Dukes App

NAV — Opens navigation search when you are not navigating. While navigating, tap the blue Nav control to open the route card (end route, overview, follow options).

Recenter — Centers the map on your location and re-enables follow mode.

Settings — Opens the bottom settings drawer.

Custom or V1 Custom — Quick-toggle for your saved Uniden or V1 custom detector profile (when configured).

ALP [profile] — Cycles AL Priority configuration profiles when your laser jammer is connected.

App Settings — Modern settings hub (Appearance, Driving & Modes, Map & Display, Alerts, Road Alerts, Navigation, CarPlay, Data & Downloads, Backup & About). Includes global settings search.

Bluetooth — Pair and manage detectors, AL Priority, Flic 2 buttons, and TMG laser jammer (beta).

Default Settings — Capture and push Uniden Default and Custom profiles to the detector hardware.

Geofences — List, draw, and edit zones that auto-apply detector settings on enter/exit.

K Blocks — Per-frequency K-band filters for BSM false alerts (Uniden models; not DS1 or V1).

Muting — GPS lockouts, dynamic muting, bogey tones, lockout map, import/export.

Encounters — Alert session history (Feed, Map, and Insights views).

Custom Feeds — Add community police/data feeds, bundles, and quick setup.

Tap — Opens the full report sheet (police, traffic, crash, hazard, weather, road closed, and more).

Long-press (~1.5 seconds) — Submits a quick Police Visible report at your current location without opening the sheet.

On CarPlay, the report button opens the same categories in a grid menu (not only instant police). Submenus include traffic (jam / heavy / standstill), crash types, hazards, and weather.

Add feeds by URL with optional headers, refresh mode (smart or standard), and protocol options. Use Quick Setup or import/export feed bundles to share configurations between devices.

Open the Encounters drawer tab for three views: Feed (searchable list), Map (sessions on the map), and Insights (patterns and analytics). Export or import encounters, add labels and notes, or clear all data from the menu.

Navigate with Dukes (Share Extension) — Share a map link or address from Safari or Maps and choose Navigate with Dukes to start routing in the app.

Siri — Voice commands include navigate Home/Work/favorites, search an address, report police, open the app, and cancel navigation (phrases like “Dukes report police” or “Dukes search address”).

External map links — The app can open coordinates and searches from Apple Maps or Google Maps style links.

First launch offers a guided demo (pair detector, alerts basics, speed limits, lockouts). Replay Onboarding is under Backup & About. The Power Features Tour covers geofences, default settings, K Blocks, Ka mute override, and related topics.

How it works: Drive past a false alert several times (default: 3 passes). The app records the location and frequency. Once it’s confident the signal is always there, it creates a lockout — a GPS-tagged zone where that frequency is permanently silenced.

Manual lockouts: Don’t want to wait? Long-press the lock icon on any active alert banner to immediately lock out that location.

Highway Guard: At highway speeds, the app becomes more cautious about creating lockouts. This prevents accidentally silencing a real police radar that happens to be near a known false-alert spot.

Ka Override: Even when you’ve manually muted alerts, a new Ka band signal will automatically unmute the app. Ka is almost always real police radar.

Low-speed mute: Automatically silence X and K band alerts below a set speed. Perfect for parking lots where automatic doors constantly trigger false alerts.

Quiet Ride: Your detector’s built-in quiet mode that silences alerts below a set speed. Configurable in Detector Settings.

K-Blocks: Frequency windows that tell your Uniden detector to ignore specific K band frequencies known to cause false alerts from vehicle safety systems (blind-spot monitors, adaptive cruise control). Choose from Default, Aggressive, or Disabled presets, or fine-tune individual blocks.

Dynamic muting: Set signal-strength thresholds per band — weak signals are silenced, strong signals always alert.

Example: Draw a geofence around your neighborhood and set it to a quiet profile with X and K bands off. When you leave the neighborhood, the app switches back to your default profile automatically.

Creating one: Open the Geofences tab in the bottom drawer, tap +, and draw the boundary on the map. Then configure which settings should change when you enter that zone.

ALPR-aware routing: The app can route around known license plate reader cameras. Set to Prefer (avoids them when practical) or Avoid All (strict avoidance) under Settings → Navigation.

Voice guidance: Spoken turn-by-turn directions. Choose Minimal (city driving), Normal (balanced), or Frequent (highway, more warning time).

Speed limits: The current road’s posted speed limit is displayed on the map. Your speed turns red when you exceed the limit. Download regional speed limit packages under Map & Overlays for faster, offline-capable speed limit data.

The risk score appears as a banner at the bottom of the screen or a compact badge on the map (configurable). Levels range from Neutral through Low, Moderate, High, to Critical. Enable it under Settings → Map & Overlays → Threat Intelligence.

Voice Alerts: The app speaks announcements like “Ka band, front” or “Police on Main Street.” Configure per-band, per-type voice alerts under Alerts & Sounds. You can also add frequency and direction to the announcements.

Visual Alerts: The screen flashes a configurable color when certain signals are detected. Each band can have its own flash color, brightness, and pulse count. Enable under Alerts & Sounds → Visual Alerts.

Priority order: When multiple alerts compete, the app follows a priority queue: Laser > Police > Hazard > Camera > Radar > Aircraft > Navigation. You can reorder this under Voice Priority Order.

Default Profile — Read the detector’s current settings or push your saved default back to hardware.

Custom Profile — Full editor for bands, city/highway, GPS, display, laser, and expert options. Toggle quickly from the map bottom bar when saved.

V1 Gen2 uses a dedicated V1 settings flow (modes, filters, custom sweeps, BSM+, geofence track) from the Bluetooth tab when connected.

Flic 2 — Pair a physical button under Bluetooth. Map single-tap, double-tap, and hold to mute, add a GPS lockout, JTK, or report police.

TMG laser jammer (beta) — Separate Bluetooth integration with status on the map; opens the Bluetooth drawer when tapped from a notification.

How to enable: Open Settings → CarPlay → Risk Badge and turn on Show Risk Badge. The badge is disabled by default.

Position: By default the badge sits on the right side of the CarPlay map, above the map buttons. Enable Bottom-Left Position in the same menu to move it to the lower-left corner instead.

During navigation: When an ETA banner is active, the badge automatically shifts up above it so both remain visible. Alert banners (radar, laser, police) will cover the badge when they appear since those are higher priority.

Full Navigation — Route line and Apple turn-by-turn guidance on CarPlay.

ETA Mode — Cleaner map with an ETA chip; optional turn preview and next-turn bar. Toggle between ETA and full navigation from CarPlay or Data Mode when configured.

Cluster Directions — ETA-style map plus turn metadata for supported instrument-cluster displays; compact turn card options for newer vehicles.

Map tools — Zoom in/out and related tools from a map tools sheet on CarPlay.

JTK button — With ALP connected, cycles parking / detection / defense. Without ALP, can toggle ETA and full navigation when that option is enabled.

The dashboard shows four tiles: Radar (priority signal with band, frequency, strength, and direction), Alert (active community reports with street and distance), Speed (current speed with speed limit), and Threat (risk score with trend and confidence). Enable under Settings → CarPlay → Phone Display.