V1 upgrade policy
V1 has an option to upgrade your radar detector. Their site says this.
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I'm looking into this because the laser alert on my V1 started sounding almost nonstop. I can ship it back and they can try to fix it for $45, or I can just "upgrade" to a new one. It's lasted me 13 years and I've really liked it. I might just upgrade. |
For what its worth, I got my wife a Passport 360 and am really happy with it. Has the V1 arrows, plus GPS false filters and DSP that delineates real radar threats from Acura's blind spot scanners. Its a big upgrade over my Escort 9500ix, which I thought was a good upgrade over my old v1.
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Interesting. The new V1 has "K-Junk figher" which supposedly fixes the issue with "seeing cars".
Given it's $280 vs $490 I might just be a brand loyalist and save brain cells and not even think about the Escort. |
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There have been 2 precedents for this at V1 - the first was when they added laser support and switched to a larger case with openings for the laser photodetectors, and then when they miniaturized the board and used a case the same size as the original, but with the laser windows. Both of those required a complete unit swap. This one is a tad more fishy than those two, since they are still (AFAIK) using the same case. But perhaps one-by-one upgrading of older units by opening them and changing the whole circuit board would cost more than just sending complete units off the regular production line. I seem to recall the cost for a software-only upgrade was something like $70, so the $289 isn't completely out of line. |
$289 for a brandy-new V1 with all the bells and whistles sounds like an awesome deal.
I hardly use mine anymore and I'm considering shooting them my serial number to see what's what. |
Yeah, I've already boxed mine up and am mailing it in tomorrow.
Their web site is pretty good. You just enter your serial # and it tells you your options. |
I sent my V1 in for an upgrade. Received the new unit, and it's doing the same thing. The Laser goes off repeatedly, every minute or two. Exact same behavior as the old unit.
I'll see what V1 says, but this is very strange. The V1 worked fine for 14 years, then starts spewing false laser alerts, then the replacement does the same? :? |
did they just send yours right back to you? :lol:
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I wondered that :lol:
It has some different light patterns on the front though. |
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