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Controls & Functions
How Valentine One Works
Everybody wants Full Coverage against radar; nobody
wants to go to college to learn how to use his new radar
detector. So I’ve worked extra hard to make Valentine One
logical. It’s far easier to operate than many ordinary
detectors, yet it tells you far more about radar.
A New Way to Set Loudness
Valentine One has two controls for loudness so you can
take complete control of sound. The Control Knob sets
what I call “initial” volume. This is the loudness you will
normally hear on initial radar contact. Once you’re aware
of the threat, you can drop to a quieter, reminder sound
which I call “muted” volume. Just press the Control Knob.
This muted volume is adjusted by the lever behind the
knob. How loud do you like your reminder? The choice
is yours.
Push To Mute
During any alert, press the Control Knob. Audio volume
will drop to the muted level.
What Long-Gradient audio does for you
Valentine One’s audio warning indicates radar strength.
It gives a very slow Beep for X band (Brap for K band,
Brap-brap for Ka band) when it encounters weak radar,
then quickens as radar strength increases, and becomes a
continuous tone about the time you’re in range. This long
gradient, from slow Beep to continuous tone, makes it easy
to estimate radar proximity, which is very important during
brief Instant-on encounters. In the case of multiple bogeys,
the audio warning will always monitor the greatest threat.
What the Bogey Counter does for you
Every alert, until you’ve positively identified the source,
is an unknown, a bogey. But an alert may consist of more
than one bogey. There could be many. Let’s say you drive
by a burglar alarm on the way to work every day that
causes an alert. Then one day you pick up an additional
bogey. This new bogey could be radar hiding under cover
of the burglar alarm, picking off the unwary. You must
assume each alert is radar until you’ve identified the bogey.
For more information see pages 5-6.
Control Lever
Sets volume after mute takes
place; clockwise is louder. Full
clockwise makes muted volume
same as initial volume
Radar Locator
Radar ahead
Radar to the side
Radar behind
Note: In the case of multiple bogeys
from different directions, an arrow will
glow for each direction. The strongest
threat will be indicated by a blinking
arrow. The audio warning will
correspond to the blinking arrow
Control Knob
On – Turn clockwise
Volume – Turn to adjust
Off – Turn counter-clockwise past detent
Mute – Press during radar alert
Modes – Press and hold to change
Brightness – Automatically matched to ambient
lighting; no manual adjustment
(Unit powers up in the last
mode selected)
Bogey Counter
blank – power off
– power on, All-Bogeys
®
mode
– power on, Logic
®
mode
– power on, Advanced-Logic
®
mode
– one bogey
etc. – number of bogeys being tracked
– laser warning
– alert terminated; not radar
Front Antenna, Radar and Laser
Needs unobstructed view ahead
Rear Antenna
Needs unobstructed
view behind
Rear Laser Sensor
Needs unobstructed view behind
Radar-strength Indicator
More LEDs glow as
radar gets stronger
Speaker
Modular Jack
Computer Modes: A new way to interpret alarms
In the All-Bogeys
®
( ) mode, all bogeys will be reported
as soon as they are detected. Use your judgment to decide
whether or not they are threats.
In the Logic
®
( ) and Advanced-Logic
®
( ) modes, you are
deferring to the internal computer which will use its own
logic to screen bogeys before reporting them to you.
In Logic, X-band bogeys the computer judges to be
non-threatening will be reported at the “muted” volume. If
they become threatening, the audio warning will upgrade
to the “initial” volume before you are within radar range.
In Advanced-Logic, X-band bogeys that the computer has
reason to believe aren’t radar will not be reported at all.
One exception: To be failsafe, the computer will always
pass extremely strong signals along for your judgment.
This mode is particularly useful in metro areas.
The computer is smart: It never operates the receiving
circuits at less than maximum sensitivity and it knows that
Instant-on is a greater threat than ordinary radar. So it will
always warn you immediately at the “initial” volume when
those radars are detected, no matter what mode you’ve
selected.
To change modes, press and hold the Control Knob for
one second.
What the Bogey Lock tone means
Valentine One is designed to track multiple threats. During
an alert, when Valentine One locks on to an additional
bogey, it notifies you with the Bogey Lock tone (“Dee-
Deet”). This sound will never be heard at any other time,
not even during the power-on ritual. Whenever you hear
this sound, it means that another bogey has been detected
and is being tracked. The bogey counter shows the number
of bogeys being tracked at that time.
What the “Dee-Dah-Doo” Tone means
Valentine One is designed to recognize — and ignore —
phony radar signals from poorly-designed detectors.
Occasionally a false alarm will be started before verification
is certain. If it then determines the source is a junk detector,
it will notify you it is retracting that alert with a “Dee-Dah-
Doo” sound. A flashing J ( ) indicating “junk” will appear
in the Bogey Counter.
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Band Identification
Note: In the case of multiple
bogeys on different bands, a
blinking LED will indicate the
strongest threat.
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For Laser Warning
See page 11.
