• Detects and decodes Safety Warning System messages Quick Reference Card Remove card along perforations BELTRONICS V940 Quick Reference Card There are 6 user-selectable options so you can customize your V940 for your own preferences. The buttons labeled CITY and BRT are...
Quick Reference Card Remove card along perforations BELTRONICS V940 Quick Reference Card Press the RVW button Press the CHG button to go from one category to change your setting to the next within a category PILOT Pilot HWY * Full word: Highway or City...
Quick Reference Guide To begin using your V940, QuickMount Slot Insert the V940’s adjustable Windshield just follow these simple steps mount into this slot. Page 7 Plug the small end of the power cord QuickMount Button into the side jack of the detector, and Press the button, and slide the Windshield plug the large end of the power cord mount into one of its four locking positions.
Use of suction Depress the QuickMount button on the cups will permanently mar this coating. top of the V940 (by the word BELTRONICS) Consult your dealership or the vehicle and slide the QuickMount bracket into the owner’s manual to determine if your...
Controls and Features Power Voice Alerts To turn your V940 on or off, press the PWR The V940 provides digital voice announce- button located on the top. When you turn ments of radar and laser bands detected. If your V940 on, it goes through a sequence of Safety Radar (SWS) is turned on, a safety alerts.
Controls and Features Audible Alerts Power Connector The V940’s power jack uses a telephone- For Radar signals: type connector. This 4-conductor Your V940 uses a Geiger-counter-like connector only works with the included sound to indicate the signal strength and power cord, optional direct-wire, or type of radar signal being encountered.
Overview of Programming Press the REVIEW button to go from one category to the next PILOT Pilot HWY (Power-on indication) Pilot H VOICE Voice ON Voice OFF POWER-ON SEQUENCE PwrOn STD PwrOn FST AUTOMUTE aMute ON aMute OFF CITY MODE SENSITIVITY City STD City LoX Bands DFT...
Details of Programming City Mode Sensitivity Bands City STD (Standard) BandsDFT In this setting, when you put your V940 in In this setting, all North American radar and the City mode, X-band sensitivity is laser frequencies are monitored. This is the significantly reduced, to reduce annoyance factory setting and it is recommended that from X-band intrusion alarms and motion...
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Technical Details Interpreting Alerts used, the type of transmission (continuous Although the V940 has a comprehensive or instant-on) and the location of the radar warning system and this handbook is as source affect the radar alerts you receive. complete as we can make it, only The following examples will give you experience will teach you what to expect an introduction to understanding the your...
Technical Details How Radar Works Radar range also depends on the power Traffic radar, which consists of microwaves, of the radar equipment itself. The strength travels in straight lines and is easily reflected of the radar unit’s beam diminishes with by objects such as cars, trucks, even distance.
Technical Details How Safety Radar Works Since Safety radar technology is Safety Warning System, or SWS, uses a relatively new, and the number of modified K-band radar signal. The SWS safety transmitters in operation is not yet wide- radar system has 64 possible messages (60 spread, you will not receive Safety signals currently allocated).
The V940 has detected a Safety Radar Signal, but the signal isn’t yet strong enough to decode the specific safety message (page 20-21) The V940 is running a self-calibration test Self Cal The V940 has failed the calibration test. Contact Beltronics for repair Service Required Solution •...
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