Cobra Electronics XRS 9830 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Introduction
Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 1
Introduction
Important Information . . . . . . . . . . A1
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . A1
Controls, Indicators,
Connections and Display . . . . . . A2
Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Your Detector
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Power On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Standby Screen Icons . . . . . . . . . 7
Display Brightness Control . . . . . . . 7
Auto Dimmer and Screensaver . . . 8
Highway / City Mode . . . . . . . . . . 8
Muting an Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Auxiliary Audio Jack . . . . . . . . . . 9
EasySet Programming . . . . . . . . . . 10
Program Flow Diagrams . . . . . . . . 12
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
User Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
City Mode Default . . . . . . . . . 14
IntelliMute Mode . . . . . . . . . . 14
Set IntelliMute . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Auto Mute Mode . . . . . . . . . . 16
Voice or Tone Mode . . . . . . . . 16
Compass Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Set Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SmartPower Mode . . . . . . . . . 18
Customizable Display Colors . . 18
Dim Mode Default . . . . . . . . . 18
Car Battery Voltage
Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Car Battery Low
Voltage Warning . . . . . . . . . 19
Restore Factory Settings . . . . 19
Settings (Continued)
Alert Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Pop Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
X Band Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
K Band Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ku Band Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
VG-2 Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
VG-2 Audio Mode . . . . . . . . . 20
Spectre 1 Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Spectre 1 Audio Mode . . . . . . 21
Safety Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Signals Detected . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Audio Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Visual Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Instant-On Detection . . . . . . . . . 25
Pop Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Responding to Alerts . . . . . . . . . 25
Understanding Radar and Laser . . 26
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Warranty
Limited 1-Year Warranty . . . . . . . . 30
Customer Assistance
Product Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Trademark Acknowledgement . . . . 32
Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Order Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Appendix – Menu Guides
User Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Alert Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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