RadioShack 22-1695 Manual De Instrucciones

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Thank you for purchasing a RadioShack Radar CONTROLS & INDICATORS
Detector with Safety Alert. Your radar detector
can alert you to many traffic radar and laser
systems with its distinct visual and audio alerts.
It receives X-, K-, and Ka-band radar signals,
360° Laser Eye — receives
and detects both the instant-on and laser
incoming laser signals
systems many law enforcement agencies use to
directed at your vehicle from
measure vehicle speed. Plus, your detector can
all directions.
give you advance warning of potential road
hazards by detecting signals from transmitters that
broadcast Safety Alert System™ alerts.
Dim — controls the
brightness of the
Ô Note Ô
indicators
Before reading this Owner's Manual, read the supplied
booklet Questions and Answers About Vehicle Speed
Detection to familiarize yourself with the terms and uses
VOLUME/OFF — turns the
associated with your detector.
detector on and off and lets
you adjust the volume.
PACKAGE CONTENTS
Windshield
Radar Detector
Bracket with
Suction Cups
INSTALLATION
S
ELECTING A
For the best performance, select a location where the
Hook and
Loop Tape detector has a direct view of the road. The detector's
Coiled Power Cord
radar antenna is at the opposite end of the indicators.
Mounting Guidelines
• Choose a location
that does not block
the driver's view of
Questions and Answers About the road.
Vehicle Speed Detection Booklet
• Mount the detector
in a level position
SAFETY ALERT SYSTEM with a clear view of
both the front and rear of your vehicle.
The Safety Alert System employs low-powered
• Choose a location that gives the detector a view
transmitters used by some emergency services and
unobstructed by metal objects.
road crews to alert drivers to hazardous road
• Some vehicles have InstaClear
conditions. The system can indicate stationary,
have metal coatings that block signals. Check your vehicle's owner's manual to
moving, or railroad hazards.
see if your vehicle has one of these features. A detector installed in a vehicle
with one of these features might not detect a signal.
The system has the potential to dramatically
decrease the occurrence of traffic accidents by
• Since window tinting reduces the received strength of laser signals, you should
increasing drivers' awareness of local road hazards.
not mount the detector behind any tinted glass.
Having this safety alert compatible radar/laser
• Do not mount the detector where the driver or a passenger might hit it in a sudden
detector will ensure that you are ready to benefit from
stop or accident.
this system wherever it is in use.
ARE RADAR DETECTORS W
INDSHIELD
LEGAL?
1. Clean the selected windshield area,
position the bracket on the windshield,
Federal law lets you install and use a radar
and press firmly on each suction cup to
detector in automobiles and light trucks under
secure the bracket.
10,000 pounds in the United States. Presently,
Virginia and the District of Columbia have some
2. Slide the detector's bracket slot onto
laws regulating or prohibiting the use of radar
the bracket until it snaps into place.
detectors in all vehicles.
Radar Detector
with Safety Alert
Indicators
VG-2 — lights when a VG-2 signal is detected.
City (City/Highway) —
Mute — silences the
C (City) — lights when the detector is in city mode.
alert tone. switches between city
O (Moving Train) — both indicators under O (M and
and highway modes.
S) flash when the detector encounters a signal related
to a moving train from a safety alert transmitter.
• M (Emergency Vehicle) — flashes when the
detector encounters a signal related to an
emergency vehicle from a safety alert transmitter.
• S (Stationary Road Hazard Situation) — flashes
when the detector encounters a signal related to a
stationary road hazard from a safety alert
transmitter.
2 and 3 — signal strength indicators that flash to
provide a visual indication of the strength of received
VG-2
radar signals.
C
L (Laser) — both indicators under L (X and K/Ka)
S
flash when the detector encounters a laser signal.
O
• X (X-Band Radar) — displays when the detector
encounters an X-band radar signal.
M
• K/Ka (K/Ka Band Radar) — flashes when the
P
detector encounters either a K- or Ka-band radar
X
signal.
L
P (Power) — lights when the detector i i s turned on.
K/Ka 2 3
M L
Adjusting the Bracket
OUNTING OCATION
If the mounted detector is not at the optimum
viewing angle, you can adjust the mounting
CAUTION
bracket for better viewing. Carefully bend the
Do not use the mounting
bracket to adjust it to the desired angle.
bracket in a vehicle that
has a plastic safety
coating on the inside of
Ô Ô
Note
the windshield designed
Though the detector has a
to protect passengers
360° laser and radar detection
during an accident. If you
range, the radar detection is D
use the bracket on this
most sensitive in the front
type of windshield, you
range.
might permanently mar In some vehicles, the dashboard may be the best location to
the windshield's surface. mount the detector. Use the supplied hook-and-loop tape to
Mount the radar detector
mount your radar detector to the dash.
on the dashboard
instead.
® ®
or ElectriClear defogging windshields, which
M
OUNTING
Bracket Slot
22-1695
CONNECTING POWER
Plug the supplied power cord's
barrel plug into the detector's
12V DC jack. Then plug the cord's
cigarette-lighter plug into your
vehicle's cigarette-lighter socket.
Ô Note
• To prevent the detector from draining
your vehicle's battery if you leave the
detector on when you turn off the
ignition, unplug the power cord from
your vehicle's cigarette lighter socket.
• If the detector does not operate when
you turn it on, remove the cigarette-
lighter plug from your vehicle's socket
and check the socket for debris. Also,
check the fuse in the detector's plug
and your vehicle's cigarette lighter
fuse.
M
ASHBOARD OUNTING
1. Use a damp cloth to clean the bottom of the detector and the
dashboard. Let both surfaces dry.
2. Remove the tape's paper backing and
stick the tape to the bottom of the
detector.
3. Remove the backing from the other
side of the tape and firmly press your
detector onto the dashboard.
Ô Ô
Dashboard Mounting Notes
• The tape's adhesive might not stick to a surface treated with vinyl
cleaner or protectant.
• Do not place the hook-and-loop tape over the detector's serial
number.
• On a curved dashboard, cut the supplied strip in half and use one
strip on each side of the bottom of the detector.
• Be sure to place the detector out of view when you leave the
vehicle. This keeps the detector out of sight of thieves and prevents
exposure to extremely high temperatures, which can temporarily
impair your detector's performance.
OWNER'S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
12V DC Jack
Ô
CAUTION
• Use only the supplied 12V DC,
Positive (+) Tip power cord. Use of
any other power source may cause
damage.
• Before plugging the power cord's
cigarette-lighter plug into your
vehicle's cigarette-lighter socket,
make sure the plug's tip is screwed
firmly onto the plug.
OPERATION
TURNING ON THE DETECTOR
To turn on the
detector, rotate
VOLUME/OFF
toward VOLUME
until it clicks.
After self-testing,
the P (power)
VOLUME/OFF
indicator lights.
To turn off the detector, rotate toward until it
VOLUME/OFF OFF
clicks and all the LEDs turn off.
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME
Rotate toward to increase the
VOLUME/OFF VOLUME
detector's volume, rotate it toward to reduce the volume.
OFF
OPERATION SETTINGS
S C H M
ELECTING ITY AND IGHWAY ODES
Your detector has two
operating modes: City and
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Note
Highway.
• City mode helps prevent
false alerts in tightly
• City mode requires a
populated areas where laser/
stronger X-band signal
radar signals can bounce off
before the detector
surrounding structures.
sounds, or visually
• City mode has no effect on K
indicates, an alert.
or Ka-band signals or laser
alerts or instant-on radar.
• Highway mode provides
maximum sensitivity for
open-road driving. The detector is preset to Highway
mode when you turn it on.
1. To select City mode, press City . The C LED lights.
2. To return to Highway mode, press again. The C LED
City
turns off.