OWNERS MANUAL Quick Reference
Congratulations The Cobra Road Scout combines the peace of mind of a dash cam with the meaningful alerts of a radar/laser detector. Videos recorded store location, date and time to tell your side of the story. Automatic speed-based filtering intelligently reduces false alerts. • Road Scout’s HD Performance accurately identifies real threats sooner than other detectors, and with threat direction arrows, provides you with location information about these threats.
Installation Your new detector comes with our latest EZ Mag Mount™. Simply slide the detector onto the mounting bracket fully and that’s it. To remove the detector from the mount, simply pull the detector off the mount. Mounting Tips: • Center of windshield between driver and passenger. • Ensure clear view of road ahead and sky above. • Avoid windshield wipers and heavily tinted areas. To mount the detector in your vehicle: 1 Remove backing from EZ Mag Mount.
Attach EZ Mag Mount™ to Road Scout Mount to Windshield Lock Mount Connect and Power 4
Connect detector to your smartphone via Bluetooth® 1 Power on Road Scout. 2 Install and run the Cobra iRadar app on your smartphone. 3 In the iRadar app, press the Settings button then select “Devices”. 4 Select “Road Scout ” from the list. 5 Road Scout will display “Connected” when it has paired. Press the Settings button then Home to return to the Map screen. Note: the first time you run the app, you will be prompted to register a new account.
Controls & Features Using Road Scout 1 Plug small end of SmartCord into modular jack on Road Scout and large end of SmartCord into your car’s lighter/accessory socket. 2 Road Scout should power on automatically. If not, press the device’s power button. NOTE: You can easily access and customize all of your Settings and Preferences by pressing and holding the SEN and BRT buttons. See Settings and Preferences for details.
Controls & Features EZ Mag Mount™ Area Camera Lens Speaker Rotary Dial Turn to change volume/setting Power Mute Sensitivity Brightness Display Power Press to power on. Hold for two seconds to power off. MARK To mark a location for future alerts: • Press MARK twice • Rotate the Volume/Selector Ring to select the type of marker • Press MARK again to confirm SEN Press SEN to adjust the X and K band radar detection sensitivity/range. Auto = speed adjusted.
Display Speed Alert/Speed Limit Speed Camera Wi-Fi Mode Ring Signal Band Indicator Signal Strength Meter Bluetooth® Indicator Camera Microphone Indicator GPS Indicator Sensitivity Indicator Wi-Fi Indicator Camera Indicator Grey = Not Connected to Wi-Fi Hotspot Grey = Not Recording White = Connected to Wi-Fi Hotspot Red Circle = Recording Blue = Camera Wi-Fi Mode Red Triangle = Emergency Recording 8
Display and Menu Signal Band Indicator Displays the type alert: - X Band (commonly false alerts) - K band (used by police radar and false alerts) - Ka band (almost always police radar) - Laser (almost always police) Camera Wi-Fi Mode Ring Displayed when Road Scout is in Camera Wi-Fi mode (default setting). Camera Indicator Displays status of the dash cam. Camera Microphone Indicator Microphone icon appears when audio recording is enabled.
Radar Menu User Mode • Standard In this mode, you can access and customize all settings (factory default). • Simple In this mode, you can access and customize Units (English or metric) and display color only. All other settings are set to the factory defaults. Scanning Bar Turn the scanning bar on the display off or on (factory default is on). Display Color The display graphics can be changed to blue, green, red or orange to match the instrument lighting of your vehicle (factory default is blue).
Radar Menu Disabling K band allows you to select K Narrow GPS Filter Toggles GPS off and on. GPS Filtering enables you to segments 1-4. store and lock out, or ignore, fixed location false K Narrow 1 23.950 – 24.050 GHz alerts in Road Scout’s memory. Common sources of K Narrow 2 24.050 – 24.110 GHz fixed location false alerts are storefront automatic K Narrow 3 24.110 – 24.176 GHz door openers and motion sensors. To store a false K Narrow 4 24.176 – 24.
Delete User Locations Press MARK to delete all locations you have saved. Delete Lockouts Press MARK to delete all false alert lockouts you have saved (see GPS Filter for more information about lockouts). Version Information Press MARK to display software versions. Use the Rotary Dial to cycle through the various components software versions. Update Requires iRadar mode Wi-Fi connection to a hotspot with internet access. Forces Road Scout to check for Database and Firmware software updates.
Camera Menu Recording Turns off and on recording (factory default is on). Format SD Card Press MARK to format the SD card. Microphone Turns off and on the microphone for audio recording (factory default is on). Importantly, be aware that this will erase all content on the SD card including locked SOS movie clips. Setup Camera Press MARK to enter the Camera Setup menu, then repeatedly press MARK to cycle through all of the camera setup options. Loop Clip Time Sets the duration of movie clips.
Dash Cam Instructions View and Edit Videos on Your Smartphone Install and run the Cobra Drive HD your smartphone View and Edit Videos on Your Computer The Drive HD Dash Cam Player allows you to view, edit and share video clips app on 1 Once you have installed the Cobra Drive HD App, follow the steps below to connect the Road Scout to your smartphone: www.cobra.com/apps-and-software 2 Press and hold the BRT button until “CAMERA” appears o n the display. If “iRADAR” appears, press and hold BRT again.
Radar Detector Advanced Connectivity Mode Connected car users (vehicle Wi-Fi hotspot required) Road Scout can connect to your car’s Wi-Fi (if available) for quick in-car convenient software and database updates in real time that keeps your detector accurate and precise, minimizing false alerts and improving detection. You’ll also get exclusive iRadar Community alerts without having to launch the app on your smartphone. Connecting Road Scout to Wi-Fi Note: Road Scout only supports 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (802.
3 Connect your smartphone to your car’s Wi-Fi (or make sure it is connected), through the phone’s SETTINGS. 4 In the iRadar app, go to Wi-Fi Settings > Connect to Wi-Fi > enter your car’s hotspot password and press JOIN. After successfully connecting to Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi icon will change to white. Your phone will share the car’s hotspot SSID and password with your Road Scout so the Road Scout can connect directly to the hotspot.
Troubleshooting Road Scout does not seem to detect radar consistently at long ranges I am connected to my car’s Wi-Fi hotspot but I am not receiving speed limits or Live alerts If you are using AUTO sensitivity mode, be aware that AUTO mode changes Road Scout’s X and K radar detection range based on your speed. The slower you are traveling, the shorter the detection range of X and K radar. Select HIGH sensitivity mode to always detect radar at maximum distances.
Contact Us 800.964.3138 • Cobra.com Cobra Electronics Corporation 6500 W. Cortland St., Chicago, IL 60707 Cobra One Year Limited Warranty What this warranty covers: Cobra USA, Inc. (“Cobra”) warrants your Product against all defects in materials and workmanship. For how long: One (1) year from the date of original purchase from an authorized Cobra dealer. What we will do: If a breach of warranty occurs, Cobra, at its discretion, will either repair or replace your Product free of charge.
