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Optional
Global Position
System Locator
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Optional
Global Position
System Locator
Optional
Global Position System Locator
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Overview
The
Optional
GPS Locator unit monitors vehicle location using the GPS satellite
system to add features to your detector. Whenever it is installed and GPS
signals are available, it:
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Provides alerts as you approach photo-enforced intersections and
locations with fixed red light or speed cameras, as well as areas where
increased caution should be exercised (such as high-accident
intersections). The built-in database can be updated at Cobra's website
to stay current with photo-enforced locations and caution areas. See
www.cobra.com/AURA for details.
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Allows you to identify and store up to 1,000 Alert Locations in
addition to those in the database .
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Provides speed and direction of travel information using GPS-based data.
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Allows you to see the position (latitude and longitude) of your vehicle.
To Mount the
Optional
GPS Locator
If you purchase the GPS Locator unit, it
will need to be mounted on the detector.
Simply plug the GPS Locator into the USB
socket on the left side of the detector.
An additional requirement for the GPS
Locator is that it needs to “see the sky.”
The satellites of the Global Positioning
System send signals that the GPS Locator
uses to determine its position on earth.
Those signals can be blocked or
weakened by incoming signals which may include windshield wiper blades,
mirrored sun screens, dark tinting at the top of the windshield and heated
windshields currently available on some vehicles (Instaclear for Ford,
Electriclear for GM). Consult your dealer to see if you have this option.
No external power connection is needed for the GPS Locator; it is powered
from the detector unit. (See page 3 for instructions on mounting your radar
detector to your vehicle.)
Mount
Optional
GPS Locator
Optional
GPS
Locator plugs
into the USB
port on left
side of radar
detector.
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GPS Locator
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GPS Locator
GPS Locator Status
The GPS icon changes to indicate received signal status:
NOTE
When GPS signal is lost at the Speed and Lat/Lon screens, the satellite icon
will change and the data lines will be filled with dashes.
Initial Satellite Lock
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When the
Optional
GPS Locator is first used or after a prolonged period of nonuse,
the GPS Locator needs more time to detect the Global Position System satellites.
1. After installation of the GPS Locator, turn the detector unit On with the
vehicle in an area clear of obstructions to the sky.
2. Keep the detector turned On for at least 15 minutes to allow fast satellite
acquisition in subsequent power-ups. The vehicle can be moving as long
as it is in an area where the GPS Locator can “see the sky.”
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GPS Locator Activated Alerts
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In addition to the alerts provided by the detector, the GPS Locator provides
alerts based on vehicle location and information in the GPS Locator databases.
Photo Enforcement Alerts
Whenever your vehicle approaches a photo enforced location (automated
speed and red light cameras) contained in the built-in GPS Locator database,
an alarm will be provided with a unique chime and the camera icon will
become progressively larger as you approach the location.
Caution Area Alerts
If you have turned Caution Area Alert On, whenever your vehicle approaches
a caution area (such as speed traps and high-accident intersections) contained
in the built-in GPS Locator database, an alarm will be provided with a unique
chime and the Caution icon will become progressively larger as you approach the
location. The factory setting is Caution Area Alert Off.
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