Stinger VIP User Manual
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- Page 1 User manual English...
- Page 2 Copyright 2012-2013 Stinger. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, nor in whole, nor in part, without the express prior permission of Stinger. Stinger, the Stinger logo, the Stinger ‘S’, ‘De luxe van relaxed rijden’ and VIP Computer are registered trademarks of Stinger.
- Page 3 1. Keeping your Stinger up-to-date 2. Contact and help 3. Using your Stinger VIP 4. SafetySignals 5. PoliceCheck 6. MileageLogging 7. Alert types 7a. Spot 7b. Section 7c. Laser 7d. Radar 8. Suppressing false alerts...
- Page 4 1. When you start using your Stinger USB Key for the very first time, please first connect it to the USB port of your Stinger VIP in order to ‘match’ them. 2. Connect the USB Key of the Stinger VIP to your Mac (or PC). 3. Launch Stinger Desktop application.
- Page 5 2. Contact and help If, at any point, you have questions regarding your Stinger, Stinger and Stinger dealers are at your service: Head Office Phone: +31 (0)252 - 41 80 95 www.stinger.com Website: Email: mail stinger.com Online manuals: www.stinger.com/manuals...
- Page 6 Using your Stinger VIP is extremely simple. Make sure your Stinger USB Key is connected to the Stinger USB cable in your car. Your VIP will automatically start up each time you turn on the ignition of your car and shut down when you turn the ignition off again.
- Page 7 After start-up the VIP will always take you to the Pilot screen (the standard operating screen). For any further interaction with the VIP you can use the pressure sensitive touch display. At any time, pressing the Stinger S-key will take you directly to the main menu.
- Page 8 In the main menu you can proceed to the Settings menu where you can change settings such as volume, alert behaviour, brightness, time, language, kilometer/miles, side buttons and SpeedSense. From the main menu simply press the ‘Pilot’ icon to return to the Pilot screen. Main menu Side buttons ‘Hidden’...
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Page 9: Safety Signals
These signals will be transcoded in real-time and shown as the appropriate alert. This way your VIP can alert you up to a kilometer ahead for a special traffic situation. Depending on the application, there are several ways a SafetySignal can be generated. - Page 10 This unique Stinger feature enables you to dispute unjust or incorrect traffic citations. With PoliceCheck switched on (Main Menu > Settings > PoliceCheck), your VIP will automatically log the instances you encountered radar, laser and other types of speed traps. Of those moments it will also log other data including your speed and essential details such as radar frequencies.
- Page 11 To register trip ‘interruptions’ like petrol and food stops you just choose ‘Pitstop’ when resuming your ride. With the supplied Stinger USB Key it is a cinch to transfer your RouteLogging information to the Stinger Desktop application on your Mac (or PC) and further manage the data.
- Page 12 7. Types of speed traps Alerts of the VIP distinguish between the types of speed traps: a. Spot Fixed installation Fixed installation Type: loops Type: radar cabinet b. Section c. Laser Sidelaser d. Radar Radar installation On tripod In car...
- Page 13 7a. Spot The VIP will alert you, with the help of GPS technology, to fixed speed trap installations (such as posts with induction loops and radar installations) or simply ‘Spots’. Stinger has mapped the locations of the vast majority of fixed speed trap installations in the world and distributes these in the form of a so-called ‘SpotList’.
- Page 14 A computer then automatically calculates your average speed between points ‘A’ and ‘B’ and arranges for your ticket in case of speeding. With the clear information of the VIP you will effortlessly be guided through Section Control. Approaching Section...
- Page 15 During Section Average speed Section length Your real-time average speed in the Your position within the Section Section so far. shown graphically and in numbers. End of Section Average speed Your final average speed over the completed Section. If you have complied with the speed limit, a ‘smiley’...
- Page 16 7c. Laser If you have equipped your VIP with Stinger Laser, it can provide you with protection against laser speed traps . In such traps a device will fire laser light towards your car and use the reflections to determine your speed.
- Page 17 LaserShield ® When being fired at with laser, your Stinger can instantly deploy a shield of invisible light: the LaserShield . It will ® (temporarily) make it nearly impossible for laser guns to measure your speed. The LaserShield is so advanced that even modern side-lasers ®...
- Page 18 7d. Radar Radar based speed traps determine your speed with the help of reflected radio waves. Those radars may be set up temporarily in a car or on a tripod next to the road, or be part of a fixed installation such as in a cabinet next to or above the road.
- Page 19 Multi Polarity HD antenna the Stinger VIP can even timely recognize speed radars where radar detectors fall short. The extreme accuracy of the Stinger VIP is also evident in the Spectrum Analysis screen. Go to ‘settings’ to select it as your default screen or to define it as a toggle key.
- Page 20 Whenever you receive a false alert, simply hit the ‘Add to FalseList’ area to store that specific signal at that specific lo- cation in the FalseList of your Stinger or just let the VIP decide automatically. This way, your VIP will get quieter and quieter.
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