SAW D2L Valentine One Gen2 User manual

OWNER’S MANUAL
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Contents
Welcome to Full Coverage
Full Coverage .........................................................................................1-2
What’s Included .....................................................................................3
Controls and Functions...........................................................................4
Mounting — Where and How. ...............................................................5
How to connect to 12V, USB jack...........................................................5
How to connect a headphone ................................................................6
How to set Muted Volume ......................................................................6
Display readings.....................................................................................6
How to set Analyzer Modes....................................................................7
How to get our free app..........................................................................7
How to connect to your phone...............................................................7
Lighter Adapter.......................................................................................8
Installation — Direct-wire Power Adapter ..............................................8
Changing the Fuse..................................................................................9
Concealed Display .................................................................................10
Installation — Concealed Display...........................................................11
SAVVY ...................................................................................................12-13
POP Mode..............................................................................................14
What you should know about radar........................................................15-18
Finding Radar — On-the-Road Situations ...............................................19-22
Laser Warning ........................................................................................23
What you should know about laser ........................................................24
Finding Laser..........................................................................................25
Troubleshooting .....................................................................................26-27
Doubts — Maybe it’s not working right ..................................................28
Service ...................................................................................................29
Upgrades................................................................................................30
Specifications .........................................................................................30
Parts and Accessories .............................................................................31
Limited Warranty....................................................................................32
FCC and CE Regulatory Information .......................................................33
A Few Things To Remember...................................................................34

Welcome to Full Coverage
Dear V1 Owner:
When an interest lasts for a year or two, that’s a hobby. When it goes on
more than half a lifetime, that’s an obsession.
I can’t help it. Designing black boxes to sniff out ever fainter radar and laser
signals is, to me, the most interesting game on the planet. This is a civilian
version of what the military calls Electronic Warfare Support Measures (ESM).
Think of it as cat-and-mouse out to ten decimal places.
The goal is always the same—Range Superiority.
At the beginning of the Valentine One Generation 2™project, I told my
engineers, “We want the best radar-finding engine this side of the military.”
In fact, we adapted a component from military CHIRP radars—used to find
fainter targets farther away with higher precision—a SAW Dispersive Delay
Line (SAW-D2L). For civilian users, V1 Gen2 is a breakthrough on range.
Since starting my own company back in the 1980s, we’ve always walked our
own path. We invented the Radar Locator and the Bogey Counter, two essen-
tial must-knows when sizing up radar threats.
We’re unique in another way, too. We don’t do annual model changes, and
we don’t offer an array of models to pick off every price point. Instead, we
offer only one model—the best detector we know how to build. And to keep
V1 Gen2 the best, we practice continuous improvement; that means every
performance enhancement the engineering department works up will be
available to you as a smartphone download.
Thanks for choosing us to be your radar-and-laser-detector company.
Sincerely,
Michael D. Valentine
President
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Mike Valentine: Electronics engineer,
inventor of the radar-locating detector,
over four decades making and selling
high-performance detectors.

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What Full Coverage means for you
Finds all radars
Valentine One Gen2 covers all four bands:
X band.....................moving and stationary; can be used in instant-on mode;
this frequency is shared with burglar alarms and door
openers.
K band.....................moving and stationary; can be used in instant-on mode;
this frequency is shared with burglar alarms and door
openers.
Ka band...................widest of the radar bands; moving and stationary; can
be used in instant-on mode; fewer false alarms than X
and K though some can be caused by poorly-made radar
detectors.
Photo radar..............K or Ka band; stationary only.
POP Protection........covers POP mode on two bands—specifically MPH
Industries models BEE III and Enforcer on both K and Ka;
moving or stationary.
Ku band...................Not used in the U.S.; standard equipment on all V1
Gen2s, but not activated at the factory. To activate, see
https://www.valentine1.com/programming/.
Euro Mode...............Not to be used in the U.S.; This widens K-band
reception to assure coverage of the new Multaradar
being used abroad. Standard equipment on all V1
Gen2s, but not activated at the factory. To activate, see
https://www.valentine1.com/programming/.
Finds all lasers
Valentine One Gen2 finds all traffic lasers. In the U.S., the operating
wavelength of traffic laser is 820-950 nanometers
◀ X band
10.500–10.550 GHz
◀ K band
24.050–24.250 GHz
◀ Ka band
33.4–36.0 GHz
◀ Ku band
13.400–13.500 GHz
◀ Euro Mode
23.900-24.250GHz
◀ Laser
820-950 nanometers