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RADAR LASER SAFETY DETECTOR
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Features, specifications and prices subject to change without notice. Owner’s Manual
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Congratulations Table of Contents Your new TurboCharged Passport 7500S is If you’ve used a radar detector before, a Quick Reference Guide 2-3 EZ-Programming 10-14 the most advanced radar detector available. review of the Quick Reference Guide on The 7500S includes full X, K, and pages 2 and 3, and the EZ-Programming Installation 4-5 • How to use EZ-Programming 10 SuperWide Ka radar protection, front and information on pages 10 and 11 will briefly rear laser detection, Digital Signal explain the
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Congratulations Table of Contents Your new TurboCharged Passport 7500S is If you’ve used a radar detector before, a Quick Reference Guide 2-3 EZ-Programming 10-14 the most advanced radar detector available. review of the Quick Reference Guide on The 7500S includes full X, K, and pages 2 and 3, and the EZ-Programming Installation 4-5 • How to use EZ-Programming 10 SuperWide Ka radar protection, front and information on pages 10 and 11 will briefly rear laser detection, Digital Signal explain the
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Quick Reference Guide EasyMount Slot Radar Antenna and Laser Lens Dim Button To begin using your Passport, Insert Passport’s adjustable Windshield The rear panel of your Passport should have Press to adjust display brightness. There are just follow these simple steps mount into this slot. Page 4-5 a clear view of the road ahead. For best three brightness settings, plus Dark Mode. performance, do not mount Passport Page 7 1 Plug the small end of the power cord directly behind windshield wipers
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Quick Reference Guide EasyMount Slot Radar Antenna and Laser Lens Dim Button To begin using your Passport, Insert Passport’s adjustable Windshield The rear panel of your Passport should have Press to adjust display brightness. There are just follow these simple steps mount into this slot. Page 4-5 a clear view of the road ahead. For best three brightness settings, plus Dark Mode. performance, do not mount Passport Page 7 1 Plug the small end of the power cord directly behind windshield wipers
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Installation Power Connection Mounting Location Windshield Mount Caution! A few vehicles (including some Porsches) To power Passport, plug the small end of WARNING: ESCORT cannot anticipate the Passport’s EasyMount windshield bracket is the supplied coiled power cord into the many ways Passport can be mounted. It is designed for unobtrusive and hassle-free have windshields with a soft anti-lacerative coating on the inside surface. Use of suction telephone-type power jack on Passport’s important
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Installation Power Connection Mounting Location Windshield Mount Caution! A few vehicles (including some Porsches) To power Passport, plug the small end of WARNING: ESCORT cannot anticipate the Passport’s EasyMount windshield bracket is the supplied coiled power cord into the many ways Passport can be mounted. It is designed for unobtrusive and hassle-free have windshields with a soft anti-lacerative coating on the inside surface. Use of suction telephone-type power jack on Passport’s important
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Controls and Features Power and volume control Mute Dim / Dark Switch Audible Alerts To turn Passport on and adjust the alert The Mute button, located on Passport’s Passport’s Dim button selects the brightness tone volume level, rotate the thumbwheel front panel, allows you to silence the audio of Passport's display. There are four settings: For Radar signals: on Passport’s left side. Turn the control alert during a radar encounter. Maximum, Medium, Minimum, and Dark. Passport uses a Geiger-coun
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Controls and Features Power and volume control Mute Dim / Dark Switch Audible Alerts To turn Passport on and adjust the alert The Mute button, located on Passport’s Passport’s Dim button selects the brightness tone volume level, rotate the thumbwheel front panel, allows you to silence the audio of Passport's display. There are four settings: For Radar signals: on Passport’s left side. Turn the control alert during a radar encounter. Maximum, Medium, Minimum, and Dark. Passport uses a Geiger-coun
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Controls and Features Power Connector signals present, Passport’s internal computer The ExpertMeter is actually a miniature X Passport’s new power jack uses a determines which is the most important spectrum analyzer. It shows what band On very weak signals, there will not be a telephone- type connector. This new 4- threat to show on the bar-graph meter. each signal is and its signal strength. vertical line at all. This shows a very weak conductor connector works with the When Passport detects ra
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Controls and Features Power Connector signals present, Passport’s internal computer The ExpertMeter is actually a miniature X Passport’s new power jack uses a determines which is the most important spectrum analyzer. It shows what band On very weak signals, there will not be a telephone- type connector. This new 4- threat to show on the bar-graph meter. each signal is and its signal strength. vertical line at all. This shows a very weak conductor connector works with the When Passport detects ra
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EZ-Programming Overview of EZ-Programming There are 10 user-selectable options so you An example Press the REVIEW button Press the CHANGE button can customize your Passport 7500S for your For example, here is how you would turn to go from one category to change your setting to the next within a category own preferences. The buttons labeled CITY Passport’s AutoMute feature off. and DIM are also used to enter the Program PILOT LIGHT Pilot HWY *Full word: Highway or Auto or City Mode, REVIEW your
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EZ-Programming Overview of EZ-Programming There are 10 user-selectable options so you An example Press the REVIEW button Press the CHANGE button can customize your Passport 7500S for your For example, here is how you would turn to go from one category to change your setting to the next within a category own preferences. The buttons labeled CITY Passport’s AutoMute feature off. and DIM are also used to enter the Program PILOT LIGHT Pilot HWY *Full word: Highway or Auto or City Mode, REVIEW your
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Details of EZ-Programming Pilot Light (Power-on indication) Power-on Sequence AutoMute City Mode Sensitivity Note: When you are using the Dark mode, PwrOnSTD (Standard) aMute ON (AutoMute on) City STD (Standard) the display will only show HD, AD, or CD, In this setting, each time you turn on In this setting, Passport’s audio alerts will In this setting, when you put Passport in the (Highway-Dark, Auto-Dark, or City-Dark). Passport, it will display “Passport 7500S,” initially be at the volume yo
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Details of EZ-Programming Pilot Light (Power-on indication) Power-on Sequence AutoMute City Mode Sensitivity Note: When you are using the Dark mode, PwrOnSTD (Standard) aMute ON (AutoMute on) City STD (Standard) the display will only show HD, AD, or CD, In this setting, each time you turn on In this setting, Passport’s audio alerts will In this setting, when you put Passport in the (Highway-Dark, Auto-Dark, or City-Dark). Passport, it will display “Passport 7500S,” initially be at the volume yo
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Details of EZ-Programming Technical Details Brightness HD, AD, or CD, indicating Highway-Dark, Features and Specifications • City Mode Sensitivity Brt LAST (last) Auto-Dark, or City-Dark. (factory default) • Display Brightness In this setting, when you turn on Passport, Operating Bands • Dark Mode the display will be the last brightness you Dark ALL (all) • X-band 10.525 GHz ± 25 MHz • Safety Warning System Alerts had selected during operation with the dim In this setting, when you select the da
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Details of EZ-Programming Technical Details Brightness HD, AD, or CD, indicating Highway-Dark, Features and Specifications • City Mode Sensitivity Brt LAST (last) Auto-Dark, or City-Dark. (factory default) • Display Brightness In this setting, when you turn on Passport, Operating Bands • Dark Mode the display will be the last brightness you Dark ALL (all) • X-band 10.525 GHz ± 25 MHz • Safety Warning System Alerts had selected during operation with the dim In this setting, when you select the da
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Technical Details Interpreting Alerts used, the type of transmission (continuous Alert Explanation Although Passport has a comprehensive or instant-on) and the location of the radar Passport alerts slowly for awhile and then You are approaching a radar unit concealed by warning system and this handbook is as source affect the radar alerts you receive. abruptly jumps to a strong alert. a hill or an obstructed curve. complete as we can make it, only experi- The following examples will give you enc
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Technical Details Interpreting Alerts used, the type of transmission (continuous Alert Explanation Although Passport has a comprehensive or instant-on) and the location of the radar Passport alerts slowly for awhile and then You are approaching a radar unit concealed by warning system and this handbook is as source affect the radar alerts you receive. abruptly jumps to a strong alert. a hill or an obstructed curve. complete as we can make it, only experi- The following examples will give you enc
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Technical Details How Radar Works Radar range also depends on the power How Laser (Lidar) Works There are limitations to LIDAR equip- Traffic radar, which consists of microwaves, of the radar equipment itself. The strength Laser speed detection is actually LIDAR ment. LIDAR is much more sensitive to travels in straight lines and is easily reflected of the radar unit's beam diminishes with (Light Detection and Ranging). LIDAR guns weather conditions than RADAR, and a by objects such as cars, truc
