Cobra Electronics XRS 9950 manual

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    XRS 99 50 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. 480-423-P Version A 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 Pow e r J a c k 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 Bu[...]

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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 Po[...]

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    Windshield Mounting Dashboard Mounting 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 witho[...]

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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. 5[...]

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    7 6 English Getting Star ted Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® T o T urn On the Unit and Adjust the Audio V olume Unit will cycle through Power On / Self T est. Alert Settings will scroll. Check marks indicate which are set. (Factory defaults are shown when the unit is new .) Shows only when the Optional GPSL is installed. See page 33 for more info[...]

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    Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 9 8 English Getting Star ted Getting Star ted Standby Screens • Press Mute  while the down arrowhead is displayed at the top center of any Standby screen to cycle through and select a different screen. The Standby screens will be displayed in the following order: NOTE Compass will display if either the magneti[...]

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    Getting Star ted Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 11 Getting Star ted Display Control • Illumination The display illumination intensity can be adjusted to suit driving conditions: ■ Bright for daytime driving. (Factory default is Bright, then Display Timeout after 30 seconds.) ■ Dim for dusk driving. ■ Dimmer for night driving. ■ Dark to[...]

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    EasySet Menu Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 13 EasySet Menu Y our Detector 12 English EasySet Menu gives you quick and easy access to all the settings on your detector . It is used to select both: ■ User Settings (see page 16) ■ Alert Settings (see page 22) Refer also to the Menu Flow Diagrams on pages 14 and 15 for User Setti[...]

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    Menu Flo w Diagrams Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 15 Menu Flo w Diagrams Y our Detector 14 English User Settings Menu • User Menu 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 settings as shown in the m[...]

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    Settings Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 17 Settings Y our Detector 16 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. The factory setting is City X. City X sounds a single beep when an X band signal is fir[...]

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    Settings Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 19 Settings Y our Detector 18 English Customizable Displa y Colors Y our detector includes the Color Theme feature that allows you to customize the display screen color scheme to match your car’ s dash illumination: Multi-Color , Red, Blue, Orange, or Green. The factor y setting is Multi-C[...]

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    Set Compass After the detector is installed in your vehicle and Compass is turned On using Menu mode, the system will automatically advance to the Set Compass calibration screen from which the calibration can be performed. WARNING Before calibrating the Compass, go to a large parking lot or other safe, low-traffic area. When the instructions direct[...]

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    Settings Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 23 Settings Y our Detector 22 English Alert Settings • Po p A le r 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 [...]

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    Detection Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 25 Detection Y our Detector 24 English Detection • Signals Detected The tables on the following pages show the types of Signals your detector will detect, as well as the visual alerts it provides for each of them. A udio Aler ts A distinctly different Alert tone is used for each type of s[...]

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    Detection Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 27 Detection Y our Detector 26 English NOTE Beep rate changes with different laser alerts. Laser Signals and Visual Displays L TI 20-20* L TI Ultra-Lyte* Kustom Signals ProLaser* Kustom Signals ProLaser III* Strobe and Safety Alert Signals and Visual Displays Emergency V ehicle or Strobe* R[...]

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    Understanding Radar and Laser Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 29 Detection Y our Detector 28 English Description Interpretation Recommended Response T one repeats slowly at first, then speeds up rapidly . Probably police radar . FULL ALERT T one sounds one time only . Probably a false alarm, but possibly pulsed radar , Spectre 1 or[...]

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    Maintenance Y our Detector Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 31 Understanding Radar and Laser Y our Detector 30 English Strobe Alert Special strobes mounted on the light bars of authorized emergency vehicles (fire trucks, police cars, ambulances) automatically change traffic signals as the vehicle approaches an intersection. These strobes and the s[...]

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    Optional Global P osition System O ptional GPSL Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 33 Specifications Y our Detector 32 English Specifications • Band and Frequencies Band Frequencies X Band 10.525 ± 0.050 GHz K Band 24.125 ± 0.125 GHz Safety Alert 24.070 ± 0.010 GHz T raffic Warning 24.110 ± 0.010 GHz System 24.190 ± 0.010 GHz 24.230 ± 0.010 [...]

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    Optional Global P osition System O ptional GPSL Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 35 Optional Global P osition System O ptional GPSL 34 English 1. Position the GPSL unit before actually mounting it. • Connect the USB cable to the detector and GPSL unit. • Hold the GPSL unit in place. • Mark two corners with a pencil or other non-permanent mar[...]

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    Detection • GPSL Status The GPS icon changes to indicate received signal status: NOTE When GPS signal is lost at the Speed and Lat/Lon screens, the satellite icon will change and the data lines will be filled with dashes. Initial Satellite Lock • When the Optional GPSL is first used or after a prolonged period of nonuse, the GPSL needs more tim[...]

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    Accessories 38 English Pr oduct Service Product Service • For any questions about operating or installing this new Cobra product, or if parts are missing… PLEASE CALL COBRA FIRST… do not return this product to the store. See customer assistance on page A1. If this product should require factory ser vice, please call Cobra before sending the p[...]

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    W arranty Warranty 40 English Limited 1-Y ear W arranty • 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 period of one year from the date of first consumer purchase. This warranty ma[...]