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Important Information and
Customer Assistance
Introduction
Important Information
•
Federal Laws Governing the Use of Radar Detectors
It is not against federal law to receive radar transmissions with your Cobra radar/
laser detector. The Communications Act of 1924 guarantees your right to receive
radio transmissions on any frequency. Local laws that contravene this Act, while
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illegal, may be enforced by your local law enforcement officials until and unless
they are prohibited from doing so
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Controls, Indicators, Accessories Order Info and Connections and Display Product Features Trademark Acknowledgement CustomerAssistance Intr Intr Introduction oduction oduction Introduction Ordering From U.S.A. Product Features Controls, Indicators, Connections and Display • • Call 773-889-3087 for pricing or visit www.cobra.com. Congratulations!You’ve made a smart choice by purchasing a maximum Windshield Bracket performance digital radar/laser detector from Cobra.Just look at some of For Credit
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Contents Introduction Introduction Alert Settings (Continued) Important Information .......... A1 K Band Alert .............. 22 Customer Assistance .......... A1 Ku Band Alert ............. 22 Controls, Indicators, VG-2 Alert ............... 22 Connections and Display ...... A2 VG-2 Audio Mode ......... 22 Product Features ............. A3 Spectre 1 Alert ............ 23 Overview ..................... 2 Spectre 1 Audio Mode ...... 23 Your Detector Safety Alert .............. 23 Car Battery Low
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Overview Installation Introduction Your Detector This manual describes the simple steps for mounting, setting up and using Installation • your detector. It also provides helpful information about how radar and laser Where to MountYour Unit guns are used and how you can interpret the alerts you receive. You will get optimum performance from your detector if you mount it at a Before you begin your installation, please read the Important Information point approximately in the center of the vehicle,
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Installation Installation Your Detector Your Detector Windshield Mounting Dashboard Mounting 1. Attach the rubber 1. Place the detector on the dashboard to find a location cups to the bracket. where the unit has a clear, level view of the road and is parallel to the road’s surface. The angle CANNOT be adjusted after mounting. 2. Remove the paper backing 2. Make sure the rubber cups and your windshield are clean. from one side of the hook- and-loop fastener. 3. Push the bracket firmly onto the wi
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Getting Started Getting Started Your Detector Your Detector Controls • NOTE While working with this manual, page A2 can be folded out for reference In some vehicles, power is supplied to the cigarette lighter even while the ignition is to the controls on the detector unit. There are no controls on the Off. If this is the case with your vehicle and you have turned the SmartPower Off, Optional GPSL unit. you should turn Off or unplug your detector when parking for lengthy periods. Cobra recommends
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Getting Started Getting Started Your Detector Your Detector Main Standby Screen Standby Screens • Displays the maximum possible information about the Press Mute while the down arrowhead is displayed at the top center of detector and its settings. The GPSL icon will show only any Standby screen to cycle through and select a different screen. if the Optional GPSL unit is connected. The compass will The Standby screens will be displayed in the following order: show as described in the note on page
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Getting Started Getting Started Your Detector Your Detector Display Control IntelliShield Highway/City Modes • • Your detector is equipped with IntelliShield false signal rejection technology Illumination which consists of a Highway mode and three different levels of City modes: The display illumination intensity can be adjusted to suit driving conditions: City X, City X Beep Off and City X+K. ■ Highway mode provides full response to all signals detected. The City modes Bright for daytime drivin
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EasySet Menu EasySet Menu Your Detector Your Detector To use EasySet Menu mode: EasySet Menu • 1. Press the Menu/Save button to reach the opening menu screen. EasySet Menu gives you quick and easy access to all the settings on your detector. It is used to select both: 2. Choose whether you want to change: ■ User Settings (see page 16) a. User Settings – press the Dimbutton to enter the User Setting loop shown on page 14. ■ Alert Settings (see page 22) b. Alert Settings – press the Citybutton t
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Menu Flow Diagrams Menu Flow Diagrams Your Detector Your Detector Alert Settings Menu User Settings Menu • • Alert Menu allows you to selectively turn On or Off detection of some signals. User Menu allows you to adjust the unit’s display and sounds to your The Alert Settings can be selected using the Dim and City buttons by preferences. The User Settings can be selected using the Dim and scrolling through the settings as shown in the menu flow diagram below. City buttons by scrolling throu
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Settings Settings Your Detector Your Detector User Settings IntelliMute Mode • IntelliMute is a unique feature that allows you to avoid alerts you don’t need to IntelliShield City Mode Default hear because you are stopped or moving slowly. By sensing the “revs” (RPMs) City Mode Default makes three levels of Audio Alert suppression available of your engine, IntelliMute knows when you are at low speed and automatically when you toggle from Highway to City mode. The factory setting is City X. mutes
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Settings Settings Your Detector Your Detector Set IntelliMute Customizable Display Colors Your detector includes the Color Theme feature that allows you to customize After the detector is installed in your vehicle and IntelliMute is turned On the display screen color scheme to match your car’s dash illumination: using Menu mode, advance to the Set IntelliMute setup screen where the Multi-Color, Red, Blue, Orange, or Green. The factory setting is Multi-Color. activation point can be set. DisplayT
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Settings Settings Your Detector Your Detector Set Compass SmartPower Mode After the detector is installed in your vehicle and Compass is turned On Your detector includes the SmartPower feature that, when turned On, using Menu mode, the system will automatically advance to the Set Compass will put the unit into Low Power mode 15 minutes after the car’s engine calibration screen from which the calibration can be performed. has been turned Off. Before SmartPower enters Low Power mode, you will hear
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Settings Settings Your Detector Your Detector Alert Settings Spectre 1 Alert • The detector is undetectable by Spectre 1 detection devices and can alert you when such a device is in use near your vehicle. When Spectre 1 Detect mode Pop Alert is On, Spectre 1 signals will be detected and an alert will be given. During the When Pop Detect mode is On, Pop radar signals will be detected and an alert alert, the unit will continue to detect other signals. The factory setting is will be given. During t
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Detection Detection Your Detector Your Detector Detection Signal Strength • Signals Detected Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal Strength = 1 Strength = 2 Strength = 3 Strength = 4 Strength = 5 The tables on the following pages show the types of Signals your detector will detect, as well as the visual alerts it provides for each of them. Audio Alerts A distinctly different Alert tone is used for each type of signal detected (including separate tones for each laser signal). For X, K, Ka and Ku ban
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Detection Detection Your Detector Your Detector Laser Signals andVisual Displays VG-2 and Spectre 1 Alert Signals andVisual Displays VG-2 Alert Spectre 1 Kustom Signals Kustom Signals LTI 20-20* LTI Ultra-Lyte* ProLaser* ProLaser III* NOTE * Your detector provides 360˚ detection of these signals. There are different tones for each alert. NOTE Beep rate changes with different laser alerts. Instant-On Detection Your detector is designed to detect Instant-On speed monitoring signals, Strobe and Saf
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Detection Understanding Radar and Laser Your Detector Your Detector Responding to Alerts Understanding Radar and Laser • • Radar Speed Monitoring Systems Recommended Description Interpretation Three band frequencies have been approved by the Federal Communications Response Commission (FCC) for use by speed monitoring radar equipment: Tone repeats slowly at first, Probably police radar. FULL ALERT X band 10.525 GHz then speeds up rapidly. K band 24.150 GHz Tone sounds one Probably a false alarm,
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Understanding Radar and Laser Maintenance Your Detector Your Detector Pop Radar Guns Strobe Alert Special strobes mounted on the light bars of authorized emergency The Pop mode Radar Gun is a single pulse Doppler radar that is a feature vehicles (fire trucks, police cars, ambulances) automatically change traffic of a K and Ka (Bee III Ka radar gun) band Instant-On radar gun. It uses a signals as the vehicle approaches an intersection. These strobes and the single short time pulse to measure the
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Specifications OptionalGlobal Position System Your Detector OptionalGPSL Specifications • Optional Global Position System Locator (GPSL) • Band and Frequencies Overview Band Frequencies The Optional GPSL unit monitors vehicle location using the GPS satellite system X Band 10.525 ± 0.050 GHz to add features to your detector. Whenever it is installed and GPS signals are K Band 24.125 ± 0.125 GHz available, it: Safety Alert 24.070 ± 0.010 GHz ■ Provides alerts as you approach photo-enforced interse
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THIS SURFACE TOWARDS SKY THIS SURFACE TOWARDS SKY THIS SURFACE TOWARDS SKY OptionalGlobal Position System OptionalGlobal Position System OptionalGPSL OptionalGPSL Windshield Mounting Dashboard Mounting 1. Position the GPSL unit before 1. Position the GPSL unit before actually mounting it. actually mounting it. • Connect the USB cable to the • Connect the USB cable to the detector and GPSL unit. detector and GPSL unit. • Hold the GPSL unit in place. • Hold the GPSL unit in place. • Mark two corne
