There is a cop or two hiding in the false alarm area

After 15 years, the design is still unbeaten!+Variable volume and mute settings, with one-touch mute+Display will show a "J" when a signal is determined to be "junk", a false-alarm.

When you get the "J" your V1 is telling you that it is retracting the warning from this signal.+LEDs are arranged vertically, laser ("L") is on top, Ka next, then K, and last X, representing threats ranked from lowest (top LED) to highest probability (bottom LED) of a false alarm+You can buy spare pieces on-line (an extra cost, but reasonably priced)+Lights are not overly bright at night... still very visible but not distracting either+3 sensitivity settings: "all bogeys", "logic" and "advanced logic".

Valentine one tells you how many bogeys there are and therefore makes it easy to tell if this is just another false alarm or a cop hiding.

However, I have not seen any Ka false alarms

Other then too many false alarms, I would say that this is one of the better radar detectors you can buy.

Has saved me a few tickets, but waaaaay to many false alarms

I'd estimate I got 20 false alarms for every legitimate cop car.-X band needs to die

Seems like too many false alarms

Some cops are smarter than they are given credit, they figure out where the false alarm areas are and hide there

I wanted to love this radar detector, but the constant false alarms were too much

This radar detector is so sensitive and precise that there are times on the interstate when it will go off and one will slow down and drive for as much as a mile (or more) after it goes off without seeing the radar unit; just as one is ready to start speeding up in the belief that it was a false alarm ... suddenly there's the radar!

I worried because of reviews saying alot about false alarms, yes it does have

Radar detector was defective , it didn't work or did not alert me correctly, had too many false alarms

alot of false alarms but the directional arrow alert is awesome

Does send many false alarms, however it has already saved me from a few tickets.

As far as the GPS function of the Escort, if you drive the same route to work each day it becomes obvious in two days (or three if you were not paying attention the first two times)where the false alarms are

Works impecably with great distance few false alarms.

False alarms CONSTANTLY !!!

Too much interference a false alarms.

It is extremely sensitive.95% of the time this thing makes a noise it is clearly a false alarm

... ouch-Visor mount is not very good (too tight) on thicker sun visors, however the glass mount (see pros) is the best ever!-L, Ka, X, and K next to their LEDs is stenciled on