valentine-one v1 User Manual

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.

During any alert, press the Control Knob. Audio volume 
will drop to the muted level.

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.

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.

Sets volume after mute takes 
place; clockwise is louder. Full 
clockwise makes muted volume 
same as initial volume

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

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)

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

Needs unobstructed view ahead

Needs unobstructed 
view behind

Needs unobstructed view behind

More LEDs glow as 
radar gets stronger

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.

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.

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. 

Note:  In the case of multiple
bogeys on different bands, a
blinking LED will indicate the
strongest threat.

See page 11.