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

 

 

Emergency Alert

Road Hazard Alert

Train Alert Signal

 

Signal Detected

Signal Detected

Detected

 

Emergency...

Road

Train

 

 

Hazard

 

NOTE

There are different tones for each Safety Alert.

VG-2 And Spectre 1 Alert Signals And Visual Displays

 

Type of Signal

Visual Display

 

VG-2 Alert

VG2

 

Spectre 1

Spectre1

 

Spectre 1 Alert

VG-2 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 Instant-Onspeed monitoring signals, which can suddenly appear at full strength.

NOTE

You should take appropriate action

immediately whenever an instant-on alert is given.

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

Description

Interpretation

Recommended

 

Response

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone repeats slowly at first,

Probably police radar.

FULL ALERT

then speeds up rapidly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone sounds one (1)

Probably a false alarm,

Exercise caution

time only.

but possibly pulsed radar,

 

 

 

Spectre 1 or VG-2 nearby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone instantly begins

Radar, Spectre 1 or VG-2 nearby

FULL ALERT

repeating rapidly.

has been activated suddenly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pop mode tone.

Pop mode gun very close.

FULL ALERT

 

 

 

 

Tone repeats slowly as you

Probably police

FULL ALERT

approach a hill or bridge, then

radar beyond the

 

 

speeds up sharply as you

hill or bridge.

 

 

reach it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone repeats slowly

Probably a false alarm.

Exercise caution

for a short period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any type of laser alert.

Laser alerts are

FULL ALERT

 

never false alarms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any Safety Alert

You are nearing an emergency

Exercise caution

or Strobe Alert.

vehicle, railroad crossing, or

 

 

 

road hazard (construction,

 

 

 

accident, etc.).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cobra Electronics XRS 9600 operating instructions Instant-On Detection, Pop Detection, Responding To Alerts, Emergency