Escort 3091160 Guardian Alert 911 Personal Emergency Device User Guide

Escort 3091160 Guardian Alert 911 Personal Emergency Device User Guide

What’s Included

•  Hitch Radar Sensor
•  Miniature Driver Display Module
• 7-Blade Connector (Quick-Fit only)
•  Cable Set
• Velcro Stick Pad, Cable Ties and Alcohol Pad

How Guardian Alert Works

Using ESCORT’s proprietary advanced radar technology, Guardian Alert essentially creates a three-dimensional cube of blind-zone coverage, scanning for objects while your vehicle is engaged in reverse. If an obstacle is detected within this cube of coverage while you are backing up, the system alerts you with both an audio and visual warning,
preventing injuries and vehicle damage

Comprehensive Blind-Zone Coverage
All vehicles have unique rear blind zones of varying dimensions. Guardian Alert provides the most comprehensive blind-zone coverage available, scanning from the rear of your vehicle back 9 ft., across the width of your vehicle, and from ground level up to 5 ft. vertically.

All-Weather Performance

Guardian Alert’s proprietary advanced radar (microwave) technology not only detects obstacles, preventing back overs and collisions, its performance is unaffected by environmental/weather conditions, such as dirt, snow, rain, salt deposits, wind and cold operating temperatures. Guardian Alert’s system will function properly even if totally covered in snow, ice, or mud. Ultrasonic backing aids cannot match this maintenance-free performance

No Nuisance Notifications

Guardian Alert runs on an operating principle of diminishing distance, which means it senses only the diminishing distance between your vehicle and any object. If the distance between your vehicle and an object does not decrease, a collision cannot occur. By following this operating principle, Guardian Alert is able to avoid nuisance notifications.

No Unnoticed Alerts

To ensure no alert goes unnoticed, the Driver Display comes standard with a 75-dB volume that cannot be adjusted. False alarms are infrequent; therefore, each alert requires your immediate attention. An optional 95-dB volume Driver Display (used mostly in commercial trucks) is also available

Installing Guardian Alert

Quick-Fit Hitch Model
Guardian Alert is simple to install. The Quick-Fit Hitch slides directly into a standard 2-in. trailer hitch receiver, and Guardian Alert is powered by the standard seven-way receptacle next to your hitch receiver.

1.  Depress the pins on the Guardian Alert sensor and slide it into the hitch receiver until the pins lock into place. Ensure the ESCORT Guardian Alert label is upright.
2.  From beneath the rear of the vehicle, insert the provided seven-blade plug into the vehicle’s seven way electrical socket. Connect the four-pin connector to the sensor and the two-pin connector to the seven-blade plug.
3.  Feed the 4-ft. Driver Display cable along the rear of the vehicle, up into the rear of the passenger compartment through a body plug or existing cable entry grommet. For vans and SUVs, run along the weather seal.
4.  Connect the Driver Display cable to the Driver Display unit. If necessary, use the 12-ft. extension cable to position the Driver Display closer to the driver. Coil and firmly secure any spare Driver Display cable with the provided cable ties.

Removing For Towing

1.  Reach under the hitch receiver and disconnect the plug and socket.
2. Depress the pins on the sensor and slide the sensor out of the receiver.

Re-Installing After Towing

1.  Reach under the hitch receiver and connect the plug and socket.
2. Test the system to ensure the unit was reinstalled properly. For details, see the Guardian Alert Testing section of this manual.

Testing Guardian Alert

Once installation is complete, follow all of the testing instructions listed below to ensure that the system is operating correctly. Do not use Guardian Alert until you have completed this testing process and have ascertained that the system is working properly.

1.  Set the parking break.
2.  Turn on the ignition and place the vehicle in reverse.
3. Have someone else mark off a distance of 12 ft. straight out from behind the vehicle and have them stand in that spot.
4.  Now have the person place an object, such as metal folding chair, 15 ft. behind the vehicle.