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Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra

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Installation

Intro

Operation

Customer
Assistance

Warranty

Notice

Secondary Icons

Your Detector

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Installation

Intro

Operation

Customer
Assistance

Warranty

Notice

Secondary Icons

Your Detector

2

English

Installation

Where to Mount Your Unit

You will get optimum performance from your detector if you Mount it at a
point approximately in the center of the vehicle, as low as possible on the
front windshield without obstructing the unit’s view of the road either to 
the front or rear. You can also mount it directly on the dashboard. 

The unit’s lens must not be blocked and the LaserEye should have a clear view
out the back window to allow 360° detection.

Radar and laser signals pass through glass but not through other materials
and objects. Objects that can block or weaken incoming signals include: 

Windshield wiper blades

Mirrored sun screens

Dark tinting at the top of the windshield

Heated windshields currently available on some vehicles 
(Instaclear for Ford, Electriclear for GM). Consult your dealer 
to see if you have this option.

Windshield Mounting

The LaserEye Should Have a Clear View

Windshield Mounting

Dashboard Mounting

1.

Attach the rubber 
cups to the bracket.

2. Make sure the rubber cups and your windshield are clean.

3. Push the bracket firmly

onto the windshield.

4. Attach the detector to 

the bracket. Check the 
angle of the unit.

5. To adjust the angle if

necessary, gently push or
pull on the bracket to bend
it. DO NOT use the detector
to bend the bracket.

6. Plug the power cord 

into the detector.

7. Plug the cigarette lighter

adapter on the power 
cord into your vehicle’s
cigarette lighter.

8. You can temporarily remove the detector whenever you 

wish by pressing the bracket release button and sliding 
it off the bracket.

Summary of Contents for XRS 9740

Page 1: ...ounter any problems with this product or not understand its many features please refer to this owner s manual If you require further assistance after reading this manual Cobra Electronics offers the f...

Page 2: ...rom Cobra Just look at some of the sophisticated features and capabilities your new unit includes This booklet describes the simple steps for mounting and setting up your detector It also provides hel...

Page 3: ...d Tone Alert Modes 13 Auxiliary Audio Jack 13 IntelliMute 14 Compass 17 Pop Alert 19 K Ku and X Band Detection 19 VG 2 Alert 20 Spectre 1 Alert 21 SmartPower 22 DigiView Data Display Brightness 23 Det...

Page 4: ...hat can block or weaken incoming signals include Windshield wiper blades Mirrored sun screens Dark tinting at the top of the windshield Heated windshields currently available on some vehicles Instacle...

Page 5: ...ce Alert Power On Testing On Off Volume Control Rotate clockwise away from you NOTE In some vehicles power is supplied to the cigarette lighter even while the ignition is off If this is the case with...

Page 6: ...ice Secondary Icons Your Detector Program Mute Button Press and hold Press and release Select Dim Button Press and release Set City Button Press and release To Use Program Mode Press and hold the Prog...

Page 7: ...llows you to exit Program mode 9 EasySet Programming 8 English Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Notice Secondary Icons Your Detector The settings for these user modes can also be changed w...

Page 8: ...ode or directly using the Set City button Set City Button Press and release City Mode Highway Mode N W h N W c To Change From Highway Mode to City Mode Press and release the Set City button Tone Visua...

Page 9: ...ected Muting an Alert Your detector allows you to quickly turn off an Audio Alert by momentarily pressing the Program Mute button If you press the Program Mute button a second time during the Alert th...

Page 10: ...n Customer Assistance Warranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Below Activation Point N W i h Above Activation Point N...

Page 11: ...mplete loops will work as well as two circles It does not matter what size the circles are if your speed is constant or how fast you make the circles but less than two minutes Please be careful when m...

Page 12: ...ranty Notice n Icons condary Icons To Calibrate the Compass Using Program Mode See Page 7 For Instructions on Using Program Mode In Program mode go to Set Compass Tone Visual Display Voice None Set Co...

Page 13: ...Using Program Mode In Program mode go to Spectre 1 Audio Tone Visual Display Voice Two beeps Spectre Audio On Spectre Audio On One beep Spectre Audio Off Spectre Audio Off Settings Intro Operation Cus...

Page 14: ...time Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Dim Display Dim Bright Display Bright Dimmer Display Dimmer Dark Display Dark Settings Intro Operation Customer Ass...

Page 15: ...ating the strength of the signal detected Signal Strength Chart Signal Strength 1 Weakest Signal Signal Strength 2 Signal Strength 3 Signal Strength 4 Signal Strength 5 Strongest Signal _ _ 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 16: ...Approaching VG 2 and Spectre 1 Alert Signals and Visual Displays Type of Signal Visual Display Voice VG 2 Alert VG2 VG 2 Alert Spectre 1 Spectre1 Spectre Alert Detection Intro Operation Customer Assi...

Page 17: ...ly and may often encounter emergency vehicles trains and road hazards without being alerted As the number of transmitters increases these alerts will become more common When you receive such an alert...

Page 18: ...required replace it with a 2 amp fuse only Understanding Radar and Laser Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Notice Secondary Icons Your Detector Strobe Alert Special strobes mounted on the l...

Page 19: ...maged by accident 2 In the event of misuse or abuse of the product or as a result of unauthorized alterations or repairs 3 If the serial number has been altered defaced or removed 4 If the owner of th...

Page 20: ...installing this new Cobra product or if parts are missing PLEASE CALL COBRA FIRST do not return this product to the store See customer assistance on page A1 If this product should require factory serv...

Page 21: ...ur local Cobra dealer or in the U S A you can order directly from Cobra See ordering info on page 37 Windshield Mounting Bracket Includes suction cups Item 545 159 N 001 Straight 12V DC Power Cord Inc...

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