How Safety Radar Works - Escort Passport SR1 User Manual

How Safety Radar Works

There are two separate Safety Radar sys-
tems in limited use today: Safety Alert, and
Safety Warning System (SWS). Both sys-
tems use modified K-band radar signals.
From the factory, your Passport is
programmed with safety radar decoding
OFF. If Safety Radar is used in your area,
your Passport will display these signals as
K-band radar signals instead of safety radar
unless you use the EZ Programming to
turn Passport's safety radar decoding ON.
The Safety Alert safety radar system
has three possible alerts:
• Safety Vehicle
• Road Hazard
• Train Nearby
The SWS safety radar system has 64
possible messages (60 currently allocated).
The SWS messages your Passport can dis-
play are listed on the facing page.
How Safety Radar Works
have been condensed, so each message
can be displayed on one or two screens on
Passport's eight character display.
tively new and the number of transmitters
in operation is not yet widespread, you will
not receive Safety signals on a daily basis
and should not be surprised to encounter
emergency vehicles, road hazards and rail-
road crossings that are unequipped with
these transmitters and, therefore, fail to
provide a signal. As Safety transmitters
become more prevalent (the number of
operating transmitters is growing every
day), these Safety radar signals will be-
come more common.
SWS safety radar, visit their web site at
www.swslc.com.
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Note: some of the safety messages
Since Safety radar technology is rela-
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