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XRS 99 40 12 BAND ™ MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE DIGIT AL RADAR/LASER DETECTOR WITH SUPER-XTREME RANGE SUPERHETERODYNE ™ TECHNOLOGY Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® English Operating Instructions Printed in China Part No. 480-422-P Version C Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® English For more information or to order any of our products, please visit our[...]
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Introduction A2 English Contr ols, Indicators, Connections and Displa y Introduction Controls, Indicators, Connections and Display • 12V DC P ower Jack On-Off/V olume Control Allows user to adjust the volume of the tone and voice alerts. Dim Button Adjusts the display brightness. In Menu mode, steps backward through settings. Menu/Save Button[...]
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Contents Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 1 Introduction Important Information ..........A 1 Customer Assistance ..........A 1 Controls, Indicators, Connections and Display ......A 2 Product Features . ............A 3 Overview ..................... 2 Y our Detector Installation ....................3 Getting Started ................6 P[...]
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Installation Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 3 Overview Introduction 2 English Installation • Where to Mount Y our Unit Y ou will get optimum performance from your detector if you mount it at a point approximately in the center of the vehicle, as low as possible on the front windshield without obstructing the unit’ s view of th[...]
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Installation Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 5 Installation Y our Detector 4 English 1. Attach the rubber cups to the bracket. 2. Make sure the rubber cups and your windshield are clean. 3. Push the bracket firmly onto the windshield. 4. Attach the detector to the bracket. Check that the unit is parallel to the road's surface.[...]
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T o T urn on the Unit and Adjust the Audio V olume Rotate the On-Off/Volume control clockwise (away from you). Unit will cycle through Power On / Self T est a nd display the Standby screen when complete. Standby screen will show City or Highway icon. Car Battery Voltage, Compass, and IntelliMute will also show if turned on (see note). Display chang[...]
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Muting an Alert • Y our detector allows you to quickly turn off an Audio Alert by momentarily pressing the Mute button. If you press the Mute button a second time during the alert, the Audio Alert will be turned back on. After the current alert is gone, the next alert will be heard. T wo other features are incorporated in your detector to[...]
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EasySet Pr ogramming Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 11 EasySet Pr ogramming Y our Detector 10 English EasySet Programming gives you quick and easy access to all the settings on your detector . It is used to program both: ■ User Settings (see pages 14 and 15) User Programming Menu Guide (see pages 34 and 35). ■ Alert Settings ([...]
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Pr ogram Flow Dia grams Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 13 Pr ogram Flow Dia grams Y our Detector 12 English User Settings Programming • User Programming allows you to adjust the unit’ s display and sounds to your preferences. The User Settings can be selected using the Dim and City buttons by scrolling through the sett[...]
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Settings Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 15 Settings Y our Detector 14 English User Settings • IntelliShield City Mode Default City Mode Default makes three levels of Audio Alert suppression available when you toggle from Highway to City mode (see page 8). The factory setting is City X. City X sounds a single beep when an x band [...]
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Settings Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 17 Settings Y our Detector 16 English A uto Mute Mode When Auto Mute is on, it automatically reduces the audio volume of all alerts after they have sounded for four seconds. The signals will remain muted for as long as the signal is detected. When Auto Mute is off, the alerts will sound at f[...]
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SmartPo wer Mode Y our detector includes the SmartPower feature that, when turned on, will put the unit into Standby mode (low power) 15 minutes after the car’ s engine has been turned off. Before SmartPower enters Standby mode, you will hear three beeps and SmartPower will flash on the display . T o return the unit to normal Power mode and exit [...]
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Detection Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 21 Settings Y our Detector 20 English Alert Settings • P op Aler t When Pop Detect mode is on, Pop radar signals will be detected and an alert will be given. During the alert, the unit will continue to detect other signals. The factory setting is Pop Detect off. X Band Alert When X Band D[...]
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Detection Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 23 Detection Y our Detector 22 English T ype of Signal Visual Display Voice X Band Radar X Alert K Band Radar K Alert Ka Band Radar Ka Alert Ku Band Radar Ku Alert Pop Radar Mode Pop Alert Signal Strength Chart Signal Strength = 1 (Weakest Signal) (Strongest Signal) Signal Strength = 2 Sign[...]
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Detection Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 25 Detection Y our Detector 24 English T ype of Signal Visual Display Voice Emergency Vehicles Emergency Vehicle Approaching Road Hazards Road Hazard Ahead T rains T rain Approaching T ype of Signal Visual Display Voice VG-2 Alert VG-2 Alert Spectre 1 Spectre Alert NOTE There are different [...]
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Understanding Radar and Laser Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 27 Understanding Radar and Laser Y our Detector 26 English Understanding Radar and Laser • Radar Speed Monitoring Systems Three band frequencies have been approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for use by speed monitoring radar equipment: X band 10.525[...]
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Specifications Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 29 Maintenance Y our Detector 28 English P op Radar Guns The Pop mode Radar Gun is a single pulse Doppler radar that is a feature of a K and Ka (Bee III Ka radar gun) band Instant-On radar gun. It uses a single short time pulse to measure the target vehicle’ s speed. Despite the fact[...]
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Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 31 Pr oduct Service 30 English Customer Assistance W arranty Warranty Limited 1-Y ear Warranty • For Products Pur chased in the U.S.A. Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its Cobra 12 Band Radar/Laser Detectors, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in workmanship and materials for peri[...]
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Accessories Customer Assistance Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 33 T rademark Ackno wledg ement Customer Assistance 32 English T rademark Acknowledgement • Cobra ® , DigiView ® , EasySet ® , Extra Sensory Detection ® , IntelliMute ® , IntelliShield ® , LaserEye ® , Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® , Safety Alert ® T raffic Warning Syst[...]
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Appendix Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 35 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 35 Introduction Appendix 34 English Mode T one Visual Display Voice Set customizable display colors* * * Page 18 Set car battery voltage display mode Page 19 Tw o beeps Multi One beep Red Blue Orange Green Tw o beeps Display Car Volt- age Off One beep Display Car Volt- [...]
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Appendix Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 36 Mode T one Visual Display Voice Set Pop Detect mode Page 20 Tw o beeps Pop Off One beep Pop On Set X Band Detect mode Page 20 Tw o beeps XO n One beep X Off Set K band detect mode Page 20 Tw o beeps KO n One beep K Off Set Ku Band Detect mode Page 20 Tw o beeps Ku On One beep Ku Off Set VG-2 Detect mode[...]