Settings and Detection
Your Detector
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Settings
Your Detector
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Detection
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Signals Detected
The tables on the following pages show you the types of
Signals
your detector
will detect, as well as the voice and visual alerts it provides for each of them.
Audio Alerts
In
Voice Alert
mode you will first hear several tones, then a voice message
announcing the type of signal detected, followed by more tones. In
Tone Alert
mode, you will hear the tones only.
In both Voice Alert and Tone Alert modes, 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 band radar signals, the tones will repeat faster as
you approach the signal source. The repeat rate of the tones gives you useful
information about the signal detected. (See responding to alerts on page 18.)
Visual Display
An indication of the type of signal detected will appear in the UltraBright
data
Display
. During X, K, Ka and Ku alerts, a number will also appear,
indicating the strength of the signal detected. (1 = weakest, 5 = strongest)
X Signal Detected
X
K Ka V S
2
X
K
Ka V S
3
X K
Ka
V S
5
X K
Ka V S
4
K Signal Detected
Ka Signal Detected
Ku Signal Detected
To Turn Pop Alert On and Off
While no signal is
being detected,
press and hold both
the
Dim
and
City
buttons for four
seconds.
Tone
Voice
Visual Display
Pop On = Two beeps
Pop On
P
will blink twice
in the display
Pop Off
P
will blink once
in the display
Pop Off = One beep
Radar Alert Settings
The detector allows you to choose whether it will show
alerts on the X, K and
Ku bands
. The factory settings are: X Band and K Band On; Ku Band Off.
To Turn K Band On and Off
While no signal is
being detected,
press and hold both
the
Mute
and
City
buttons for four
seconds.
Tone
Voice
Visual Display
K On = Two beeps
K On
K
will blink twice
in the display
To Turn Ku Band* On and Off
While no signal is
being detected,
press and hold the
City
button for four
seconds.
Tone
Voice
Visual Display
Ku On = Two beeps
Ku On
X
and
K
will blink
twice in the display
K
will blink once
in the display
K Off = One beep
K Off
Ku Off
X
and
K
will blink
once in the display
Ku Off = One beep
To Turn X Band On and Off
While no signal is
being detected, press
and hold both the
Dim
and
Mute
buttons for four
seconds.
Tone
Voice
Visual Display
X On = Two beeps
X On
X
will blink twice
in the display
X Off
X
will blink once
in the display
X Off = One beep
Pop Alert
The Pop Mode Radar Gun is a single-pulse Doppler radar that is a feature
of a K and Ka (Bee III Ka radar gun) band Instant-On radar gun. It uses
a single, short-time pulse to measure the target vehicle’s speed.
The Pop mode receiver senses Pop singles beyond the effective range of
Pop radar guns. As the Pop mode receiver is so sensitive, you should limit
the use of Pop Detect mode to highway and rural driving.
Pop Alert
will alert you to Pop radar signals. During the alert, the unit
continues to detect other signals. The factory setting is Pop Detect Off.
Pop Alert
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