VikJ
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- Joined
- Jan 2, 2003
- Messages
- 223
- Location
- Peterborough, Cambs.
- Car
- 2014 W246 B180CDi AMG Line Premium
Installed my new Snooper S6 this evening which was a fairly painless experience.
Biggest pain in the backside was hooking the permanent power lead to the cigarette lighter power supply. Having never taken any part of the car apart before, it took me a good 30 mins to take the cubbyhole/ashtray section out.
Once that was done, it was fairly easy. I've decided to mount the RLD at the top centre of the windscreen as I couldn't find suitable place within the engine bay. This is attached to the windscreen with suction pads just behind the rear view mirror and is pretty discreet. Certainly more than I thought it would be. Total installation time was between 2 - 2.5 hours.
The main display unit is attached to the windscreen in the corner to the right of the steering wheel and the GPS arial is on the middle of the dash next to the SatNav arial. I'd registered the unit through the S6 website last night as you cannot download the database until you have done that.
I then went out for a quick spin to test it out, heading up the A1 from Peterborough towards Stamford. I was pretty impressed as the first Truvelo it picked up was in a 40mph roadworks zone followed by one in a 70mph zone shortly after. I then turned round came back through the roadworks and noticed that it didn't pick one camera but wasn't unduly concerned as it is only been installed for the roadworks and is not a permanent fixed unit.
I then took the A605 towards Oundle to test the 2 camera's between the A1 and Oundle (for those who know the area, Simon and Jimmy). I was pretty annoyed as it failed to pick them up but then remembered that I'd set the unit to not advise me of camera's facing in the opposite direction (Duh). I'm thinking of changing this setting as its possible for camera's on A Roads to be turned around so better to be safe than sorry.
So, out of a total of 6 camera's passed, it only failed on one which was in a 40mph roadworks zone. As a result, I'm happy with it but will obviously have to see what happens on a longer run and will be interested to see how it works on minor roads and in London where there are camera's galore.
The only thing that annoyed me was that it kept picking up K band signals but I understand that this can be turned off somehow.
I also aimed to keep the installation as portable as possible so that I can move it from car to car. In a few months time, I may buy another GPS arial for the A-Class so that I can move the unit and use the supplied separate cigarette lighter power lead.
Apologies for the long post, but as it seems to be the hot topic at the moment, I thought I'd post my experience with the product. Let me know if any questions and I'll try my best to answer them.
Biggest pain in the backside was hooking the permanent power lead to the cigarette lighter power supply. Having never taken any part of the car apart before, it took me a good 30 mins to take the cubbyhole/ashtray section out.
Once that was done, it was fairly easy. I've decided to mount the RLD at the top centre of the windscreen as I couldn't find suitable place within the engine bay. This is attached to the windscreen with suction pads just behind the rear view mirror and is pretty discreet. Certainly more than I thought it would be. Total installation time was between 2 - 2.5 hours.
The main display unit is attached to the windscreen in the corner to the right of the steering wheel and the GPS arial is on the middle of the dash next to the SatNav arial. I'd registered the unit through the S6 website last night as you cannot download the database until you have done that.
I then went out for a quick spin to test it out, heading up the A1 from Peterborough towards Stamford. I was pretty impressed as the first Truvelo it picked up was in a 40mph roadworks zone followed by one in a 70mph zone shortly after. I then turned round came back through the roadworks and noticed that it didn't pick one camera but wasn't unduly concerned as it is only been installed for the roadworks and is not a permanent fixed unit.
I then took the A605 towards Oundle to test the 2 camera's between the A1 and Oundle (for those who know the area, Simon and Jimmy). I was pretty annoyed as it failed to pick them up but then remembered that I'd set the unit to not advise me of camera's facing in the opposite direction (Duh). I'm thinking of changing this setting as its possible for camera's on A Roads to be turned around so better to be safe than sorry.
So, out of a total of 6 camera's passed, it only failed on one which was in a 40mph roadworks zone. As a result, I'm happy with it but will obviously have to see what happens on a longer run and will be interested to see how it works on minor roads and in London where there are camera's galore.
The only thing that annoyed me was that it kept picking up K band signals but I understand that this can be turned off somehow.
I also aimed to keep the installation as portable as possible so that I can move it from car to car. In a few months time, I may buy another GPS arial for the A-Class so that I can move the unit and use the supplied separate cigarette lighter power lead.
Apologies for the long post, but as it seems to be the hot topic at the moment, I thought I'd post my experience with the product. Let me know if any questions and I'll try my best to answer them.
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