I improved the Valentine1
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I improved the Valentine1
I think the V1 is the best radar detector available but it has one major shortcoming: all the LEDs are red. That means when a threat goes off you don't know if it's X, K or Ka without looking at the LED and then trying to read the tiny print next to it. It's harder when you have a remote display that's farther away from you. Forget about even trying when it's dark. What I need is a way to instantly tell which radar band the detector is picking up.
It took me a while, but here's my solution:
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It took me a while, but here's my solution:
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Originally Posted by Skythe
Explanation plz for those of us who neither have a Valentine one nor are aware of it's shortcomings. What didya do?
Originally Posted by PUR NRG
I think the V1 is the best radar detector available but it has one major shortcoming: all the LEDs are red. That means when a threat goes off you don't know if it's X, K or Ka without looking at the LED and then trying to read the tiny print next to it. It's harder when you have a remote display that's farther away from you. Forget about even trying when it's dark. What I need is a way to instantly tell which radar band the detector is picking up.
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I've never had a problem with them all being red, but that looks like a good idea. Done well, too. You should email your idea to Mike Valentine on their website - it would be interesting to hear his thoughts.
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They already sell them here:
http://www.radardetector.net/anyone-...LEDs-3487t.php
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Neat mod, esp. for the remote and I love all the colors!
Even though I might do this for fun, personally I can' t remember the last time I looked at the display to determine the band in question as my brainium has the tones burned into it....i.e. "X"... don't care; "K' "Ka"... warning! warning! and "laser" ... oh ****!
Still very cool!
Even though I might do this for fun, personally I can' t remember the last time I looked at the display to determine the band in question as my brainium has the tones burned into it....i.e. "X"... don't care; "K' "Ka"... warning! warning! and "laser" ... oh ****!
Still very cool!
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Originally Posted by New Yorker
You should email your idea to Mike Valentine on their website - it would be interesting to hear his thoughts.
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Originally Posted by RaDaRkInG
They already sell them here:
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Originally Posted by staticlag
level of difficulty? (1-5)?
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The LEDs are ~3mm x 1.5mm SMTs. If you have the tools and the talent you can swap them out. It wasn't until recently that I was able to make a desoldering tool to do this job. Talent you learn--I damaged the first one I did but was able to fix it. The second one was flawless.
Nice job though. I recently reprogrammed my V1 to turn off X band completely as it's not used in this state.
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Originally Posted by Ajax
I don't have any of the surface mounting tools and desoldering surface mount is a big pain withou ta professional iron.
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