Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product V8 Beltronics
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The V ector V8 is the most adv anc ed rad ar , las er and saf ety det ect or eve r des ign ed by Bel tro nic s. The Bel tro nic s V8 inc lud es full X, K, Sup erW ide Ka, and Saf ety W arning Sys tem .
Pr ess the RVW bu tton to go fro m o ne cat egory to the next PIL OT (P ower -on i ndicat ion) VOICE POWER -ON S EQUENC E AU TOM UTE CITY M ODE SENSI TIVITY BANDS Pi lo t H WY Pi lo t H Vo ic e O N Vo.
To begi n usi ng your V8, jus t fol low thes e sim ple step s : 1 Plug the sma ll end of the power cor d int o the side jack of the dete cto r, and plu g the large end of the powe r cor d int o your car’ s light er sock et. 2 Moun t your V8 on the win dshi eld usi ng the supp lie d win dsh iel d mou nt.
P ow er C onn ection T o pow er y our V8, plug the sma ll end of th e po we r cor d, ( tel epho ne- typ e con nec tor ) int o the modul ar jac k on the V8’ s right side , and plu g the lig hte r plu g adapt er into yo ur ve hic le’ s lig hte r soc ket or acc ess ory s oc ket .
P ow er T o turn yo ur V8 on or off , pre ss the PWR but ton loca ted on the top. Whe n y ou turn yo ur V8 on, i t g oes thr oug h a seque nce of ale rts. If yo u pr ef er , yo u ma y p rog ram yo ur V8 fo r a short er pow er- on sequ enc e. See the Pro gr ammin g sec tio n for det ails .
P ow er C onn ector The V8’ s p ow er jac k uses a tel eph one- typ e con nec tor . This 4-c ond ucto r conne cto r onl y wo rk s wit h the incl ude d po we r cor d, opt ion al dire ct- wir e, or Sma rtPlu g cord . F or more inf ormati on or to or der , cal l us toll -fr ee at 1-80 0-34 1-2 288 .
Pi lo t H WY Pi lo t H Vo ic e O N Vo ic e O FF Pw rO n S TD Pw rO n F ST aM ut e O N aM ut e O FF Ci ty S TD Ci ty L oX Ci ty N oX Ba nd s DF T Ba nd s MO D PO P ON or OF F (def ault is o ff ) SW S .
Cit y Mod e Sens iti vity Ci ty ST D (Sta nda rd) In this set tin g, whe n you put yo ur V8 in the Cit y mode, X -ba nd sens iti vity is sign ific antl y re duce d, t o re duc e ann oya nce fro m X-ban d int rusio n alarms and moti on sens ors.
In ter pre ting Ale rts Alt hou gh the V8 has a com pre hen siv e wa rning syst em and this han dbo ok is as com ple te as we can make it, o nl y e xpe rien ce will tea ch yo u wha t to e xpe ct fr om y ou r V8 and how to in ter pr et wha t it te ll s yo u.
Ho w Rada r W orks T ra ffic rad ar , whic h cons ist s of mic ro wav es, tr av els in stra igh t lines and is easil y re flect ed by obj ect s such as cars, t ruck s, ev en guar dr ail s and ov erpas ses. Rad ar wo rk s by dir ect ing its micr ow av e beam do wn the road .
Ho w Saf ety Radar W ork s Saf ety W arni ng Syst em, o r SWS, us es a mo difi ed K -ba nd r ada r sig na l. The S WS sa f ety ra dar syst em has 64 possi bl e mes sag es (60 curr ent ly all ocat ed) . The SWS mess ag es yo ur V8 can disp la y are list ed on the fac ing pag e.
Pr obl em The V8 bee ps briefly at the same loc atio n ev ery d ay , but no ra dar sou rce is in sigh t. The V8 doe s not seem sens itiv e t o ra dar or las er . The V8 did n ot alert when a poli ce car w as in view . The V8 did n ot prov ide a Saf ety sig nal whil e with in rang e o f an eme rg ency veh icl e.
Servic e P roc edur e If yo ur V8 ever nee ds service , ple ase f ollo w the se simp le step s: 1 Chec k the trou bl esho oti ng sect ion of thi s manua l. It ma y hav e a s olu tion to yo ur pr obl em. 2 Call us at 1-800 -34 1-22 88. W e ma y be abl e to sol ve yo ur prob lem ove r the phone .
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