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Originally Posted by mattdavis11
I have heard that the new ones don't detect, rather they jam the ticket making device and issue the citation to the officer.
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I have the original V1. In 2014 I drove to Monterey, CA and I just turned it off and threw it in the glove compartment as it was useless with it picking up every car with adaptive cruise and lots of semis as well. It was alerting more than it was quiet, really. When I returned from that trip I sent it in for the update of 2014 era. That made it usable again.
I tried to send it in for the new V2 and it is suspended for a while. The one real question I have is the mount the same on the new one. I have mine hung under the mirror and the wires that power it are from the aftermarket mirror that has the garage door openers and auto-dimming mirror. I love that mirror. If the new one is a different size, I will need a new mount.
I sent an email to Valentine, but only received a canned standard email with no useful information whatsoever.
And it would be illegal for it to be a jammer. It is 100% legal to have a radio receiver of any band, but illegal to transmit without a license. Jammers are illegal in the entire country by federal statute. Receivers are legal, but a few states have passed laws that restrict federal law. Kinda like gun laws, until the supreme court decided the state laws are invalid or legal, the states will keep doing it. And RADAR speed devices use just a radio signal.