Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SC55 Escort
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Designed in the USA ESC ORT Inc. 54 40 West Chester R oad West Chester OH 45069 800.43 3.3487 w w w .Escor tInc.com © 20 1 0 ESCORT Inc. ESCORT ® , P ASSPORT ® , SC 55™ , Spe ed Aler t™, an d D efender™ are t rade mark s of E SCORT In c. Features, spe cificati ons a nd p rices subje ct to chan ge witho ut notice.
Quick Ref eren ce Card 1 Pref eren ces Detai ls Res tor ing th e F ac tor y Defa ul t Sett ing s T o resto re your PASSPOR T to its original fac tor y setti ngs, press and hold the “V/M ” and “CR U” butto ns while turning the power on. A Reset mess age will be displaye d, accompani ed by an audib le aler t, acknowl edg ing the reset .
T abl e of C ont ents 3 2 Quick Refe rence Card P ASSPO RT SC55 Quick Re ference Card Remov e c ard along pe rfor ation s Remov e c ard along pe rfor ation s Pres s the RV W but ton to.
Quick Refe rence Guid e 4 5 Audio Jack Standard 3. 5mm mono ear ph one jac k is used with detector adap ter k it. Detector Jack Pl u g yo u r short detector cable into thi s co nnector . Pa ge 6 - 7 Po wer Jack Pl ug the Smar tCord into thi s connect or .
6 7 Inst alla tion C onnecti ng T o A De tector The SC5 5 has the u n ique ab i l ity to be u sed in co njunctio n with an ESCO RT or Beltronics bra nded radar detect or . Th is al lo ws yo u to add certa in GPS features, including our exc lusive DEFENDER™ database of sa fety ca mera and top speed trap locations , t o y our r adar detector .
9 8 Wind shield Mount 2 T o adj u st the SC 5 5 a nd dete ctor’ s angle on your wi ndshield, simp ly m ove both un its togeth er up or down , piv oting the suction cup . W hen in stal led and adjusted properly , the SC 55 and detect or wi l l be level with the road ahead.
1 0 1 1 Co ntrols and F eature s P ow er T o turn th e pow er on or of f for both t he SC 55 and dete ctor , simply pr ess the pow er butto n on the SC5 5 ’ s top case. A utoP ow er Th is feature automatic al ly tu rn s the SC5 5 and detecto r o f f i f your vehicl e has not mo ved for 3 hours.
Spe edA lert The SC5 5 ’ s Speed A ler t feature provides a visua l i ndica tion of y our vehicl e speed dur ing the fi rst few secon ds o f an aler t. Th is a llows y ou to i nstantly check yo u r speed witho ut looki ng at yo u r speedo meter . N OTE: Wh en trav eling 1 5 mph or les s, you r spee d will not be disp l ay ed.
Ho w to use Pref erences Ov erview of Prefe rence s 1 4 1 5 Pr ess t he V/M butt on to go from one catego r y to the next PIL O T L IGHT (P ower -on i ndic ation) A UTO POW ER UNIT S VOIC E BRIG HTNES.
Det ails of Prefere nces 1 6 1 7 Pi lot (Po we r-on in dic atio n) P i l o t Sp d Com p (Spe ed and Compass ) In t his se t ti ng, the SC 55 will disp lay yo u r cur rent speed and direction. ( factory defa ult ) P i l o t Co mpa ss (Com pass) In t his se t ti ng, the SC 55 will disp lay yo u r heading.
1 8 1 9 Det ails of Prefere nces In ter pretin g R adar Ale rts A ltho ug h your detect or has a co mp rehe nsive warn ing s ystem and thi s handbook is as co mp lete as w e can mak e it, only experienc e wi ll teach you what to expect f rom yo u r detecto r and ho w to interpret what it tells you .
20 2 1 F eat ur es and Sp ecific ation s GPS R evc eiver • SiRF star II I Dis play T y pe • 280 LE D Alp hanum eric • 4-Le vels o f Brigh tness Co ntro l, incl udi ng Ful l D ark Mo de Pow er Re.
22 23 GP S Service Upd ates Ho w GP S Wo rks The Global Positi on ing System (GPS) is made up of twenty four orbiting sate ll ites and was develo ped by the U.S . mi l itar y . There are at least four satellites visible at any given ti me ever y day .
24 25 T roubl eshooti ng Pr oblem Does not recogni ze t hat the rada r detector is con nected. I on ly get a double beep dur i ng an aler t. The r ada r detector is alert ing but the SC5 5 is not doi ng any th i ng. Sol ution • T ur n SC5 5 pow er off and then back o n.
26 2 7 R egist er o nlin e: @w w w Esc or tInc.co m ESCORT PRODUCT R EGISTR A TION CARD If you purc hased your detec tor direc t ly f rom ESCORT , you d o not need to f i ll this out.
28 29 Remov e c ard along pe rfor ation s .
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