Detection
Your Detector
Strobe Alert Signals And Visual Displays
| Type of Signal | Visual Display |
| 3M Opticom or Tomar* | Emergency Vehicle (Flashing) |
* Your detector provides 360˚ detection of these signals.
Strobe Alert Display (Flashing)
Emergency...
Safety Alert Signals And Visual Displays
| Type of Signal | Visual Display | |
| Emergency Vehicles | Emergency Vehicle | |
| Road Hazards | Road Hazard | |
| Trains | Train |
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| Emergency Alert | Road Hazard Alert | Train Alert Signal |
| Signal Detected | Signal Detected | Detected |
| Emergency... | Road | Train |
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NOTE
There are different tones for each Safety Alert.
| Type of Signal | Visual Display |
| VG2 | |
| Spectre 1 | Spectre1 |
| Spectre 1 Alert | |
| Signal Detected | Signal Detected |
| Spectre1 | VG2 |
NOTE
There are different tones for each alert.
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Detection
Your Detector
Instant-On Detection
Your detector is designed to detect
NOTE
You should take appropriate action
immediately whenever an
Pop Detection
Your detector is designed to detect single pulse mode radars. These radars are designed to have a low probability of detection. You should note that these radar guns have a much shorter range while in this mode.
Responding To Alerts
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Tone repeats slowly at first, | Probably police radar. | FULL ALERT | |
then speeds up rapidly. |
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Tone sounds one (1) | Probably a false alarm, | Exercise caution | |
time only. | but possibly pulsed radar, |
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Tone instantly begins | Radar, Spectre 1 or | FULL ALERT | |
repeating rapidly. | has been activated suddenly. |
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Pop mode tone. | Pop mode gun very close. | FULL ALERT | |
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Tone repeats slowly as you | Probably police | FULL ALERT | |
approach a hill or bridge, then | radar beyond the |
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speeds up sharply as you | hill or bridge. |
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reach it. |
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Tone repeats slowly | Probably a false alarm. | Exercise caution | |
for a short period. |
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Any type of laser alert. | Laser alerts are | FULL ALERT | |
| never false alarms. |
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Any Safety Alert | You are nearing an emergency | Exercise caution | |
or Strobe Alert. | vehicle, railroad crossing, or |
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| road hazard (construction, |
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| accident, etc.). |
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| Nothing comes close to a Cobra® 27 | |