valentine but is otherwise every bit as sensitive. As you will see in the other thread it's mounted kind of low above the center dash, no false alerts. Built-in GPS works great there too and the solar attenuating windshield doesn't appear to affect sensitivity to radar detection. But yeah, as others have recommended even in the original V1 you should lock out K, X - perhaps even laser - and likely eliminate a huge number of false alerts without jeopardizing detection of real bogeys from you local LEO. Pretty much all self respecting law enforcement agencies these days use either laser (in which case you're toast anyway) or Ka band radar guns operating on very limited frequencies. There are even databases online that tell you what your local agencies are likely to use for speed detection.
I don't have a V1, but a fairly sensitive Uniden R3 unit that lacks the direction arrows of a Valentine but is otherwise every bit as sensitive. As you will see in the other thread it's mounted kind of low above the center dash, no false alerts. Built-in GPS works great there too and the solar attenuating windshield doesn't appear to affect sensitivity to radar detection. But yeah, as others have recommended even in the original V1 you should lock out K, X - perhaps even laser - and likely eliminate a huge number of false alerts without jeopardizing detection of real bogeys from you local LEO. Pretty much all self respecting law enforcement agencies these days use either laser (in which case you're toast anyway) or Ka band radar guns operating on very limited frequencies. There are even databases online that tell you what your local agencies are likely to use for speed detection.
Rock Crawling
Joined: Apr 2021
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From: DFW
Greetings. So my MY2021 P400 has arrived, and as I feared, the cold package has my windshield like a Faraday cage. It is wired from top to bottom. @PaulLR I have seen another one at the dealership that has the coating missing around the review mirror, but... not mine. So my V1 is pretty much useless ... I will get a rear signal and all the side signals, but very weak from the front. Almost unusable...
Mudding
Joined: Sep 2020
Posts: 192
Likes: 59
Greetings. So my MY2021 P400 has arrived, and as I feared, the cold package has my windshield like a Faraday cage. It is wired from top to bottom. @PaulLR I have seen another one at the dealership that has the coating missing around the review mirror, but... not mine. So my V1 is pretty much useless ... I will get a rear signal and all the side signals, but very weak from the front. Almost unusable...