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Your Detector Alert Settings Spectre Audio Mode Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty When Spectre Audio mode is On, alerts will be sounded as well as being displayed on the screen. This setting is only available if Spectre Alert is On. After Spectre Alert is turned On in the Alert Settings menu, the Spectre Audio On/Off screen Secondary Icons will appear. If Spectre Audio Alert is turned Off, the audio portion of the alert will not sound. Safety and Strobe Alert When Safety Alert mode is On, Safety Alert radar signals will be detected and an alert will bNeotigceiven. During the alert, the unit will continue to detect other signals. Strobe Alert remains On when Safety Alert is turned Off. See pages 32 and 33 for more information about Safety and Strobe Alerts. Car Battery Low Voltage Warning In addition to displaying system voltage, your detector can provide a warning that battery voltage is low so that timely steps can be taken to correct the problem. The Car Battery Low alert is triggered when the voltage drops below 11.9 volts. Following the alert, the unit enters SmartPower mode to avoid further draining your car battery. NOTE For GPS settings and alerts, see the material beginning at page 38. Your Detector Radar and Laser Alerts Radar and Laser Alerts Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty • Signals Detected The tables on the following pages show the types of radar and laser signals your detector Secondary Icons will detect, as well as the visual alerts it provides for each of them. Audio Alerts A distinctly different Alert tone is used for each type of signal detected (including separate tones for each laser signal). For X, K, Ka and Ku band radar signals, the tones will rNeotpiceeat faster as you approach the signal source. The repeat rate of the tones gives you useful information about the signal detected. See responding to alerts on page 31. Visual Display An indication of the type of signal detected will appear in the OLED Data Display. During X, K, Ka and Ku alerts, you will also see symbols indicating the strength of the signal detected on a scale of one to five. Pop alerts always show at level five as soon as they are detected. Signal Strength Signal Strength = 1 Signal Strength = 2 Signal Strength = 3 Signal Strength = 4 Signal Strength = 5 Weakest Signal Radar Signals and Visual Displays X Band Radar K Band Radar Ka Band Radar Strongest Signal Ku Band Radar Pop Radar Mode 26 English Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® 27

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Alert Settings
Your Detector
Nothing
Comes Close to a Cobra
®
27
Radar and Laser Alerts
Your Detector
Spectre Audio Mode
When
Spectre Audio
mode is On, alerts will be sounded as well as being
displayed on the screen. This setting is only available if Spectre Alert is On. After
Spectre Alert is turned On in the Alert Settings menu, the Spectre Audio On/Off
screen will appear. If Spectre Audio Alert is turned Off, the audio portion of the
alert will not sound.
Safety and Strobe Alert
When
Safety Alert
mode is On, Safety Alert radar signals will be detected and an
alert will be given. During the alert, the unit will continue to detect other signals.
Strobe Alert remains On when Safety Alert is turned Off. See pages
32 and 33 for more information about Safety and Strobe Alerts.
Car Battery Low Voltage Warning
In addition to displaying system voltage, your detector can provide a warning
that battery voltage is low so that timely steps can be taken to correct the
problem. The
Car Battery Low
alert is triggered when the voltage drops below
11.9 volts. Following the alert, the unit enters SmartPower mode to avoid further
draining your car battery.
NOTE
For GPS settings and alerts, see the material beginning at page 38.
Radar and Laser Alerts
Signals Detected
The tables on the following pages show the types of radar and laser signals your
detector will detect, as well as the visual alerts it provides for each of them.
Audio Alerts
A distinctly different
Alert tone
is used for each type of signal detected (including
separate tones for each laser signal). For X, K, Ka and Ku band radar signals, the
tones will repeat faster as you approach the signal source. The repeat rate of the
tones gives you useful information about the signal detected. See responding to
alerts on page 31.
Visual Display
An indication of the type of signal detected will appear in the OLED Data Display.
During X, K, Ka and Ku alerts, you will also see symbols indicating the strength of
the signal detected on a scale of one to five. Pop alerts always show at level five
as soon as they are detected.
Signal Strength
Signal
Strength = 1
Signal
Strength = 2
Signal
Strength = 3
Signal
Strength = 4
Signal
Strength = 5
Weakest Signal
Strongest Signal
Radar Signals and Visual Displays
X Band Radar
K Band Radar
Ka Band Radar
Ku Band Radar
Pop Radar Mode