Beltronics RX45 manual

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    R A D A R • L A S E R • S A F E T Y • D E T E C T O R Bel tro nic s 5 4 42 West Che ster Ro ad West Che ster O H 4 50 6 9 -29 5 0 U.S. Cus tome r Ser vic e: 1. 80 0. 3 4 1. 2288 w w w.belt ro nic s.c om ©2010 Beltronics. Beltronics, R X45, Smar tShield, Aut oSc an, ThreatDispla y and T echDisplay are trademarks o f Beltronics USA , Inc. SWS [...]

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    Y our new Bel tro nic s RX4 5 is a com plet e cus tom -ins tal led r ad ar/l ase r det ect or . Th e Bel tro nic s RX4 5 in clu des full X, K , K u and Supe rW ide Ka r ada r ca pabil ity , Dig ital Sig nal P roc ess ing ( DSP ) f or s uperi or ra ng e an d re duc ed f als e al arms, our pat ent ed Mu te a nd A uto Mut e, a udib le and vis ual band[...]

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    In tro ductio n • Co ngr atul atio ns • IMP ORT ANT W ARN ING • Qui ck Ref ere nce G uide 4-5 C ont ro ls an d F ea tur es 6-1 1 • P ow er 6 • P ow er-on in dica tion 6 • V olum e Adj ust 6 • Au toMu te 7 • Au toSc an / High wa y / Aut o NoX 7 • Dis play B righ tnes s 8 • Dark M ode 9 • Au dibl e Alerts 9 • Sig nal St ren gt[...]

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    P ow er T o turn th e RX 45 on or o ff, sim pl y pr ess t he po we r but ton locat ed on the fa r lef t si de of the dis pla y co ntr oll er . NOT E: W e r ecom men d wi ring the RX4 5 to the vehic le’ s ig niti on s witc h so it turns on a nd off wit h th e key . V ol ume C ontr ol/ Mute Bu tton T o set your vo lum e lev el fo r al erts, pr ess [...]

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    6 7 P ow er The Bel tro nics RX4 5 wa s des ign ed to turn on and off with t he ig nit ion once it is ins tal led. This is ac com plis hed by con nec ting the 12-v ol t in terf ac e to a s witc he d A CC conn ect ion at the fuse pan el. (Se e in stal lat ion manua l f or instru ctio ns. ) If you pref er , y ou may also turn the RX4 5 on a nd off by[...]

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    Dar k Mod e If you selec t Dar k mode o n the RX4 5, t he dis pla y w ill not pr ov ide any indic atio n th at it is on. NO TE: Whe n the RX4 5 is in th e Dar k Mo de, the di spl ay w ill not sh ow vis ual aler ts when i t de tect s si gnal s. Onl y th e aud ibl e al ert will tell you of det ect ed si gna ls. A udib le A lerts For Rad ar si gna ls:[...]

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    Th re atDi spl ay Bel tro nic s’ s e xclu siv e Thr eat Disp la y op tio n is an adv anc ed di spl ay f or e xp erie nced det ect or us ers. P lea se us e th e RX4 5 f or a f ew week s to ge t fu ll y fa mil iar w ith its oth er f ea tur es b ef or e usi ng Thr eat Disp la y . T o use the Thre atD isp la y ins tea d of the sta nda rd bar g rap h [...]

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    The re are 5 user -se lect abl e pr og ram min g opt ion s on the RX 45. Thi s all ow s yo u to set it up the wa y y ou p ref er . T o acce ss P rog ra mmi ng, simp ly pre ss the but tons tha t ar e norm all y us ed f or brig htne ss ( BRT ) an d sen sit ivit y (S ENS) at the sam e tim e. O nce you acc ess Pr ogr am ming , th e BR T bu tto n is use[...]

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    Pi lot Light (P o we r-on in dica tio n) NOT E: W hen you ar e using the Dar k Mod e, t he di spl ay w ill be com ple tely dar k. Pi l ot H WY (F ull descrip tio n) In this s etti ng, the RX45 wil l dis pla y Hi g hw a y , Au t oS c an , o r A ut o No X as i ts po we r-on ind icat ion . (f ac tory def au lt) Pi l ot H (L ette r) In this s etti ng, [...]

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    1 6 1 7 Alt hou gh th e RX 45 ha s a co mpr ehe nsi ve wa rning syst em a nd th is h andb ook is as com ple te as we can make it, on ly e xpe rienc e wi ll te ac h y ou w hat to e xpe ct fr om y our RX4 5 and how to in ter pre t wh at it “tell s” y ou. The r adar ale rts y ou r ece iv e ar e aff ect ed by the speci fic type of r ada r bei ng us[...]

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    1 8 1 9 Ho w Rada r W orks T raff ic r adar , w hic h c onsi sts of mi cro wa ve s, tr av els in st rai ght line s an d is easil y re f lecte d by o bjec ts s uch as c ars, t ruck s, ev en g uar dra ils and ove rpa sses . Ra dar wo rk s by d ire cti ng it s mi cro wa ve beam do wn th e ro ad. As y our vehi cl e tr av els into ra ng e, the micro wa [...]

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    20 2 1 Ho w Las er (L idar ) W orks Las er s peed det ecti on i s act ual ly LID A R (Li ght Dete cti on an d Ra ngin g). LID AR gun s pr ojec t a b eam of inv isi ble inf rar ed light . The sig nal is a se ries o f v ery s hort infr are d lig ht e nergy puls es, whi ch mov e, in a str aig ht line, re f lecti ng off yo ur ca r an d re turni ng to t[...]

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    22 23 Ho w SW S W or ks SW S T ext Mes sag es Hig h wa y C ons tru ctio n or Ma in ten anc e 1 W or k Zo n e Ah ea d 2 R oa d Cl o se d Ah e ad / Fo l lo w De to u r 3 B ri d ge Cl os e d Ah ea d / Fo l lo w De to u r 4 H ig h wa y Wo r k Cr e ws Ah e ad 5 U ti l it y Wo r k Cr e ws Ah e ad 6 A ll Tr af f ic Fo l lo w De t ou r Ah e ad 7 A ll Tr uc[...]

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    Pr obl em RX4 5 beep s brie f ly at t he sa me loc atio n ev ery d ay , but no ra dar sou rce is in s ight . RX4 5 does not s eem se nsit iv e to ra dar or lase r . RX4 5 did n ot al ert whe n a pol ice car w as i n vie w . RX4 5 did n ot pr ovi de a Sa fe ty si gnal whi le wit hin r ang e of an eme rg ency v eh icl e. The R X45’ s aud ibl e aler[...]

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    BEL TRON ICS On e Y ear Lim ite d W arra nty BEL TR ONI CS w arra nts yo ur RX 45 ag ains t all def ec ts in mat erial s and wo rk man ship f or a perio d of one (1 ) y ear from the da te o f the origi nal purc ha se, sub ject to t he f oll owi ng te rms an d co ndit ion s: The sol e re spon sib ilit y of BEL TR ONIC S und er t his W arrant y is li[...]

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    28  Re move c ard along perfor at ions  SH IFT ER P ACK Pa r ts and Acc essori es 29 P arts Rep lac emen t pa rts ar e av ai labl e fr om bel tro nic s.co m or yo ur de ale r . A cc ess orie s Acc ess ories are a vai lab le fr om bel tro nic s.co m or yo ur de ale r . Shi fte r Pac k .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... .. $24 9.9 5 A[...]