Highway/City Mode; Ultrabright Data Display Brightness; Settings - Cobra ESD - 9230 W X Operating Instructions Manual

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O P E R AT I O N • S E T T I N G S
When changing the settings on your
ESD-9230 WX, please keep in mind:
• Buttons can have multiple functions.
• Depending on your choice of Voice Alert™
or Tone Alert mode, you will hear either
voice messages or tones confirming
changes in settings.
• All settings will be stored in memory
when the power is turned off and recalled
when the power is turned back on.

Highway/City Mode

Setting your ESD-9230 WX to City mode
delays all X band audio alerts until the
signal strength reaches level 3. (A single
beep will sound when the signal is first
detected.) This will reduce false alerts while
Procedure
To change from Press and release
the CITY/Wx
Highway mode
button.
to City mode
To change from
Press and release
the CITY/Wx
City mode back
button again.
to Highway
mode
X K L V S Cty Wx
/
Ka
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you are driving in or near urban areas
where there are many sources for conflicting
X band signals such as microwave towers
and automatic door openers.
To change settings, follow the procedure in
the table below, which indicates what you
will see and hear (either in Voice Alert™ or
Tone Alert mode) as you complete each step.
The factory setting is Highway mode.
CITY/Wx button
Press and release
Tone Voice Visual Display
1 beep "city"
2 beeps "highway"
City mode
K Cty Wx
X / L V S
Ka
UltraBright™ Data
Display Brightness
You can choose from three settings for
brightness of the display.
To change
the brightness
to Dim
Cty
appears in
To change
the display
the brightness
to Dark
none
To change
the brightness
to Bright
Highway
mode
O P E R AT I O N • S E T T I N G S
You can cycle through the settings
by repeatedly pushing the DIM button
The factory setting is Bright.
Bright
Dark
DIM button
Press and release
Procedure Tone Voice
Press and release 1 beep "dim"
the DIM button
once.
Press and release 1 beep "dark"
the DIM button
again.
Press and release 2 beeps "bright"
the DIM button
a third time.
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Dim
Visual Display
Display dims
Display remains
dim (No visual
alerts will be seen)
Display returns
to full brightness
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