Detection
Your Detector
Visual Display
(continued)
Safety Alert
Type of Signal
Visual Display
Emergency Vehicles
V⁄S is Steady
Safety Alert Detected
X/K
Ka
L
V/S
C
VG-2 Alert
Type of Signal
Visual Display
VG-2 RDD
VG-2 is Steady
VG-2 RDD Detected
X/K
Ka
L
V/S
C
Instant-On Detection
Your detector is designed to detect Instant-On speed monitoring signals, which
can suddenly appear at full strength.
NOTE
You should take appropriate action immediately
whenever an Instant-On alert is given.
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Detection
Your Detector
Responding to Alerts
Description
Interpretation
Tone repeats slowly at first,
Probably police radar.
then speeds up rapidly.
Tone sounds one time only.
Probably a false alarm,
but possibly pulsed radar
or VG-2 nearby.
Tone instantly begins
Radar or VG-2 nearby has
repeating rapidly.
been activated suddenly.
Tone repeats slowly as you
Probably police radar
approach a hill or bridge,
beyond the hill or bridge.
then speeds up sharply as
you reach it.
Tone repeats slowly for a
Probably a false alarm.
short period.
Any type of laser alert.
Laser alerts are never
false alarms.
A safety alert.
You are nearing an
emergency vehicle.
Recommended
Response
FULL ALERT
Exercise caution
FULL ALERT
FULL ALERT
Exercise caution
FULL ALERT
Exercise caution
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