User's Manual

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra
®
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Settings and Detection
Detection
Your Detector
Intro Operation Customer
Assistance
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Your Detector
Intro Operation Customer
Assistance
Warranty
Notice
Main Icons
Secondary Icons
Radar Alerts
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In More detail mode the radar band, signal strength and frequency of the detected
radar signal will be displayed.
If you are a new user of radar detectors, you may want to use the Less detail
mode. In this mode the display will only show one, two, or three bars which
indicate how likely the alert is to be a police radar or laser gun. This threat level
indication takes into account the laser or radar band, strength, and frequency of
the detected signal.
Level Display Threat
1 Low
2
Medium
3
High
Police use radar detector detectors (RDDs) to spot users of radar detectors.
Your detector is able to identify signals from VG-2, Spectre I and Spectre IV+
RDDs and can provide alerts when any of these or similar devices are in use
near your vehicle.
Radar Alerts - Radar Detector-Detectors
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Laser Alerts
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With Laser signals you will always receive a full strength alert. In More Detail
mode the word Laser will be shown on the display along with the pulse rate of
the Laser signal. In Less Detail mode three signal strength bars will be shown.
Description Interpretation Recommended Response
Tone repeats slowly at rst,
then speeds up rapidly.
Probably police radar. FULL ALERT
Tone sounds one time only. Probably a false alarm,
but possibly pulsed radar
or VG-2 nearby.
Exercise caution
Tone instantly begins
repeating rapidly.
Radar or VG-2 nearby has
been activated suddenly.
FULL ALERT
Tone repeats slowly as you
approach a hill or bridge,
then speeds up sharply as
you reach it.
Probably police radar
beyond the hill or bridge.
FULL ALERT
Tone repeats slowly for a
short period.
Probably a false alarm. Exercise caution
Any type of laser alert. Laser alerts are never
false alarms.
FULL ALERT
Responding to Alerts
Radar Band
Frequency
Signal Strength
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