Beltronics Express 935 manual

BEL TRONICS 5442 W est Chester Road W est Chester OH 45069 USA USA 800-341-2288 Canada 800-268-3994 www .beltr onics.com ©2004 Beltr onics Designed and Manufactur ed In Canada Featur es, specifications and prices subject to change without notice. Model E935[...]

RAD AR • LASER • SAFETY DETECT OR Owner’ s Manual[...]

Thank you for pur chasing an EXPRESS 935 Radar/Laser/Safety detector . EXPRESS 935 of fers the most advanced technology available for detecting all Radar and Laser speed monitoring devices. In addition, EXPRESS 935 featur es Digital V oice, T ext Message Display and the Safety W ar ning System ® with 60 Digital V oice messages. T o ensur e maximum[...]

3 Pr ofile of Featur es ➤ pag e 4 Description of Featur es ➤ pag e 5 Power Up T est Sequence ➤ pag e 5 T utorial Mode ➤ pag e 5 Memory Retention of Featur e Selections ➤ pag e 6 Adjusting the Audio Level ➤ pag e 6 DARK (Bright/Dim/Dark) Button ➤ pag e 6 AUDIO (Audio Mute) Button ➤ pag e 7 CITY (City/Highway) Button ➤ pag e 8 Reset[...]

1. PWR / VOL (Power/V olume) Button: pr essing PWR / VOL briefly will tur n the unit ON . Pr essing PWR / VOL a second time will bypass the power up test sequence. Pr essing PWR / VOL and holding will change the audio level. 2. T ext Message Display: communicates all mode selections (i.e. DIM , DARK , CITY , HIGHWAY , and AUTOMUTE ) and confir ms R[...]

7. Laser Optical Sensors: collect Laser signals fr om in fr ont and behind. 8. Audio Alert Speaker: all audible alerts and Digital V oice Messages ar e emitted fr om this location. 9. Power Jack: using the enclosed power cord, EXPRESS 935 operates in any vehicle with a 12 volt DC negative gr ound system. Power-Up T est Sequence Each time your detec[...]

sample alerts) pr ess CITY or AUDIO to move forward or backward thr ough the alerts. During sws ™ sample alerts pr ess CITY to move forward in the sws ™ message list. “ MSG 1 ” will appear initially in the display confir ming your selection. Pr essing the AUDIO button allows you to listen to the sws ™ message while viewing it in the displ[...]

7 AUDIO (Audio Mute) Button Contin uous A udio Aler t P atter n Y our unit has been pr eset at the factory to pr ovide an X, K, Ka or Laser Digital V oice announcement of the signal detected. Digital V oice pr ompts ar e pr ovided once after the initial audio alert. Note: Dig ital V oice can be tur ned OFF , ( see pag e 9). This standard setting is[...]

CITY (City Highway) Button The CITY X mode has been designed to ef fectively r educe unwanted audio alerts caused by intrusion alar ms, door openers, and other devices which shar e X band with police Radar—without r educing sensitivity. Signals fr om non-police Radar sour ces ar e fr equently encounter ed in urban and sub- urban ar eas, making us[...]

Reset to Factory Settings Y ou can r eset your unit to factory settings for volume, DARK , AUDIO , CITY and Selectable Featur es. W ith the unit OFF , pr ess and hold CITY button, then pr ess AUDIO and PWR / VOL buttons simultaneously. The display will briefly show “ RESET ” and pr ovide two “beeps”. Y our unit is now r eset to its original[...]

Entering Selectable Featur es Mode 1. W ith the unit OFF , pr ess and hold CITY button, then pr ess the PWR / VOL button. The word “ FEATURES ” will appear in the display and a short audible “beep” will sound indicating you ar e now in the Selectable Featur es Mode. 2. Immediately after the “beep”, the display will show the status of th[...]

as an option on some vehicles. This type of windshield makes any dash, visor or windshield mounted detector inef fective. (If in doubt, check with an appr opriate dealership to see if this applies to your vehicle.) T o achieve optimum per for mance, r egardless of which mounting position you choose, follow these basic steps: 1. Consider occupant sa[...]

3. Use a scr ew driver or a small coin to adjust the angle of the suction-cup mount until the base plate is level. 4. Slide detector onto base plate unit, it snaps into place. Note: Some v ehic les ha v e a plastic coating on the inside of the wind - shield designed to pr otect occupants in case of an accident. Use of the windshield br ack et on th[...]

Note— the tip is in tw o pieces; be car eful not to lose either piece or the spr ing inside the holder . Thr ee Radar Fr equencies Thr ee micr owave fr equencies have been allocated by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and ar e used for traf fic Radar: X, K and Super W ideband Ka. Y our EXPRESS 935 detects all thr ee bands. T otal T rac[...]

INTERPRET A TION OF ALER TS Radar Alerts The alerts pr ovided by your unit ar e af fected both by the type of transmission (continuous wave or instant-on), and the position of the Radar sour ce. Generally, when you drive closer to a Radar sour ce, the intensity of the r eceived signal incr eases, r esulting in the incr ease of the number of bar gra[...]

15 2. Stationar y Radar aimed ar ound a cor ner Under this cir cumstance, r eaction time is considerably r educed. Since the Radar signals ar e transmitted acr oss your line of travel, ther e is generally no signal available to r eceive until you ar e r elatively close to the sour ce. Once an alert is r eceived, expect the str ength of the signal t[...]

4 . Mo ving Radar behind y ou, tr av eling in the same dir ection. Police Radar signals transmitted fr om behind your vehicle can be r eceived when r eflected by objects in fr ont of you such as lar ge signs, bridges and trucks. As you drive, the size and configuration of these objects ar e constantly changing causing the str ength of any r eflecte[...]

Laser Alerts When Laser is detected, the display will flash “ LASER ” coupled with a distinct Laser audio alert. If a vehicle is a long distance fr om the sour ce of Laser pulses, fewer pulses will generally be r eceived. The closer the vehicle is to the sour ce of Laser pulses, the gr eater the likelihood of r eceiving a steady str eam of Lase[...]

Message which is r epeated twice. After the Digital V oice, the unit will continue to pr esent the message and pr ovide the “clicking” tone for as long as an sws ™ signal is detected. Y ou can r eplay the last sws ™ message r eceived by pr essing the DARK button within 30 seconds of r eceiving an sws ™ alert. Both Digital V oice and T ext[...]

19 Conditions that Af fect Radar Alerts If you feel your unit is not alerting pr operly, keep in mind that ther e ar e many conditions that influence the intensity or duration of an alert: 1. The police ar e using instant-on/pulsed Radar , in which case no signal is transmitted until visual contact has been made with your vehicle. For detection of [...]

TROUBLESHOOTING Solutions for Common Pr oblems If your unit is not operating pr operly, please r efer to the outline below. If you experience a pr oblem with your unit that is not cover ed in this outline please call, Monday to Friday, 8 AM -6 PM EST , for assistance : 800-341-2288 U SA 800-268-3994 C ANADA 20 Pr oblem Possible Cause Corr ective Pr[...]

l-Y ear W arranty 1. This warranty covers all defects in materials and workmanship. This warranty does not apply if the unit has been subject to physical abuse, impr oper installation, modification, or if the housing or serial number of the unit has been r emoved. 2. BEL TRONICS manufactur es its pr oducts using parts and components which ar e new [...]

W arranty Service If you feel your detector is not functioning pr operly please r eview this manual, particularly the section on P erf or mance V er if ication . If you still feel service is r equir ed, please follow the instructions below. 1. T o obtain service during the one-year warranty period, please call the appr opriate number below to obtai[...]

Radar Receiver Fr equencies: l0.45 GHz to l0.60 GHz (X Band), 24.05 GHz to 24.25 GHz (K Band), 33.4 GHz to 36.0 GHz (Super W ideband Ka) Operating T emperatur es: -4 ° F to 158 ° F (-20 ° C to 70 ° C) Power Supply Requir ements: 11.5 V olts, 200 mA Radar Antenna T ype: Patented Diecast Hor n with Integrated T ransition to Micr ostrip Mixer Maxi[...]