Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 8500CI Escort
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Y our n ew P ASSP OR T 850 0ci Plus is a com ple te, supe rc har ge d, cust om-i nsta lle d ra dar/ las er detec tor with GPS- pow ered int ell ig ence .
In tro ductio n • Co ngra tula tion s • IMPO RT ANT W ARNING 1 • Quic k Ref eren ce Card 1-2 • Quic k Ref eren ce Guide 4-5 C ont rol s and F eat ure s 6-1 1 • P ow er 6 • P ow er-on indic.
P ow er Butt on T o t urn the 85 00ci Plus on or off , s impl y pr ess the pow er butt on locat ed on the f ar lef t sid e of the disp la y con tro ller . NOT E: ESCO R T re comm end s wir ing t he 8500 ci Plus to the vehic le’s ign iti on switc h so it turns on and off wit h the key .
6 7 P ow er The 8500 ci Plus was desi gned to turn on and off wi th th e ign itio n onc e it i s ins tal led. Thi s is acco mpli she d by conne ctin g the 12- vo lt inte rfa ce to a swi tch ed A CC con nec tion at the fu se pa nel. ( See Ins tal lati on Manua l f or inst ructi ons.
Mar k Lo cati on The Mar k Lo cati on fea tur e all ows yo u to mar k a ny loca tion f or futur e re f ere nce. Onc e mar ked, the 8500 ci Plus will pro vide an alert, a ccom pan ied by the label yo u ass ign ed to i t, on the di spla y .
Co ntrols and F eatu res 1 0 1 1 For POP sign als : Sin ce POP signa ls are ex tre mel y fas t K or Ka bu rsts and a possi bl e thr eat no matte r ho w we ak, the 8500 ci Plus alert s yo u to the se bands at full sign al stre ngth .
The 8500 ci Plus offe rs 11 user- sel ectab le opt ion s so you c an cust omiz e it to y our pr ef ere nces . P age s 14 -16 ex pla in each opt ion i n mor e detai l. Ho w T o C usto miz e Pr ef er enc es 1 T o a cc es s Pre f er en c es , p re ss an d h ol d bo th t he CR U a nd SE N b ut t on s f or 2 se co nd s .
Pi lot Ligh t (P ow er-on indica tio n) NO TE: When ope rati ng in Dar k mod e, the displ ay will be compl etel y dar k. P i l o t HWY (fact or y default ) In th is setti ng, the 8 500ci P lus wi ll display “Highwa y , ” “ Aut o, ” or “ Au to No X” as its pow er -on i ndica tion.
F ea tur es and Spe cifi cat ions Ope rat ing Band s • X-b and 1 0.5 25 GHz ±2 5 MHz • K-b and 2 4.1 50 GHz ±1 00 MH z • Ka- ban d 34. 700 GHz ±1300 MHz • Las er 904nm , 33 MHz b and widt h.
Exp lana tion A pat rol car is trav elin g in fr ont of y ou with a r adar sou rce aimed f orwar d. Beca use signal s a r e so me tim es re f l ec te d of f of la rg e obj ec ts an d so me ti m es no t, t he a le rt s ma y se em i nc on s is t en t .
20 2 1 Ho w Lase r (Li dar) W orks Las er speed dete cti on is act uall y l igh t det ect ion and rang ing (LID AR). L ID AR g uns pr ojec t a beam of in visi ble inf rar ed ligh t. The sign al is a series of very sho rt infr ar ed- lig ht energy puls es that mov e in a str ai ght lin e, r ef l ect ing off yo ur car and retu rning t o the gun.
22 23 GP S/ T ru eLo ck TS R Re d Ligh t Camera s Spe ed Came ras Ho w TSR W or k s The 8 500ci P lus i n cludes a new boost in anti-fal sing soft ware to eli minate ex cessiv e aler ts from er r oneous X- and K - band sou r ces. O ne examp le is t raf fi c-flow monito r ing syste ms.
24 25 SW S SW S T ext Mes sag es Hig h wa y Co nst ruct ion o r Mai nt enan ce 1 W or k Z on e Ah e ad 2 R oa d C lo s ed A he a d/ Fo ll ow D et o ur 3 B ri dg e Clo se d Ah ea d/ Fo ll ow De to u r .
Exp lana tio n of Displa ys C he c k R ec e iv er W ir i ng W or k Zo ne C au t io n X | , or K | , or K A | etc. R ec e iv er E rr o r G PS N/ A The re is a prob lem with the fro nt re cei ve r (it coul d be an un plug ge d con nec tion , da mag ed wiring , o r a pr obl em withi n th e fro nt rece iv er its elf ).
28 ESC ORT One Y ear Limi ted W arra nty ESC ORT warr ant s yo ur P ASSP OR T 850 0ci Plu s agai nst a ll def ect s in mate rials a nd wo rk man ship fo r a period o f on e (1) y ear fr om the da te o.
30 SH IFTE R P A CK Ac cesso ries P arts and Ac ce ssor ies Rep lac emen t part s ar e av ailab le t hro ugh yo ur deal er . Shi fte r Pac k ..... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... $249. 95 ESC ORT Exten ded Service Plan ESC ORT off ers an opti onal e xten ded servi ce plan.
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