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Designed and printed in the USA Escort Incorporated 5440 West Chester Road West Chester, Ohio 45069 Sales 800 -433 -3487 Service 800 -543 - 1 608 www .escortradar.com ©2003 Escort Inc. Escort ® , Passport ® , AFR ® , SmartShield ® , AutoSensitivity ™ , MuteDisplay ™ and ExpertMeter ™ are trademarks of Escort Inc. SWS ™ is a trademark o ...
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T able of Contents Quick Reference Guide 2-3 Installation 4-5 • Power Connection 4 • Mounting Location 4 • Windshield Mount 5 Controls and Features 6-9 • Power and volume control 6 • Power-on indication 6 • AutoMute 6 • Mute 6 • Auto / Highway / City Switch 6 • Dim / Dark Switch 7 • Dark Mode 7 • Audible Alerts 7 • Signal St ...
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Quick Reference Guide To begin using your Passport, just follow these simple steps 1 Plug the small end of the power cord into the side jack of the detector, and plug the large end of the power cord into your car’s lighter socket. 2 Mount your Passport on the windshield using the supplied windshield mount. 3 Rotate the volume thumbwheel on Passpo ...
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Power Connection To power Passport, plug the small end of the supplied coiled power cord into the telephone-type power jack on Passport’s left side, and plug the lighter adapter into your vehicle’s lighter socket or accessory socket. Passport operates on 1 2 volts DC negative ground only. The lighter plug provided is standard size and will work ...
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Controls and Features Power and volume control To turn Passport on and adjust the alert tone volume level, rotate the thumbwheel on Passport’s left side. Turn the control away from you to increase the audio volume. When you turn Passport on, it goes through a sequence of alerts. If you prefer, you may program your Passport for a shorter power-on ...
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Controls and Features 8 9 Power Connector Passport’s new power jack uses a telephone- type connector. This new 4- conductor connector works with the included coiled cord, and with our optional new SmartCord MuteDisplay. The SmartCord is a special power cord that has a power-on indicator, a bright alert light that warns of radar or laser, and a co ...
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EZ-Programming Over view of EZ-Programming 10 11 There are 10 user-selectable options so you can customize your Passport 7500S for your own preferences. The buttons labeled CITY and DIM are also used to enter the Program Mode, REVIEW your current program settings, and to CHANGE any settings as desired. The words PROGRAM, REVIEW, and CHANGE are loca ...
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Details of EZ-Programming 12 13 Pilot Light (Power-on indication) Note: When you are using the Dark mode, the display will only show HD, AD, or CD, (Highway-Dark, Auto-Dark, or City-Dark). PilotHWY (Full description) In this setting, Passport will display “Highway,” “City,” or “Auto” as its power- on indication. (factory default) Pilot ...
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Brightness Brt LAST (last) In this setting, when you turn on Passport, the display will be the last brightness you had selected during operation with the dim button. (factory default) Brt MIN (minimum) In this setting, each time you turn on Passport, the display will be at the lowest brightness. Brt MED (medium) In this setting, each time you turn ...
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T echnical Details 16 17 Interpreting Alerts Although Passport has a comprehensive warning system and this handbook is as complete as we can make it, only experi- ence will teach you what to expect from your Passport and how to interpret what it tells you. The specific type of radar being used, the type of transmission (continuous or instant-on) an ...
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T echnical Details 18 19 How Radar W orks Traffic radar, which consists of microwaves, travels in straight lines and is easily reflected by objects such as cars, trucks, even guardrails and overpasses. Radar works by directing its microwave beam down the road. As your vehicle travels into range, the microwave beam bounces off your car, and the rada ...
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T echnical Details 20 21 How Safety Radar W orks Safety Warning System, or SWS, uses a modified K-band radar signal. The SWS safety radar system has 64 possible messages (60 currently allocated). The SWS messages your Passport can display are listed on the facing page. From the factory, your Passport is programmed with SWS decoding OFF. If SWS is u ...
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Tr oubleshooting 22 23 Problem Passport beeps briefly at the same location every day, but no radar source is in sight. Passport does not seem sensitive to radar or laser. Passport did not alert when a police car was in view. Passport did not provide a Safety signal while within range of an emergency vehicle. Passport’s display is not working. Pas ...
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Escort 7500 - page 14
Ser vice 24 Service Procedure If Your Passport ever needs service, please follow these simple steps: 1 Check the troubleshooting section of this manual. It may have a solution to your problem. 2 Call us at 1-800-543-1608. We may be able to solve your problem over the phone. If the problem requires that you send your Passport to the factory for repa ...
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