i wish this pic was clearer, but it's the only one i have at work. The V1 has 4 types indicated, X, K, Ka, Laser. they are in assending order from the bottom. The signal is the third from the top marked Ka.

https://5series.net/forums/index.php?act=at...t&id=110384

 

this matrix depicts EVERYTHING in the Ka BAND. anything on this matrix could set off a Ka Alert. do you have anything within range depicted below. you are gonna have to match the colors yourself...

 

dude, tint your windows like i said...

 

Dude...they already are. and the signal was there before and after

 

Cool thanks, i'm going to have to work on this some more. Wish i could just wear a tin foil hat to solve this

this is getting very scientific, I pump gas for a living so it's way over my feeble little head

 

what type/brand of tint did you use? it should be metallic. contacting v1 is pretty much useless... they will not do anything since they believe it doesnt effect all bmw's. i had the same situation as you, and once i tinted the car with llumar metallic, the problem went away.

 

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Yesterday I was in my friend's e92 M3 and we had the V1 on. If you position it kind of high and back, it keeps shooting out laser warnings. We're like wtf?? U have to position low and all the way up to the windshield. It's annoying.

 

convertible?

i have your answer if you care to hear it...

 

i'll tell you anyway.

The CHMSL (Center high mount stop light) uses a neon-plasma light source. The red lens allows red visible light to pass, and also invisible energy near infrared. The source is powered by a pulsating voltage on a frequency that happens to be similar to the repetition rate of legitimate laser-gun pulse trains. In other words, the CHMSLs have an invisible energy leakage that?s nearly identical to the beam used by traffic laser. If the interference is suppressed, it is likely to damage laser sensitivity.

The new 3 series convertible uses this brake light.

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