Hard wired Valentine 1???
03-02-2006 | 05:45 PM
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Umm, if you hardwire it into the lights in that cubby hole, doesn't it only work when the headlights are on?? I guess if you leave the daytime running lights on all the time then its not a big deal.
I've got the Escort 8500 and I hardwired it into the cigarette lighter. Mounted above the rearview mirror, works great.
I've got the Escort 8500 and I hardwired it into the cigarette lighter. Mounted above the rearview mirror, works great.
03-03-2006 | 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Eiso
thx to integsrtite! I just hardwired my V1 to my tC.
now... if only we could somehow convert the concealed display into some sort of heads up display... =O
03-04-2006 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by integsrtite
its not hard to tap the sunroof controls. you just used the supplied t-tap and splice into the orange wire in the sunroof connector. and used the supplied ground to ground it on the chassis.
i originally tapped a 12v constant and the v1 stayed on all the time but the orange wire is ACC or something like that so v1 will shutoff and turn on along with your car.
pop off your dome light: pull down on side where buttons are located, rear is hooked on:
tap orange (ACC) wire from sunroof control for 12v and ground on chassis
voila!
view from backseat:
view from drivers seat at approx eye-level
i originally tapped a 12v constant and the v1 stayed on all the time but the orange wire is ACC or something like that so v1 will shutoff and turn on along with your car.
pop off your dome light: pull down on side where buttons are located, rear is hooked on:
tap orange (ACC) wire from sunroof control for 12v and ground on chassis
voila!
view from backseat:
view from drivers seat at approx eye-level
Do you have the remote display module? I thought about trying to hardwire it up there, but I have side airbags, and can't get the wire down the a-pillar for the remote display.
03-04-2006 | 10:52 PM
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i also have side airbags... so i didn't wana run any wires down the A-pillar. but uh... either way, i didn't get a concealed display... so nothin to wire! 
Eiso, how is the reception with the V1 mounted up there and is the V1 visible from the outside? the place where i mounted it is way out in the open, so i put away the V1 everytime i park just to be safe.
Eiso, how is the reception with the V1 mounted up there and is the V1 visible from the outside? the place where i mounted it is way out in the open, so i put away the V1 everytime i park just to be safe.
03-07-2006 | 02:37 PM
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How do you know other people don't notice it???? Me tinkin bout teese one also, nice ideal no!
How can you speed with the price of gas though....... has this device really saved you, I've never had a radar detector. I do smart speeding so I don't get caught (only speed in groups) but I have noticed this product advertised in mags forever now!!!
How can you speed with the price of gas though....... has this device really saved you, I've never had a radar detector. I do smart speeding so I don't get caught (only speed in groups) but I have noticed this product advertised in mags forever now!!!
03-07-2006 | 05:41 PM
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Well I dont really speed on highways, I think speeding over 60-65 is very dangerous. But sometimes, cop likes to hide along in those small roads where speed limit is 30, and sometimes I do 34-35 in them, and I dont wanna get caught by this little. It saved me a bunch of times.
03-08-2006 | 12:58 AM
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Good point. That's the time when ya want to speed, when the speed limit is marked at -watch the beaurtiful scenary pace- when you got places to be driving around town. If that's what ya meant.
04-07-2006 | 08:01 PM
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Valentine has the shortess " defeat RDD's and RDD's counteract" range. Should I get a valentine or that new STI one, it cost an awful lot.
Oh and
u said you just got the new valentine, tell us a got away from a ticket story or post a pic of your install, is it stealthy or did you just stick it to the window like most?
Oh and
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04-10-2006 | 05:03 AM
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Eiso, i wasnt planning to run it all the way up the pillar or anythin. i was wondering if there was anythin below the driver side pillar i could hardwire to. i was just going to find some wire and cut my curly cord and tap a straight wire to it and find somewhere to hardwire it down there or somethin.
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