Settings
Your Detector
Auto Mute Mode
When Auto Mute is on, it automatically reduces the audio volume of all alerts after they have sounded for four seconds. The signals will remain muted for as long as the signal is detected. When Auto Mute is off, the alerts will sound at full volume for as long as the signal is detected. The factory setting for Auto Mute is on.
Voice or Tone Mode
You can set your detector to sound alerts and confirm program settings with either a Voice or a Tone Alert. Voice Alert provides voice messages in addition to tones. Tone Alert provides tones only. The factory setting is Voice Alert.
Compass Mode
Your detector includes an internal
can continuously display your current direction of travel: N N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, or NW.
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Settings
Your Detector
Set Compass
After the detector is installed in your vehicle and Compass is turned on (see page 34), the system will automatically advance to the Set Compass calibration screen from which the calibration can be performed.
WARNING
Before calibrating the Compass, go to a large parking lot or other safe,
NOTE
When the instructions direct you to drive in two circles, make two complete loops (in either direction) from any starting orientation at any convenient speed. The loops need not be perfect and can be circles, small squares, four three- point turns, or any pattern that makes at least two complete turns within two minutes of starting the maneuver.
Calibrating the Compass progresses from the Calibrate Compass screen shown
Before the Compass will work, it must be calibrated (see page 17). Calibration allows the Compass electronics to measure and store information about the magnetic fields generated by your vehicle so direction indications will be accurate. The factory setting is Compass off.
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on the User Programming Menu Guide (see page 34). From that screen:
1.Press the Mutebutton to advance to the Compass screen.
2.Drive your vehicle in two circles.
3.Press the Mutebutton to complete the setting process.
The system will store the calibration data and provide a completion message on the display as well as a tone or voice message.
A Compass icon and directional heading will appear in the display when the Compass is on and calibrated.
The Compass will remain accurately calibrated as long as your detector is mounted in the same place in your vehicle. If you change the location where the unit is mounted or move it to another vehicle, you must recalibrate the Compass. You should also recalibrate the Compass if you suspect it is providing inaccurate directions.
The Compass temporarily may not provide accurate readings if you are inside a building or enclosure, or are close to a large metal tractor/trailer, truck, or train. Once you are away from such a location, the Compass will work correctly again.
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NOTE
If you do not press the Mutebutton within two minutes after beginning the Set Compass process, Compass calibration will automatically terminate. The unit will provide a corresponding message.
Once the initial calibration is complete, you can go to Set Compass in User Settings Programming and recalibrate the Compass as needed by repeating the
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