Owner's Guide
How To Use Preferences
To access the Preferences menu, press and hold both the SEN and MUTE buttons. ESCORT MAX Ci will
display “Preferences,” indicating that it is in program mode.
Once in Preferences mode, the SEN button is used to review the preference categories, and the Up and Down
buttons are used to change the individual settings within the selected category.
To exit the Preferences menu, press the power button or simply wait a few seconds without pressing any
button. A “Completed” message will display, conrming your selection(s).
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Settings & Preferences – Overview
Press SEN to go from Press Up or Down to change
one category to the next your setting within a category
User Mode Advanced* Access and customize all Settings and Preferences
Novice Access and customize units and display color, (all other
Settings are set to factory defaults)
NOTE: Switch to Advance mode to view all Preferences
Pilot Mode Scanning* Scanning Bar with Full Word
Full Word Full Word: Highway, Auto, AutoNoX, or AutoLoK
Display Color Blue* / Green / Red / Amber Set color to match your vehicle’s dash intrumentation
Speed Display On* Displays current speed
Off Displays battery voltage
Cruise Alert 20 mph*, Off / 20-160 mph Offers double-beep alert tones if traveling below
specified speed
Over Speed 70 mph*, Off / 20-160 mph Reminds you when you exceed a specified speed
Meter Mode Standard Primary alert band, with bar graph of signal strength
Spec Single band with numeric frequency
Expert Multiple bands with bar graph of signal strengths
Simple Simple messages replace bands:
Caution (if traveling below Cruise Alert limit)
Slow Down (if traveling above Cruise Alert limit)
Tones Standard* Standard ESCORT alert tones
Standard+ Standard ESCORT alert tones for primary alert and
double-beep tones for additional alerts
Mild Mild doorbell chime alert tones
AutoMute Low/Med*/High/Off Automatically reduces audio to preferred volume during alert
AutoLearn On* / Off Automatically stores and locks out false alarms
Units English* / Metric Units for distance and speed
Language English* / Espanol Language for voice and text
Voice On* / Off Voice announcements
GPS Filter On* / Off Enables GPS-powered features
AutoPower Off When installed to a switched power supply, powers off with the vehicle’s ignition
1 Hour Powers off automatically after 1 hour
2 Hours Powers off automatically after 2 hours
4 Hours* Powers off automatically after 4 hours
8 Hours Powers off automatically after 8 hours
NOTE: AutoPower only works with constant power-ignition. If AutoPower is on,
the display screen goes blank after 30 minutes to save screen life.
Display screen will turn on automatically after you reach 10 mph
Band Enables Default* Default Settings for North America
Modified Customize the bands you want to monitor
Press MUTE to go from Press Up or Down to change your setting within a category
one category to the next
X Band On* / Off
K Band On* / Off Freq: 24.050 – 24.250 GHz
NOTE: When K Band is off, you can select separate segments of the band to turn on or off.
KN1 On* / Off Freq: 24.050 - 24.110 GHz KN3 On* / Off Freq: 24.175 - 24.250 GHz
KN2 On* / Off Freq: 24.110 - 24.175 GHz KN4 On / Off* Freq: 23.950 - 24.050 GHz
Ka Band On* / Off Freq: 33.400-36.000 GHz
NOTE: When Ka Band is off, you can select separate segments of the band to turn on or off.
KaN1 On / Off* Freq: 33.400 - 33.700 GHz KaN6 On / Off* Freq: 34.800 - 35.160 GHz
KaN2 On / Off* Freq: 33.700 - 33.900 GHz KaN7 On / Off* Freq: 35.160 - 35.400 GHz
KaN3 On* / Off Freq: 33.900 - 34.200 GHz KaN8 On* / Off Freq: 35.400 - 35.600 GHz
KaN4 On* / Off Freq: 34.200 - 34.600 GHz KaN9 On / Off* Freq: 35.600 - 35.840 GHz
KaN5 On */ Off Freq: 34.600 - 34.800 GHz KaN10 On / Off* Freq: 35.840 - 36.000 GHz
Ka-POP On / Off*
Laser On* / Off
TSR On* / Off Automatically rejects traffic flow sensor false alarms
Shifters Receive*/Shift /Off Select the mode used by all shifters.
Receive = receive-only mode
Marker Enables Default* Default settings
Modified Customize the types of locations you want alerted to
Press MUTE to go from Press Up or Down to change your
one category to the next setting within a category
Other On* /Off Other location
Redlight On* / Off Red light camera
Red & Speed On* / Off Red light & speed camera
Speed Camera On* / Off Speed camera
Speed Trap On* / Off Speed trap
Air Patrol On / Off* Known aircraft patroled areas
NOTE: User cannot mark an Air Patrol location
Clear Locations Marked Clear all user-marked locations. Press MUTE button to confirm
Lockouts Clear all lockouts. Press MUTE button to confirm
Defender Clear all DEFENDER Database data. Press MUTE button to confirm
Format Clear DEFENDER Database, all markers, and all lockouts.
Press MUTE button to confirm
*Default Setting
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