Nothing
Comes Close to a Cobra
®
5
Getting Started
Your Detector
Intro
Operation
Customer
Assistance
Warranty
Notice
Main Icons
Secondary Icons
English
4
Installation
Your Detector
Intro
Operation
Customer
Assistance
Warranty
Notice
Main Icons
Secondary Icons
NOTE:
In some vehicles, power is supplied to the cigarette lighter even
while the ignition is Off. If this is the case with your vehicle, you should
turn Off or unplug your detector when parking for lengthy periods.
1.
Place the detector on the dashboard to find a location
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
from one side of the hook-
and-loop fastener.
3
. Attach the pad to the
dashboard at your chosen
location and remove the
other paper backing.
4.
Attach the detector to the
hook-and-loop fastener. You
can remove and reattach the
unit as often as you like.
5.
Plug the power cord into the
detector.
6.
Plug the cigarette lighter
adapter on the power
cord into your vehicle’s
cigarette lighter.
Dashboard Mounting
Getting Started
•
To Turn On The Unit And Adjust The Audio Volume
Rotate the
On-Off/Volume
control clockwise (away
from you).
Audible Tone
Visual Display
“Testing”
Three beeps
“System Ready”
When GPS signals are
acquired.
Audible Tone
Visual Display (GPS locked)
Chime
Icon
Sens Level
For
High
No filtering for maximum range
Medium
Minimal filtering to reduce unwanted alerts
Low
Maximum filtering to reduce unwanted alerts
Auto
When GPS is active, Auto Sens will automatically adjust
the SENS level based on your speed.
SEN Button
Setting your detector to
Low or Medium
sensitivity delays the audio alerts
for weak X band and K band signals until they become stronger. (A single beep
will sound when the signal is first detected.) Also, additional filtering is done to
reduce false alerts while you are driving in, or near, urban areas where there are
many sources for conflicting X and K band signals such as microwave towers and
automatic door openers.
Using the FALSE Button
Manually lock-out false alerts from X and K band door openers and other annoy-
ing places. Please be careful to lock-out only those sources that you know are
permanent. An alert can be unlocked by pressing and holding the FALSE button
during that alert. You can also set your User Locations by pressing and holding
the FALSE button for a few seconds.
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