Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Valentine 1 and radar

[cmlf1 (cmlf1]

I was just looking at the bottom link. I will use the harness for the homelink 
as suggested.

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Handa 
Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 12:41 pm
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
To: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
Cc: 'The FerrariList' 

> Looks like the install is the same as in a E39 as Dennis said:
> 
> http://m3.madrussian.net/diy_valentine_v1.shtml
> 
> http://www.linquist.net/motorsports/bmw/v1
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net [mailto:cmlf1 [at] optonline.net] 
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 8:16 AM
> To: dave [at] davehanda.com
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
> 
> I have an E39 as well, but the E46 does not have any access to 
> the keyed
> power in the roof panel, as all of the power to the sunrrof 
> switches seem
> always hot (?) and there is no good ground. I will have to take 
> a closer
> look.
> 
> carl
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Liu 
> Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:56 am
> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
> To: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
> Cc: 'The FerrariList' 
> 
> > Huge fan. I've written litany after litany of praise for it 
> (as 
> > have many,
> > many, many others). Crushes the Passport and other competitors 
> > to the
> > ground, for many reasons, but primarily because it's the only 
> > detector in
> > the world (patented) that has directional arrows to tell you 
> the 
> > LOCATION of
> > the signal.
> > 
> > Anyway, it was insanely easy to install in my E38 and E39 
> BMWs, 
> > and may be
> > in yours. I just popped a panel to get access to the map 
> lights 
> > (near the
> > Homelink buttons), and tapped into a power wire for the auto-
> dim 
> > rear view
> > mirror, which is "keyed power". The converter fit easily into 
> > place, the
> > power wire to the detector slid right out, and the V1 mounts 
> > high and to the
> > driver's right, just at the edge of windshield tint. Not 
> easily 
> > seen from
> > outside the car, but easy enough to slip out if I'm parking 
> > anywhere new.
> > 
> > vty,
> > 
> > --Dennis
> > 
> > _____ 
> > 
> > From: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net [mailto:cmlf1 [at] optonline.net] 
> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:43 AM
> > To: BigHeadDennis [at] gmail.com
> > Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
> > 
> > 
> > So I take it you are a fan of the V1? I just got one, and am 
> > going to
> > install it in my newly aquired 330ci this weekend. It is a 
> pain 
> > to wire, as
> > there is so much plastic on these cars it is hard to find a ground
> > anywhere.If they are woth the effort as opposed to a cordless 
> > Passport, then
> > I will not mind.
> > 
> > Carl
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dennis Liu 
> > Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:03 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
> > To: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
> > Cc: 'The FerrariList' 
> > 
> > > I've got three V1s, of varying vintages, and they've NEVER 
> > > failed. Some are
> > > now going on, oh, 15+ years? The sheriff was just plain 
> lying, 
> > > or else his
> > > gun is horribly, horribly out of tune (which I cannot believe).
> > > 
> > > Vty,
> > > 
> > > --Dennis 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Misc [mailto:misc [at] 308systems.com] 
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:45 PM
> > > To: Dennis Liu
> > > Cc: The FerrariList
> > > Subject: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
> > > 
> > > Well, the local Sheriff tagged us renegade lawbreakers on 
> our 
> > > way back from
> > > Cheyenne Frontier days for 60 in a 45 on a feeder street 
> here 
> > in 
> > > Ft. Fun.
> > > The Sheriff's cruiser was coming at me from about 100 yards 
> > when 
> > > I noticed
> > > him pull over, turn around and flip on the lights. I looked 
> > > down and was
> > > going maybe 50 - 51, with my V1 fully powered.
> > > 
> > > The V1 never went off, even when he was pulled behind me 
> > writing 
> > > the ticket.
> > > I asked him how he new I was doing 60 and he said "I've got 
> > > radar". Then I
> > > said I have a radar detector and it never went off, and he 
> > > seemed flustered.
> > > Then I asked him what band and he said "K band".
> > > 
> > > All this seems highly suspicious, and perhaps I am a victim 
> of 
> > > "increasingrevenue syndrom", or perhaps my V1 just 
> > unexpectedly 
> > > crapped out.
> > > 
> > > I plan on sending it to the factory for test/calibration to 
> > > ensure it is
> > > working, and I wonder if any of you have had similar 
> > experiences 
> > > with a
> > > non-functional V1 (or overly zealous fundraising police)?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Mark Lueker
> > > 308 SYSTEMS Inc.
> > > 970-282-7006
> > > www.308systems.com
> > > 
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