Beltronics Express 936 manual

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    with 6 5 Digit al V oice Me ssage s and Digit al Display Oper a ting instructions for model E9 3 6CS P R O T E C T I O N P R O T E C T I O N 360˚ TM 12893 Bel Express 936 Manual 4/26/01 2:30 PM Page 1[...]

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    in t r oduct ion Thank y ou f or p ur chasing an expr ess 93 6 Radar/Laser/Sa fety detecto r . expr ess 936 offers t he most ad vanc ed tec hnolog y a vailab le f or d etect ing all Radar and Laser speed mo nito ring dev ice s. In addi tion, expr ess 93 6 fea tures Digital V oic e, T ext M essage Dis pla y and the Safety Wa r n i n g S y s t e m ®[...]

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    ta b l e o f c o n t e n t s Prof i le of F e at u res l pag e 4 Description o f F eatur es l pag e 5 Po w e r Up T e s t S e q u e n c e l pag e 5 Tu t o r i a l M o d e l pag e 5 M emor y R eten tion of F eatur e Sele ct ions l pag e 6 A dj usting th e A udio Lev el l pag e 6 drk (Dim/Dark) B utt o n l pag e 6 au d (A udio M ut e) B utt o n l pag[...]

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    prof i le o f fe a t u re s 1. p/v (P o wer/V ol ume) Bu tto n: pres si ng p/v br i ef ly w i l l t u r n the uni t on .P r e s s i n g p/v a seco nd t ime w ill bypass the po w er u p tes t sequ ence . Pr ess ing p/v and holding wi ll change the a udio lev el. 2. T ext M essage Dis pla y : c omm unica tes all mode select ions (i.e. DIM , DARK , CI[...]

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    7. Laser Optical S enso rs: co llect Laser sig nal s fro m in f r on t and be hin d. 8. Au d i o A l e r t S p e a k e r : all au dible alerts and Dig ital V oic e Me s s a g e s a re e m i t t e d f ro m t h i s l o c a t i o n . 9. Po w e r Ja c k : using the s traig h t or c oiled c or d, ex pr ess 936 o perat es in an y v ehic le with a 13.8 vo[...]

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    sam ple alerts) pr ess cty or au d to m ov e for ward or b a ck ward thr o ugh the aler ts. During sw s ™ samp le aler ts p r ess cty to mo ve f or w ar d in the sws ™ message li st. “ MSG 1 ”w i l l a p p e a r initially in the dis pla y co nfir ming y our selecio n. P ress in g t he au d button a l lows you to li sten to t he sws ™ mess[...]

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    au d (A udio M ute) B utt o n Co ntin uo us A udio A lert P att er n Y o ur unit has been p r eset a t the facto r y to p r ovide an X, K, K a or Laser a udio aler t and Dig ital V oic e anno uncemen t of the signal det ected. Digital V oic e p r om pts ar e p r o v ided o nc e after the ini t ial a udio aler t. (N ot e: Dig ita l V oic e can be tu[...]

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    cty (Ci t y X/High wa y) Bu tto n The cty X mo de has been designed to effect iv ely r educ e un wan ted a udio aler ts caused b y in tr usio n alar ms, door o peners, and other devices whic h sha r e X band wi th p o l i c e Radar—witho ut r ed ucing sen siti v ity . Signals fr om non-po lice Radar so urc es ar e fr equen tly enc o un ter ed in [...]

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    R eset t o F actor y Sett ings Y o u can reset y our unit t o factor y sett ings f or v ol ume, drk, a ud, cty and S elec table F eatur es. W ith the unit off ,p r e s s a n d h o l d cty butt on, then p r ess au d and p/v but tons si mult a ne ou sly . Th e dis pla y w il l briefly sho w “ RESET ” and p r o v ide tw o “beeps ” . Y our unit[...]

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    disp la y and a sho r t a udible “beep ” wil l sound indica t ing y ou ar e now in th e Selec table F ea tur es M o de. 2. Immedia tely after th e “beep ” , the disp la y w il l sho w the st a tus of t h e sws ™ S elec table F eatur e: “ S WS o n ”o r “ SW S o f f ”. P r e s s the au d butt on t o selec t on or off for t h i s fea[...]

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    re g a rd l e s s o f w h i c h m o u nt i n g p o s it i on yo u c h o o s e , f o l l o w t h e basic s te ps o n the f ollo w ing pag e: 1 . Co ns ider occu pant saf et y when selec ting a moun t ing loca tion. Choose a loca t ion wh er e the uni t w ill not be hazar dous in case of an acciden t. 2 . For opt i mum de te c t ion , p os it i on y [...]

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    3. U se a scr ew dr iv er or a s mall co in to ad jus t the an gle of the s uct ion-cu p mo un t un t il the base pla te is lev el. 4 . Slid e det ec to r on to base pla te un til it snaps in to p lace. N ot e—some v ehicl es ha ve a plastic coa t in g on the i nside o f the w indsh iel d desi g ned t o pr ot ect oc cupa nts in c ase of an ac cid[...]

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     N ot e—the tip is i n two p iec es; be ca r ef ul no t to lo se ei ther pie ce or the s pring insid e the hol der . (See dia g r am on pa ge 13 ). unders t anding rad ar, l ase r and sw s ™ Thr ee Radar F req uencies Thr e e micr ow a v e fr equencies ha ve been allocated b y the fc c (F e deral Comm unica t ions Co m mission) and ar e u[...]

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    in ter pr et a t ion of aler ts Radar Aler ts The alerts pr o v ided b y y our uni t ar e aff ec ted bo th b y the ty pe o f transmiss io n (co ntin uo us wa ve o r instan t-on), and the pos ition o f the Rada r sour ce. Generall y , when y ou driv e clo ser to a Ra dar so ur ce, the in tens ity of the r ecei ved s ignal incr eases, r esul ting in [...]

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    2 . St atio nar y Rada r ai med a ro und a c orner U nder this cir cumstance, r eact ion time is co nsid erabl y r e d uced. Sinc e the Ra dar signals ar e transmi tted acr oss y our line o f trav el, ther e is generally no s ig nal a vailab le to r eceiv e un t il y ou a r e r elativ ely c lose t o the so ur ce. Once an alert is r eceiv ed, expect[...]

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    4 . M ov in g Rada r behi nd y ou, tr a v eli ng i n the sa me d ir ectio n. P olic e Radar s ignals transmi tted fr om behind y our v ehicle can be r eceiv ed when r eflec ted b y ob jec ts in fr on t o f y ou s uch as large s ig ns, b ridges and tr ucks. As y ou driv e, the size and co nfig ura tion o f these o b jec ts ar e co ns tan t ly c han [...]

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    Laser Aler ts W hen Laser is det ec ted, the disp la y w i ll flash “ LASER ” co upled w ith a dist inct Laser a udio alert. I f a v ehic le i s a lo ng distanc e fro m the sour ce o f Laser pulses, fewer pu ls es w i l l generall y be r ecei v ed. The c loser th e v ehic le is to th e so ur ce o f Laser pul ses, the g r ea t er the lik elihood[...]

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    M essage whic h is r epea ted tw ice. Af ter th e Digital V oic e, the unit wil l co n t inu e to p r esent th e message and p r ovide the “ clic king ” t o ne fo r as lo ng as an sw s ™ si g na l i s dete c ted . Y ou can r epla y the last sw s ™ message receiv ed b y pr essi ng the dr k butt on w it h i n 30 seco nds of rec ei v ing an sw[...]

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    p erformance v erifica t ion Condi tions tha t Affect Radar Aler ts I f y o u f ee l y o ur un i t i s n o t al e rti n g p r o p e r l y , k ee p i n m in d th a t ther e ar e man y co ndition s tha t influ ence th e in te nsi t y or du r at i on of an a l e r t : 1 . The po lic e ar e using ins tan t-on/pul sed Radar , in which case no signal is [...]

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    Pr oblem P ossible Ca use Corr ect iv e Proc edur e U nit not Plug no t pr operly inserted Reinsert plug and r ota te rec e iv i ng p owe r F use in pow er co rd is Re place with 1 am p defect ive 250 Vo l t 3a g fuse (see page 12 ) Lig hter s ocket not c lea n Consu lt your de al er or a and negativ ely ground ed pr ofess ional mechanic F use or e[...]

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    2.    man ufactures i ts pr oducts using pa r ts and co mpon en ts which ar e new o r equi valen t to ne w in a cc ord a n c e w i t h i n du s t r y s t a n d a rd p r a c t i c e s . 3. The enf o r ceab ility of this w arran t y is limit ed to th e o rig inal co nsumer p ur chaser and is no t transf erable t o , or e[...]

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    the in structio ns be lo w . . T o obtain ser v ice d ur ing the o ne-y ear w arran t y perio d, please call the a p pr o pria te n umber b elo w to ob tain an RA numbe r a nd sh ipping inst r uc t ions . Reme mbe r to r et ur n y our d et e ct o r po s t a g e p ai d , in s ur ed an d i n s ui ta b l e p ac k a gin g. 1-800-34 1-22 88 USA 1-800[...]

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    rang e), 250 mA Radar An t enna T y pe: P a te n ted Di ecast H orn w ith In tegrat ed T rans ition t o Micr os tr ip Mix er Maxi mum Di mensi ons: 5.3 "( l ) x 3.1 "( w ) x 1.8 "( h ) We i g h t : 9.0 ou n ces BEL TR ONICS reserves the right t o inco rporat e design imp ro vemen ts which may not be r eflected in the specifica tion s[...]

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    Head Office 2422 Dunwin Drive Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5L 1J9 (905) 828-1002 (905) 828-2951 F AX www .beltr onics.com This pr oduct is sub jec t to on e or mo re o f the fo llowing pate nts: .. . # ,  ,  . . # , , # , , # , ,  # ,, [...]

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