Radar Detector False Alarms
| INTERFERENCE SOURCE | V1 FALSE ALARM? |
|---|---|
| Satellite radio (XM, Sirius, etc.)? |
No; certain in-car antennas for satellite radio do cause false alarms when V1 is very close. |
| GPS? | No; however may V1 alert when its laser sensor is pointed directly toward an in-car navigation display. |
| Laptop computers? | NO |
| Cell Phones? | Not for 850 MHz (traditional) phones; occasionally with PCS 1.9 Ghz phones in a few areas (depends on service provider). |
| CB radios? | NO |
| Family-band radios (FRS)? | NO |
| Garage door openers? | No, though Urban Legend says otherwise. Might have been confused with self-opening store doors operating on microwave frequencies, which are radar sources. |
| Utility wires? | NO |
| Military bases? | No. Older V1s sometimes produced laser alerts in response to long-range air-search radars located at or near military bases. |
| Airports? | No. Older V1s sometimes produced laser alerts in response to Air Traffic Control regional-center radars located near airports (example: Indianapolis). |
| Microwave ovens? | No. This is another Urban Legend. |