Vector 990 Owner's Manual - Beltronics

k Safety Warning System ® (SWS ) Alerts(North American Mode only)With the Safety Warning System ® feature ON and anSWS transmitter in use, your detector will provide aunique, 2 second SWS tone coupled with a SafetyWarning System ® category word (i.e. “Ha z d Zo n e ”indicating Highway Hazard Zone Advisory) to quicklyorient you to the type of situation ahead. Thisintroductory message is followed by a specific TextMessage (i.e. “SHARP CURVE AHEAD”) and DigitalVoice Message which is repeated twice. After theDigital Voice, the unit will continue to present themessage and provide the “clicking“ tone for as long asan SWS signal is detected. If two separate SWS messages are received, each message is presentedtwice before the “clicking” resumes.You can replay the last SWS message received bypressing the DRK button within 30 seconds ofreceiving an SWS alert. Both Digital Voice and TextMessage are replayed.If you have selected “SWSt o n e ” (Digital Voice OFF),your unit will show just the Text Message (seeSelectable Features, page 11).Note—the end of a multiple word SWS message isindicated by an asterisk.24