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Controls and Features
Speed Check
The Pro500 ‘s Speed Check feature
provides a visual indication of your vehicle
speed during the first few seconds of an
alert. This allows you to instantly check
your speed without looking at your
speedometer. Speed Check is displayed
regardless of your meter setting.
NOTE: When traveling 15 mph or
less, your speed will not be displayed.
If you prefer, you can turn the Speed
Check feature off. See Programming
for details.
Signal Strength Meter
The Pro500’s display provides an intuitive
ultra-bright display of signal strength and
text messages. The Pro500’s standard bar-
graph meter provides information on a
single radar signal. If there are multiple
signals present, the Pro500’s internal
computer will determine which one is the
most important threat to display.
When the Pro500 detects radar, it
displays the band (X, K, Ka, or Ku), and a
precise bar-graph of the signal strength.
When a laser signal is detected, the display
will read “LASER.”
NOTE: If you are operating
Pro500 in the Dark mode, the display
will not light when a signal is
detected—only the audio and the
flashing alert lamp on the SmartCord.
A few more examples will help you
better see how the ThreatDisplay works.
K9 X1
Here Threat Display shows a strong
K-band signal, and a weak X-band
signal.
Ka1 X9
Here Threat Display shows a weak
Ka-band signal, and a strong X-band
signal.
Threat Display Details
The band designators (X, K, Ka) will
stay on the display for a few seconds after
the signal has passed. This allows you to
see what the unit detected, even on very
brief signals.
Tech Display
The Pro500’s Tech Display option is also
for the experienced detector user. In this
mode, the Pro500 will display the actual
numeric frequency of the radar signal
being received.
K 24.150
Here Tech Display shows one K-band
signal at 24.150 gigahertz.
NOTE: Even long-time detector
users will require some amount of
time to get familiar with this new level
of information about detected signals.
Clearing The Database
At some point you may want to clear all of
the data in the Pro500’s database. This
includes everything in the database
including all markers and your AlertLock
locations. In order to do this, simply press
and hold the “SEN”, “BRT” and “MUTE”
buttons while powering the Pro500 on.
Once the “Erase?” message appears,
confirm by pressing the GPS button.
Threat Display
The Pro500’s Threat Display option is an
advanced display for experienced detector
users. Please use the Pro500 for a few
weeks to get familiar with its other
features before using Threat Display.
To use the Threat Display instead of
the bar graph signal strength meter, you
must select “THT” in the Pro500’s
Programming (see pages 14-17).
The Pro500’s Threat Display tracks
detailed information on multiple radar
signals and their signal strength.
Threat Display can help you spot a
change in your normal driving
environment; for example, a traffic radar
unit being operated in an area where
there are normally other signals present.
The Threat Display is actually a
miniature spectrum analyzer. It shows
what band each signal is on and its relative
signal strength.
Ka9 K2 X1
Above is the Threat Display display if the
Pro500 was detecting a strong Ka-band,
a weak K-band, and a weak X-band
signal.
As you can see, there are numeric
values indicating the signal strength for
each band.
