I gotta ask. I have a three-year old V1. Or almost three years old. Maybe 2.5 years old. In any event, I bought it when I had a Lexus GS 350. It was great except it kept going off when I would pass vehicles that had blind spot detection. So I contacted Valentine One. They said they have a K-band filter thingy to eliminate those false alarms. That I should enter my serial number at their website. It would tell me if I had the filter or not and provide a price for sending it in to have the filter or eliminator installed. So I followed instructions and entered my serial number. Surprise! It says I already have the fliter or eliminator thingy! Then why does the detector sound off when I pass cars that have the feature the filter is supposed to eliminate?
I'm thinking more and more that I need to move on and go to Escort. The new one with the directional arrows (like the V1) which is favorite feature. Does the new Escort with the directional arrows have the feature that eliminates picking up the radar bands that are used in blind spot monitoring? Second, is the Escorts effectiveness reduced due to the colored coating on our F-Pace windshields? There was a thread a while back saying all radar detectors when traditionally window mounted are affected by our windshield glass coating.
I'm not even home projects like wiring my detector myself to the rear view mirror then threading it throught he headliner. I would only screw it up. Old-fashioned window mounting is just fine with me. I just want it to work.
I'm thinking more and more that I need to move on and go to Escort. The new one with the directional arrows (like the V1) which is favorite feature. Does the new Escort with the directional arrows have the feature that eliminates picking up the radar bands that are used in blind spot monitoring? Second, is the Escorts effectiveness reduced due to the colored coating on our F-Pace windshields? There was a thread a while back saying all radar detectors when traditionally window mounted are affected by our windshield glass coating.
I'm not even home projects like wiring my detector myself to the rear view mirror then threading it throught he headliner. I would only screw it up. Old-fashioned window mounting is just fine with me. I just want it to work.