Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product STi-R Beltronics
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BEL TRONICS 5442 W est Chester Road West Chester OH 45069 USA USA 800-341-2288 www .beltronics.com ©2007 BEL TRONICS Made in Canada Features, specifications and prices subject to change without notice.
The BEL TRO NICS STi-R is the m ost advance d stealth-i nstal led radar , laser and safety d etector ever d esigned. The STi-R inclu des fu ll X, K, Super Wide Ka, and Safety W a rn ing System rada r .
T ab le of Content s Quick R ef ere nce Car d 1 - 2 Quick R ef ere nce Guide 4- 5 Con tr ols and Fe atur e s 6- 9 • Po w er 6 • V olume Control 6 • Po w er- on I ndicati on 6 • V oic e A lerts.
Po wer Press the P WR button t o tur n the STi-R o n or of f . VO L/ MUTE Button Press and ho ld the V OL/M UT E button to adjust the aler t vol u me leve l. Briefly press t his button to si lenc e the audio for a specific alert. (T he audio wi l l aler t you to the next enc ounter .
6 7 Controls and Fea tures P o w er T o t ur n ST i- R on or of f, press t he PW R butto n locat ed on the front left s ide of the co ntroller . W hen you tu rn STi-R on, it goes through a sequenc e of aler ts. If you pref er , you may program y our STi-R fo r a shorter pow er- on sequenc e.
8 9 Controls and Fea tures Sig nal St ren gth Me te r The STi-R ’ s a lp hanumer ic disp lay co nsists of 28 0 individual LED s, t o pro vide a n intu itiv e ultra- bright display of signal strength and text messages. The STi-R ’ s sta ndard bar- graph sig nal strength met er d isplays band identification on a si ngle r adar signal.
1 0 1 1 Programm ing There are 7 u ser-selectable options so yo u can customize yo ur S Ti-R for y our own pref erenc es. T he buttons l abel ed V OL/MU TE and SENS a re a lso used to enter the Progra mm ing Mode , RE V IE W yo ur cu rrent progr am setti ngs, and to CH ANGE a ny setti ngs a s desi red.
1 2 1 3 Det a ils o f Programmi ng V oic e Vo i ce On ( V oice an nounc emen ts on ) In th is setting, al l r adar , laser , and SWS messages (i f progr ammed) wi ll be an no unced u sing a digital v oice .
1 4 1 5 Br ight nes s Br tAu to In th is setting, the br ightness for t he display a nd backl it buttons a re contro l led aut omatically by a sensor that measures the a mbie nt l ight i n the vehicle . Sunl ight wil l increase the brightness level, whi le di m or no l ight (night d rivi ng) wil l decrease the br ightness .
1 6 1 7 T ech nical Det ai ls Int erpre tin g Aler ts A ltho ugh the STi-R h as a comp rehensiv e warn ing system and t his handbook i s a s c o m pl et e as w e can mak e i t , o nly ex p eri e nc e wil l teach you what to expect from yo ur STi-R and how to interpret what it tells yo u.
1 8 1 9 T ech nical Det ai ls Ho w R adar W ork s T r af fic r adar , which consists of microwa ves, tr av els in stra ight l ines and i s easi ly reflected by obj ects such a s ca rs, tr ucks, even g uardr ai ls a nd overpasses. Rada r works by directi ng its m icro wav e beam down th e road.
20 2 1 T ech nical Det ai ls Ho w T ot alS hield ™ T echnolo gy W ork s Beltronic’ s T ota lShield T echnol og y keeps RF signals f ro m radiating from the dete cto r .
22 2 3 T rou bleshoot ing Pr oblem STi-R beeps br iefly at the same location ever y day , b ut no rada r source is in sight. STi-R d oes n ot seem sensitive to rada r or l aser . STi-R did n ot aler t when a police car was in view . STi-R did n ot provide a Safety signa l whi le w ithi n range of an emergency vehicle.
24 2 5 Service Serv ice Pro ced ure If you r ST i- R ev er needs servic e, p leas e f oll ow these simp le steps : 1 Chec k th e tr oub lesh oot ing sect ion of thi s man ual . It ma y ha ve a sol utio n to you r pr obl em. 2 Cont act you r ins tal ling deal er .
26 2 7 R egist er o nlin e: @ www . beltronics . co m BEL TRONICS PRODUCT REGISTRA TION CARD If you purchased your detector directly from BEL TRONICS, you do not need to fill this out. If you did not purchase your detector directly from BEL TRONICS, please fill out this section and return to us, or register online at our web address: www.
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