The
Valentine One Radar Detector is the best of the best in radar
detection and location and when you add the Stealth One Interface it
makes it even better. In my opinion the Stealth One add on is
just too awesome! You get your radar detector alerts /
notifications directly on your Multifunction Display in the
Instrument Cluster, so basically you can put the
radar detector up by the rearview mirror or somewhere else out of
the way of your vision and glance at your speedo / MID to see what
direction the radar is coming from. The stealth one displays
the directional arrows just like the valentine one does, but it
integrates this on the Multifunction Display.
Parts:
Valentine One radar
Detector
Stealth One
Integration Kit
Tools:
Panel Puller Tool
Set [I have these and they are worth the investment of $10]
Or Screwdriver to
pull a few panels
Pliers to crimp the
wire tap
Enjoy, and remember ALWAYS work safe and I assume NO
RESPONSIBILITY for your actions, mechanical abilities or
anything that may occur during the nature of the repairs.
Here’s the
”package” for radar detection / location.
Don’t forget your
update cable. They do issue updates and if you don’t have this you
can’t do them yourself, instead you would need to ship the unit back
to them for the update.
Let’s get
started. I had the best luck first removing the panel that houses the
phone mic, sunroof opener and UDGO [universal garage door opener]. Simply start
from the front of the panel.
Next remove the
overhead light, you can do this by simply pushing in the silver clips
and dropping it down.
I ran the Stealth
One cable as illustrated in this pic.
Now that the
cable is ran across the headliner and down the A-pillar you need to
find and tap the I-Bus wire located behind the glove box.
Upon start up of
the car you’ll now see this.
Here’s where you
can set the mode
of the Valentine One.
Here’s you can
program the Stealth One for your particular BMW model.
Scrolling through
the programming, you can pick and choose from various settings.
Here you can
chose how you want the arrows to be displayed on the Multifunction
Display.
Now that I know this
works I closed everything up.
And mounted the
V-1 up to the left of the mirror. It really hides nicely up there, and
it is really nice to be able to look directly at your Multifunction
Display for the
V-1’s radar location information.
Here is a short Video to show you how
you program the S-1 on the Multifunction Display. You can choose from various
things, like how the alert arrows are shown, to auto mute below a
certain speed and so on. I've had this setup since 2004, I
think it is really cool and works flawlessly.
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