Escort 29256 manual

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    Designed in the USA ESCORT Inc. 5440 W est Chester Road W est Chester OH 45069 Ser vice 800.543.1608 www .Escort Radar .com ©2009 ESCORT Inc. Escor t ® , Passport ® , AFR ® , SmartShield ® , AutoSensitivity ™ , MuteDispla y ™ , SpecDisplay ™ , and ExpertMeter ™ are trademar ks of ESCORT Inc. SWS is trademar k of SWS, L.C. Features, spe[...]

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    Y our n ew P ASSP OR T Qi4 5 is a comp let e sup er cha rg ed cust om-i nsta lle d ra dar/ las er det ecto r . The P ASS POR T Qi 45 incl udes full X, K, and Supe rW ide Ka rada r cap abil ity , Digit al Sig nal Pro cess ing f or su perio r ra ng e and re duce d f alse alarm s, our pa tent ed Mute and A utoMu te, aud ibl e and visu al band ale rts,[...]

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    Int rod uction • Co ngra tula tion s • IMPO RT ANT W ARNING • Quic k Refe ren ce Gui de 4-5 C ont rol s and F eat ure s 6-1 1 • P ow er 6 • P ow er-on indica tion 6 • V olu me Ad just 6 • Mut e 7 • Au to / High wa y / Aut o NoX 7 • Disp lay B right ness 8 • Dark Mo de 9 • Au dible A lerts 9 • Sig nal Stren gth Meter 9 • Ex[...]

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    P ow er T o t urn the Qi 45 on or off, sim pl y pre ss the po wer but ton loca ted on th e fa r lef t sid e of the disp la y con tro lle r . NOT E: W e reco mme nd wirin g the Qi4 5 to the vehi cle ’s ignit ion swit ch so it turns on an d off with the key. V•MU TE (V olume C ont rol/ Mute ) Butto n T o s et you r vo lum e lev el fo r ale rts, p[...]

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    6 7 P ow er The P ASS POR T Qi 45 was desig ned to turn on and off wit h the igni tio n onc e it is ins tall ed. This is accom plis hed by con nect ing the 12-v ol t Int erf ace t o a s witc hed A CC con nect ion at the fu se pa nel. (Se e ins tal lati on manua l f or inst ructi ons. ) If you pre fe r , yo u ma y als o tu rn the Qi4 5 on and off by[...]

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    Dar k Mode If you sele ct Dar k mod e on the Qi45, t he dis pla y will not pro vide an y ind icat ion t hat it is on . NO TE: When the Q i45 is in the Dar k Mod e, the disp lay will not show vis ual aler ts when it detec ts signa ls. Onl y the aud ible aler t will tell you of det ect ed signa ls. A udib le Al erts For Rada r signa ls: The Qi45 uses[...]

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    Exp ertMete r P AS SPO RT’ s ex clu siv e Expert Mete r opt ion is an ad van ced disp la y f or ex perie nced det ecto r us ers. P leas e us e the Q i45 fo r a f ew wee ks to g et full y f amil iar with its oth er fea tur es bef ore usi ng Ex pertM eter . T o u se the Expert Mete r ins tea d of the sta ndar d bar gra ph signa l str en gth mete r [...]

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    The re are 6 use r-se lect abl e opt ions in the Qi4 5’ s Pr ef ere nces . This allo ws you to set it up the wa y yo u pr ef er . T o a cce ss Pref erenc es, sim pl y pr ess the bu tt on s t ha t ar e no rm al ly us ed f or bri gh tn e ss (B R T) an d se ns it i vi ty (S EN S) at th e sa me ti me . Once yo u acc ess Pre fe ren ces , the BRT b u t[...]

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    Pi lot Ligh t (P ow er-on indica tio n) NOT E: When you ar e usi ng the Dark Mod e, the displ ay will be compl etel y dar k. Pi lot HWY (Full desc ripti on) In this sett ing, th e Qi4 5 wi ll displ ay Hi ghw ay , A ut o , o r Au t o No X as its po wer -on indi cati on. (f acto r y def aul t) Pi lot H (L ett er) In this sett ing, th e Qi4 5 wi ll di[...]

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    F ea tur es and Spe cifi cati ons Ope rati ng Band s • X-ban d 10. 525 GHz ±25 MHz • K u-b and 13.4 50 GHz ±2 5 MHz • K-ban d 24. 150 GHz ±100 MHz • Ka-ba nd 34.70 0 GHz ±130 0 MHz • Laser 904n m, 3 3 MHz band wid th Rad ar Recei ver / Det ecto r T yp e • Super hete rod yn e, G aAs FET VCO • Scann ing Fr eque ncy D isc rimin ator [...]

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    Exp lana tion A pat rol car is trav elin g in fr ont of y ou with a r adar sou rce aimed f orwar d. Beca use signal s a r e so me tim es refle c te d off of lar g e ob je ct s an d so me ti m es no t, t he a le rt s ma y se em i nc on s is te nt . A pat rol car is appro ach ing from the o ther dir ecti on, “sampl ing” traff ic wit h inst ant-o [...]

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    20 2 1 Ho w Las er (Li dar) W ork s Las er speed dete cti on is act uall y L ID AR (Li ght Dete cti on and Ran ging ). LID AR gun s pr ojec t a beam of in visi ble inf rar ed ligh t. The sign al is a series of very sho rt infr ar ed lig ht energy puls es, whi ch mov e, in a str aig ht line, r ef le cti ng off you r ca r and re turni ng to the g un.[...]

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    22 23 Ho w SW S W orks SW S T ext Mes sage s Hig hw a y Co nst ruct ion or Mai nt ena nce 1 Wo rk Zo n e Ah ea d 2 Ro ad Cl o se d Ah e ad / Fo ll ow De t ou r 3 Br id ge C lo s ed A he a d/ F ol lo w D et o ur 4 Hi gh wa y Wo r k Cr ew s Ah ea d 5 Ut il it y Wo r k Cr ew s Ah ea d 6 Al l Tr af fic Fo ll o w De to u r A h ea d 7 Al l T ru c ks F ol[...]

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    Pr obl em P ASS POR T beep s briefly at the sam e loca tion e very da y , bu t no ra dar sour ce is in sigh t. P ASS POR T does n ot seem sensit iv e to rada r or las er . P ASS POR T did not ale rt when a pol ice car wa s in vie w . P ASS POR T did not pr ovid e a Saf ety sig nal while w ithi n ran ge of an eme rg ency veh icl e. P ASS POR T’ s [...]

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    ESC ORT One Y ear Limi ted W arra nty ESC ORT warr ant s yo ur P ASSP OR T agai nst all def ect s in m ate rials a nd wor km ansh ip f or a perio d of one (1) year fro m the date of the origin al pur cha se, sub ject to the f oll owin g te rms and cond iti ons: The sole res pon sibi lity of ESCOR T und er this W arra nty is lim ite d to eith er re [...]

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    28  Re move ca rd along perfor ation s  Shi fte r Pac k ..... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ...$249. 95 SH IFTE R P A CK Ac cesso ries 29 29256_Escort-Qi45 Manual.indd 31-32 10/7/09 4:03:13 PM[...]