Valentine One - Radar Locator.... How to Hardwire?

[willis68]

I love my Valentine One,

 

[Big Blue]

Man!!!! what is the trick for the invisicord hook-up??

I have the 16 pin connector. 3rd pin on bottom is ground and 1st pin bottom is power (purple/green), but for the life of me....I cant get the friggen connectors in the friggen holes. ALready destroyed one set of cord and now just ordered another.

How did you guys get them in the slots???

 

[Madcowranch]

Hey Blue, I had to shave the pins down on my invisicord before they would fit.

 

[Double Tap]

I ordered my ****** 9500ix and dual laser interceptor combo. I want to purchase the 12" mirrortap cable but do I order the .050" (micro) or .080" (regular) tap width?

RapaTon

Micro.

Just be warned... you'll probably bend at least one of the pins trying to get it in there, but a quick call to the customer service department will likely yield another being sent out to you free of charge. Ask me how I know.

 

[MagicMtnDan]

Perhaps it'll be helpful to have this link in this thread:

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f12/v-1-radar-detector-5545/

 

[Big Blue]

Perhaps it'll be helpful to have this link in this thread:

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f12/v-1-radar-detector-5545/

and a pic.

 

[MagicMtnDan]

Perhaps it'll be helpful to have this link in this thread:

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f12/v-1-radar-detector-5545/

Coupla pics from that thread showing the Invisicord (and my Great Lakes Mirror Mount holding my V1):








Here's a link to all my V1 installation pics:

http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k279/MagicMtnDan/F-150 Raptor SVT/V1 Installation/

 

[TheDarkKnight]

how about just using the Valentine one Savvy hardwire OBD port connection? its $69 and should work perfectly

 

[MagicMtnDan]

how about just using the Valentine one Savvy hardwire OBD port connection? its $69 and should work perfectly

I don't see how that's an improvement over the Invisicord. From what I saw online, Savvy connects to the OBD plug and you'd still have to use the coiled powercord (or a long phone cord) to connect to the Savvy.

http://www.valentine1.com/Savvy/pdf/Savvy_UserGuide.pdf

 

[Desert Yeti]

2012

FYI,
On a 2012 with NAV and Sync,
The first Pin on bottom (green/purple) is 12 V + switched
The second pin on the bottom (blue/white) is 12 V + constant
The 4th pin on bottom (black) the third wire over but 4th hole in the connector is ground


Don't mess with trying to push those pins in. If you break the plug life gets really interesting. I did that to my IS-F when I wired it. Just melt a little of the housing off the wires and solder the mirror tap wires to it.