Beltronics BEL990 manual

BEL 990 Int ernational R AD AR • L ASER • S AFETY D ETECT OR Oper ating instructions for model 990 Advanced PR O TECTION System TM with Shadow T echnology ® ®®®® DIGITAL PLL SYNTHESIZED OSCILLATOR TM I N T E R N A T I O N A L F R E Q U E N C I E S W orld’ s F ir st Int erna tional F r equency R adar/La ser/Safe t y De t ect or[...]

 in t roduc t ion Thank y ou f o r pur chasin g a be l 990 Int e r n a t i o n a l Radar/Laser/ S afe t y d e tec tor w i t h t h e Adv a n c e d Pro t e c t i on Syst e m ™ and Shado w T echnolog y ® II. bel 990 In t e r n at i o n a l is the w orld ’ s first Radar/Laser/Sa f et y detecto r whic h det ects In ter na t ional Rada r fr equ e[...]

  ta b l e o f c o n t e n t s Prof i l e of Fe atu res l pag e 4 Description o f F eatur es l pag e 5 P ow er -U p T est Sequenc e/Star t-up M o de l pag e 5 Tu t o r i a l M o d e l pag e 6 Set and F o rg et M em o r y l pag e 6 R eset to F ac to r y Sett ings l pag e 7 Vo l t a g e W a r n i n g l pag e 7 drk (Bright/Dim/Da rk) B utto n l [...]

prof i l e o f fe a t u re s 1. pw r (P ow er/Star t-U p Mode) B utt o n: pr es si n g a n d ho ld i ng pw r briefly wil l turn the unit o n. Co n t inuin g t o pr ess the pw r b utt o n wil l scr oll thr ough the thr ee star t-up mode o ption s: NORMAL , MODS (M odificait on s), Q-START (Quick Start) pl us TUTORIAL MODE. 2 T ext M essage Dis pla y[...]

 7. Laser Optical S enso r s: c ollect Laser signals fr om in fr o n t and behind. 8. Au d i o A l e r t S p e a k e r : al l a udibl e aler ts and Dig ital V oic e Me s s a g e s a r e e m i t t e d f ro m t h i s l o c at i o n . 9. Po w e r J a c k : usin g the s traight o r co iled c o r d, t he bel 990 In t e r n at i o n a l o pera tes in [...]

 Q-START (Quic k-Sta r t Mo de) U n i t wi ll b ypa s s a n y f o rm o f a p o w er -u p t e s t s eq u en c e w he n po w ered-u p and w ill disp la y CITY or HIGHWAY dep endi ng upo n the mode r etained in memor y . U nit is r ead y f or op e r at i on . TUTORIAL MODE The tu to r ial mode al lo ws y ou to bec o me mo r e familiar w ith all au [...]

R eset to F acto r y Sett ings Y ou can r eset y our uni t to facto r y sett ings fo r star t-up mode, volu m e , dr k, a ud , c t y , T ra v el M o de and Selec table F eatur es. T o r eset, pr ess and ho ld the cty bu tt on un ti l the dis pla y s ho ws “ RESET ” . T wo “beeps ” wil l sound and y our unit will b e on and r e ad y for o pe[...]

pressi ng t he au d butt o n d uring an aler t. The displa y w i ll br i ef ly sh ow “ Q uite . ” N o a udibl e aler t w ill be hear d fo r a t ap pr o ximat ely 20 sec onds. I f the signal is still pr esen t after 20 seco nds, pr ess the au d bu tt on again if y o u do no t w an t to r e cei v e an y audib le alerts. N ot e—be ca use Laser a[...]

Cit y Al l Ci t y All mo de is a Selec table F eatur e of the be l 990 Int e r n at i o n a l (see S electable Fea tur es page 10 ). This fea tur e pr o v ides an alte r nate approach for i mpr ov i ng selec t ivit y o n ALL Radar Ba n ds and is id eal f o r use in ar eas w ith a high lev el o f micr ow a v e t ransmis si o ns whic h can ca use fal[...]

Enga ging In terna t io nal F r equ en cies bel 990 In t e r n at i o n a l is f a ct o r y p r es e t t o d e t ect a ll N o rth American Radar freq uencies (X, K, S uper W ideband K a). T o engag e on e o f the thr ee T ra v el M odes fo r opera tion o uts ide N or th America, with the unit on , press an d h o l d t h e ct y but ton u nt i l the [...]

 C i ty X o r C i ty A ll Wh e n “ CTY X ” is selec ted, y o ur unit p r ovides standar d X Band select iv ity which is sui tab le fo r most urban ar eas. Ci t y Al l pr o v ides an incr eased lev el o f selectivity on all Ban ds in high den si ty micro w a v e ar eas. F ac to r y setti ng is “ CTY X ”. N ot e—o nce “ CTY X ”o r[...]

 Rada r/Laser D igital V oic e Pro mp ts Wi t h “ V oi ceO N ” , unit wi ll pr o v ide Digital V o ice p ro m pts f oll o w ed b y “be e p s ” whe n X/K/K a and Laser signals ar e det ected. F act o r y sett ing is on .W i t h “ V o i c e OFF ” , unit wil l sound uniq ue a udio to nes o nly . F act o r y se ttin g is “ V oi ceO [...]

 3. Pre s s t h e au d bu tto n to mak e y our select ion. P r ess the cty bu tto n to mo ve t o the next S elec t able F ea tur e. R epea t th e pr ocess un t il y o u ha v e made y our selection f o r each o f the eight Selec table F ea tur es. 4. Pre s s t h e pw r bu tto n to exit Selec t able F ea tur es mode. T wo “beeps ” co nfir m[...]

 Dash M oun t ing Y ou can mo unt y our unit t o a lev el ar ea of y o ur v ehicle ’ s dash us ing the hoo k and loo p fastener o r the fo ur non-skid das h moun ti ng pads p r o vided. Wi n d s h i e l d B r a c k e t A s s e m b l y The visor clip is fully assem bled. To a s s e m b l e t h e w i n d s h i e l d b rack et, f ollo w this d[...]

 Vi s o r M o u nt i n g 1 . R emov e the mo un t ing brac k et co v er b y pr essing o n the raised do ts and p ushin g o u tw ar d. Sto re th e c o v er in a saf e place. 2 . Slide the visor c lip o n to th e t o p o f the det ector un t il it snap s into pla ce. C l ip t he dete c tor to t he e dge of t he sun v isor nearest the winds hie [...]

 Both X and K bands ar e w ell k no w n to mot o rists who ha v e tra v eled w ith Radar de tecto r s. In t r od uced fir st w as X band Radar whic h became co mmo n d ur ing the 1960 s. In the mid 197 0 s the lo w er po wer ed, mo r e difficult to d etect K band Radar wa s i nt ro du ce d . I n 1987 , fc c app r o val w as giv en fo r Radar [...]

 in ter pr et a t ion of a ler ts Radar Aler ts The alerts pr o v ided b y y o ur unit a r e affected bo th b y the t y pe o f transmiss io n (c o n t inu ous w a v e or in stan t-on), and the pos itio n o f the Radar so urc e. These critera h o ld true whether y ou ar e tra v eling in or o u tside o f N or th Amer ica. General ly , when y ou[...]

 2 . St a tiona r y Rada r a imed a ro und a c orner U nder this cir cumstance, r eac t ion time is co ns iderab l y r educ e d. Sinc e the Radar signals a r e t ransmi tted acr oss y ou r line o f tr a v el, ther e is generall y no signal a vailable t o r eceiv e un t il yo u ar e r ela tiv ely clo se t o the so ur ce. Onc e an aler t is r e[...]

 4 . M ov in g Rada r behi nd y ou, t r a ve lin g in the sam e di r ectio n. P olice Rada r signals transmi tt ed fr om be hind y our v ehicle can be r eceiv ed when r eflected b y ob jec ts in f r o n t of y o u such as large signs, b ridges and tr ucks. As y ou driv e, the size and co nfig uratio n o f these objects ar e co ns tan tly chan[...]

 Laser Aler ts W hen Laser is det ected, t he disp la y w il l flash “ LASER ” co upled w ith a dist inc t Laser a udio alert. I f a v ehic le is a lo ng distanc e fr o m the so ur ce o f Laser pulses, few er pu lse s w i l l generall y be r ecei v ed. The cl oser th e v ehicle is t o the so urc e o f Laser pul ses, the g r eat er the lik[...]

 A bbr ev iat e d SW S™ Cat eg or y W or ds “ Hw y W o r k ” conf ir ms Hig hway Con s t r uc t i o n / Maint e n an c e (mes sa ges 1–11 ) “ Ha z d Zo n e ” conf ir ms H ighw a y Haza r d Zone A d v isor y (mes sa ges 1 3–31 ) “ W eat he r ” conf ir ms W ea ther R ela te d H azar ds (mes sa ges 33–4 1 ) “ Tr a v I n f o[...]

 p erformance v er ifica t ion Condi tions that Aff ect Radar Aler ts I f y o u f e el y o ur un i t i s n o t a l e rt i n g p r o p e rl y , k e e p i n m in d t h a t ther e ar e man y co ndit ion s tha t infl uenc e the in ten si t y or du r at io n of a n a le r t : 1 . The po lice ar e using in stan t-on/p ulsed Ra dar , in which case n[...]

 tr ou bl es ho o t in g S olut ions for Co m mon Prob le ms I f y our uni t is no t o pera ting pr o perly , please r efer t o the out li n e b e low . Pr oblem P ossible Ca use Corr ective P roced ur e U nit not Plug no t pr operly inserted Rein sert plug and r ota te rec e iv in g p owe r F use in pow er cor d is Re place with 1 am p defec[...]

 co n su me r w ar ra n t y 2-y ear W ar ran t y 1. This w arran t y co ve rs all de f ects in mat erials and w orkmanshi p . Thi s war r ant y do es not apply if th e u nit has b ee n subjec t to ph ys ical ab use, im p r ope r in st alla t io n, modi fica tion, o r if the ho usin g o r serial num ber of the unit has been r emo v ed. 2. The [...]

 ser v ice Wa r r a n t y S e r v i c e I f y o u f e e l y o u r d e t ec t o r i s no t f un ti o ni n g p r o pe r l y p l e a se r ev ie w this man ual, par ticularly the section o n Pe r f o r m a n c e Ve r i f i c a t i o n . I f y ou still feel ser v ice is r equir ed, please f ollo w the in s truct io n s o n belo w . 1 . T o o btain[...]

 specific a t ions Radar R ecei ver F r equencies: 9.4 1 gh z (X Band), 9.9 g h z (X Band), 10.525 gh z (X Band), 13.45 gh z (X Band), 2 4.150 g h z (K Band), 24.120 g h z (K Band), 34.3 100 mh z (Ka Band), 33.4 gh z to 36.0 gh z (S uper W ideband K a) Operating T emperatur es: -4 ° f to 158 ° f ( -20 ° c to 60 ° c ) P o wer S uppl y R eq[...]

list of a c cess or ies model cost c ost descrip tion n um ber usa can ad a S uct ion C up Kit ( 2 ) d a-6 $ 2.95 $ 3.95 St rai g ht P o wer Cor d ( 4 ') d a-16 $ 9.95 $ 11.95 Coiled P o w er Cor d ( 6 ') d a-17 $ 11.95 $ 16.95 P o w er Cor d F uses ( 2 ) d a-19 $ 3.95 $ 5.95 Ho o k & L o o p F a s t e n e r d a-20 $ 2.95 $ 3.95 V iso[...]

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