Cobra Electronics XRS 9965/70G manual

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    Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® A1 15 CB Radios microT ALK ® Radios Radar/Laser Detectors Safety Alert ® T rafc W arning Systems T ruck-Specic Navigation Systems HighGear ® Accessories CobraMarine VHF Radios Power Inverters LED Lights Jumpstarters Accessories The Cobra line of quality products includes: For more information or to order a[...]

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    English A2 A3 Product Featur es Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 49 Product Featur es Accessories Order Info and T rademark Acknowledgement Controls, Indicators, Connections and Display Ordering Fr om U.S.A. Call 773-889-3087 for pricing or visit www .cobra.com. For Cr[...]

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    Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 1 Contents Introduction Important Information ............... A1 Customer Assistance ................ A 1 Controls, Indicators, Connections and Display ............ A 2 Product Features .................. A 3 Overview ......................... 2 Y our Detector Installation ........................ 3 Getting Started[...]

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    English 2 Overview Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 3 Installation Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Installation • Where to Mount Y our Unit Y ou will get optimum performance from your detector if you mount it at a point approximately in the center of the vehicle , as low as possible on[...]

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    English 4 Installation Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 5 Installation Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons 1. Place the detector on the dashboard to nd a location where the unit has a clear , [...]

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    English 6 Getting Started Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 7 Getting Started Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons T ouchscreen Controls • The previous section describes the only physical switch on the unit –[...]

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    English 8 Getting Started Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 9 Getting Started Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Standby Screen Icons • NOTE 1. A fully colored icon indicates a Bright display . Partially colo[...]

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    English 10 Getting Started Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 11 Getting Started Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Display Control • Illumination The display illumination intensity can be adjusted to suit dri[...]

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    English 12 Getting Started Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 13 Getting Started Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Display Timeout Y our detector has a Display Timeout mode . When Display Timeout is turned On, [...]

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    English 14 EasySet Menu Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 15 EasySet Menu Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons T o use EasySet Menu: 1. Click on the Menu icon on the touchscreen to reach the openin[...]

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    English 16 Menu Sequence Dia- grams Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 17 Menu Sequence Dia- grams Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons User Settings Menu • User Menu allows you to adjust the unit[...]

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    English Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 19 User Settings Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons User Settings • User Settings can be turned On or Off or adjusted to suit your preferences using th[...]

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    English 20 User Settings Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 21 User Settings Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons IntelliMute Pro Mode IntelliMute Pro prevents detection by radar detector detectors [...]

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    English 22 User Settings Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 23 User Settings Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Set IntelliMute / IntelliMute Pro Activation P oint When the detector is new , the A[...]

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    English 24 User Settings Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 25 Alert Settings Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Y our detector includes the SmartPower feature that, when turned On, will put the u[...]

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    English 26 Alert Settings Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 27 Radar and Laser Alerts Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Spectre Audio Mode When Spectre Audio mode is On, alerts will be sounded a[...]

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    English 28 Radar and Laser Alerts Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 29 Radar and Laser Alerts Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Laser Signals and Visual Displays Kustom Signals ProLaser* Kustom [...]

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    English 30 Radar and Laser Alerts Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 31 Radar and Laser Alerts Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Responding to Alerts • Description Interpretation Recommended Re[...]

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    English 32 Understanding Radar and Laser Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Understanding Radar and Laser Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Understanding Radar and Laser • Radar Speed Monitorin[...]

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    English 34 Understanding Radar and Laser and Global Position System Locator Y our Detector Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 35 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Pop Radar Guns The [...]

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    English 36 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 37 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Initial Satellite Lock . • When the GPS Locator is [...]

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    English 38 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 39 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons GPS Settings • GPS Settings can be turned On or Off to[...]

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    English 40 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 41 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons GPS Alerts • When a Photo Enforcement , Caution Area o[...]

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    English 42 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 43 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Display while approaching a Photo Enforcement Location i[...]

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    English 44 Global Position System Locator GPS Locator Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 45 Maintenance Customer Information Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Maintenance • Maintenance of Y our Radar Detector Y our detector[...]

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    English 46 Specications Customer Information Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 47 Product Service and Optional Accessories Customer Information Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Product Service • For any questions about[...]

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    English 48 W arranty Warranty Intro Operation Customer Assistance Wa rranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Limited 1-Y ear W arranty • For Products Purchased in the U.S.A. Cobra Electronics Corpor ation warrants that its Cobra 15 Band Radar/Laser De t ec t o rs , and the component parts thereof , will be free of defects in work man ship and ma[...]