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Detection
Your Detector
Intro
Operation
Customer
Warranty
Responding to Alerts
Assistance
Description
Interpretation
Tone repeats slowly at first,
Probably police radar.
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then speeds up rapidly.
Tone sounds one time only.
Probably a false alarm,
but possibly pulsed radar
or VG-2 nearby.
Notice
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 or Strobe Alert.
You are nearing an
emergency vehicle.
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Response
FULL ALERT
Exercise caution
FULL ALERT
FULL ALERT
Exercise caution
FULL ALERT
Exercise caution
Understanding Radar and Laser
Your Detector
Intro
Operation
Customer
Warranty
Understanding Radar and Laser
Assistance
Radar Speed Monitoring Systems
Three band frequencies have been approved by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) for use by speed monitoring radar equipment:
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X band
10.525 GHz
K band
24.150 GHz
Ka band
33.400 – 36.00 GHz
Your detector detects signals in all three radar bands, plus Ku band (13.435 GHz),
Notice
which is an approved frequency used in parts of Europe and Asia.
VG-2
VG-2 is a "detector detector" that works by detecting low-level signals emitted
by most radar detectors. Your detector does not emit signals that can be detected by
VG-2, but does detect VG-2 signals and will alert you when a device is in use near
your vehicle.
Safety Alert Traffic Warning System
FCC-approved Safety Alert transmitters emit microwave radar signals that
indicate the presence of an emergency vehicle.
Because these microwave signals are within the K band frequency, most
conventional radar detectors will detect Safety Alert signals as standard
K band radar. Your detector, however, is designed to differentiate between standard
K band and Safety Alert signals, and give separate alerts for each.
Safety Alert technology is relatively new. Safety Alert transmitters can be found in
limited numbers in all 50 states, but the number is growing. Depending on your
location, you may not receive these alerts regularly and may often encounter
emergency vehicles without being alerted. As the number of transmitters increases,
these alerts will become more common.
When you receive such an alert, please watch for emergency vehicles ahead of
you, on cross streets and behind you. If you see an emergency vehicle approaching,
please pull over to the right side of the road and allow it to pass.
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