What sat nav question

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Tafia

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2,658 posts

247 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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Hi folks,

I not too thrilled with my Snooper Syrius S2500 sat nav which I have owned for less than a year. My main complaint is that it does not show several new local mobile speed trap sites and, unlike my previous Snooper Indago, I cannot enter these sites myself. Snooper say they are not now allowed to offer this option due to EU rules but I am told other makers do.

It seems to have another problem now in that the battery-state lights no longer illuminate. I usually have a red LED when the battery needs a charge and blue when fully charged. I have just had it on charge for over 3 hours and though the indicator shows it is charging, there is no light to tell me charging is complete.

I have heard good and bad about other makes of sat nav and was quite happy with the old Indago until it died.

What I am looking for is an audible warning of over the speed limit. good database showing fixed and mobile camera site and the option to input new mobile sites when seen.

Anyone recommend the best sat nav for the above needs? I don't need European cover.

Cheers

T

hdrflow

854 posts

137 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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You may want something supported by PocketGPSWorld http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/.

There's plenty of threads on sat nav recommendations http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... and others.

Anything too new from TomTom and it won't work with PocketGPS speed camera database for example.

Tafia

Original Poster:

2,658 posts

247 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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hdrflow said:
You may want something supported by PocketGPSWorld http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/.

There's plenty of threads on sat nav recommendations http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... and others.

Anything too new from TomTom and it won't work with PocketGPS speed camera database for example.
Many thanks. Can you say, if PGPSW is installed on a sat nav, does it replace or compliment the pre-existing speed trap database.

hdrflow

854 posts

137 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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It complements on my TomTom 1005 and Garmin 2595. I'm sure will be the same on others. It works as extra POIs.

Tafia

Original Poster:

2,658 posts

247 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Thanks for the information.

Sorry for the wrong spelling of complements smile


Regards

T

JimmyTheHand

1,001 posts

141 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Tafia said:
Many thanks. Can you say, if PGPSW is installed on a sat nav, does it replace or compliment the pre-existing speed trap database.
I have both running on a TomTom Go 550 - unfortunately the newest TomTom models (Go X0/X00/X000) don't currently support PGPSW

You may also want to look on the PGPSW forums

Tafia

Original Poster:

2,658 posts

247 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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Thanks to all for your input. Sorry for the late response.

Best wishes for Christmas

T.