Valentine Research has just released firmware 4.1023 for the V1 Gen2. This update features a number of helpful changes, especially a BSM filtering update to fix the increased BSM falses introduced with the previous update, 4.1021. Here’s the list of changes included with this latest mid-December 2020 upgrade: Suppression of Blind-Spot (also called Lane-Change) radars …
Category: Radar Detectors
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Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2020 Deals on Radar Detectors & Dash Cameras
This we’ve got some nice Black Friday & Cyber Monday discounts for different radar detectors and dash cameras. Here’s the complete list. I am regularly updating this post with new information throughout the day. ? New deals keep popping up and current ones will expire. Note: Be sure to scroll to the bottom to enter the …
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Valentine 1 Gen2 Firmware 4.1021
Valentine Research just released firmware 4.1021 for the Valentine 1 Gen2, bringing several important improvements to the V1. Warning: Be careful with this latest update. BSM falsing has gotten quite a bit worse with 4.1021 so I’d recommend holding off on this update for the time being. Update Dec. 16: Firmware 4.1023 has been released …
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FullColorDefense V1 Gen2 Thin Concealed Display
FullColorDefense now has their thin V1 Gen2 concealed displays available for pre-order. Let’s take a closer look at the new thin concealed display (CD) and how it compares to the stock CD.
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Uniden R1 / R3 Firmware 1.54
Uniden has released firmware 1.54 for both the Uniden R1 and Uniden R3. This is a minor update that gives you a little more customization for MRCD alerts. Long range performance, BSM filtering, and MRCD detection performance itself is unchanged compared to 1.53. Download 1.54 for the R3 here. Download 1.54 for the R1 here.
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Uniden R7 Firmware 1.33
Uniden has just released firmware 1.33 for the Uniden R7. This is a pretty big update with a lot of changes to K band, including improved BSM filtering, additional false alert filtering, MRCD improvements, and an improved menu structure. Auto-lockouts are still in development and are not included in this update, but they should be …
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K40 Releases the Platinum100
K40 is releasing a new windshield mount radar detector called the K40 Platinum100 ($470). It offers a bunch of improvements over their previous K40 RLS2 ($400) including longer range and several key new features.
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How to Set Up & Configure Your Escort Max 3 Radar Detector
The Escort Max 3 (purchase here) comes with a bunch of settings and options to let you customize your experience. It does a good job out of the box as a plug-and-play detector, but you can tweak it even further. Let’s go over how to use your detector as well as how to optimize its …
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Escort Max 3 Review
Escort has recently released the new Max 3 ($399) radar detector. It offers longer range and better false alert filtering than previous generations of Max-series detectors which is surprising because it’s not based on the same digital platform. There are a few issues I’ve discovered at launch that should be addressed in an upcoming update, …
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Escort Redline 360c 1.3 and Max 3 Testing
After testing the brand new Escort Redline 360c last month, we discovered a bunch of critical issues. Fortunately Escort has since released firmware 1.3 which helped resolve most all the problems that we saw in initial testing. Now that the detector is working properly, I headed back out to retest the Redline 360c. With the new …
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