User's Manual
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English
Optional
Global Position
System Locator
Optional
Global Position System Locator
•
Overview
The
Optional
GPS Locator unit monitors vehicle location using the GPS satellite
system to add features to your detector. Whenever it is installed and GPS
signals are available, it:
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Provides alerts as you approach photo-enforced intersections and
locations with fixed red light or speed cameras, as well as areas where
increased caution should be exercised (such as high-accident
intersections). The built-in database can be updated at Cobra's website
to stay current with photo-enforced locations and caution areas. See
www.cobra.com/AURA for details.
■
Allows you to identify and store up to 1,000 Alert Locations in
addition to those in the database .
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Provides speed and direction of travel information using GPS-based data.
■
Allows you to see the position (latitude
and longitude) of your vehicle.
To Mount the
Optional
GPS Locator
If you purchase the GPS Locator unit, it
will need to be mounted on the detector.
Simply plug the GPS Locator into the USB
socket on the left side of the detector.
An additional requirement for the GPS
Locator is that it needs to “see the sky.”
The satellites of the Global Positioning
System send signals that the GPS Locator
uses to determine its position on earth. Those signals can be blocked or
weakened by incoming signals which may include windshield wiper blades,
mirrored sun screens, dark tinting at the top of the windshield and heated
windshields currently available on some vehicles (Instaclear for Ford,
Electriclear for GM). Consult your dealer to see if you have this option.
No external power connection is needed for the GPS Locator; it is powered
from the detector unit. (See page 3 for instructions on mounting your radar
detector to your vehicle.)
Mount
Optional
GPS Locator
Optional
GPS
Locator plugs
into the USB
port on left
side of radar
detector.
Optional
GPS Locator
DimButton
Press and release
Getting Started
Your Detector
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 blank the screen for discreet use. In this mode, alerts will sound,
but not show. (A dot will blink at the center of the screen to indicate the
detector is ON.)
You can adjust the illumination by pressing the Dim
button to step through
the levels in the sequence listed above.
Display Timeout
Your detector has a Display Timeout mode. When Display Timeout is turned
On (factory default is 30 seconds), the screen will change to Dark from
Bright, Dim, or Dimmer after the time interval selected in Menu mode
(see page 12). The Display Timeout setting can be changed so the display
is always On.
In Display Timeout mode, the display will show a small dot moving slowly
back and forth near the center of the screen to indicate the unit is turned On.
NOTE
While at the Dark level under timer control, any alert will turn On the display
at the last brightness setting (Bright, Dim or Dimmer). Touching any button
will also turn On the the display.
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