Side View Radar: Overview

The Side Radar instantly detects any obstruction at the vehicle’s sides and alerts the driver, illuminating an LED indicator on the corresponding side. If the driver signals a turn to that side, the indicator flashes and the Radar’s buzzer audibly warns the driver of the potential hazard.

When paired with an in-cabin monitor and side cameras, the radar displays an alert bar over the respective camera’s image, and if the driver signals a turn, the monitor audibly warns the driver of the hazard.

Understanding Detection

The Radar’s sensor emits electromagnetic energy that creates an area where any object, person, or other obstruction reflects that energy, allowing the sensor to instantly detect the potential hazard.

Ease of detection is impacted by key factors such as an obstruction’s size, material, surface area, shape, and angle. Larger, smooth surfaces facing the sensor at a closer distance will be more reliably detected than uneven, small, or distant objects. For example, compare the ease of detecting a nearby truck to that of a small, distant bush.

In its default configuration, the Side Radar’s detection zone is 7 m forward (~23ft), 7 m rearward, 3.5 m outward (~11.5 ft), 7° upward, and 7° downward.

The sensors cannot detect obstructions within 0.2 meters (8 inches). All readings STOP within that distance; the vehicle CANNOT go any farther without risking a collision.

In The Kit

1. Radar Control Box [P/N: 8090427]
   
2. Side View Radar Assembly 
   • Passenger's side [P/N: 8090436]
   • Driver's Side [P/N: 8090437]
     
3. LED Indicators [P/N: 8050243]
   • Driver and passenger side indicators
     
4. Buzzer [P/N: 8090434]
   
5. Accessories
   
    

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• Side View Radar: Installation
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• Side View Radar: Troubleshooting