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Snooper S1000 User Manual

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  • Page 1 S1000 User manual...
  • Page 2 Drive Safely with Snooper! The S1000’ camera location technology has been designed and manufactured to help enhance road safety and is in no way a licence to speed nor has it been designed as a substitute for concentration. Driving within the speed limit, whilst carefully observing current...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Start Up – Installing the SD Card 40 Display Cameras System Requirements and Downloading Alert Sound 10 Downloading the AURA™ Camera Database Mute 11 Installing your S1000 41 Auto Mute 12 Power Connection & Charging School 14 Operating Instructions Alert...

  • Page 4: Components

    S1000 Components Included The following components come as standard with your S1000:- 1 x S1000 Navigation system 1 x SD Card 1 x Windscreen suction cup bracket 1 x 12v DC to 5v DC Coiled power lead with cigarette lighter socket adaptor...

  • Page 5: Features

    S1000 Features LCD Screen ON/OFF button Battery On/Off/Reset Switch SD Card Slot Audio Out Socket USB Cable Socket Return to contents...

  • Page 6: Registering Your S1000

    Go to the official website www.snooperneo.co.uk and register your unit online. Your unit should normally be activated within 30 minutes of registration. Please Note: To register your S1000 you will need the serial number of your unit and you are required to select from one of the following payment options Payments by Futurepay automatic payment system by credit or debit card.

  • Page 7: Quick Start Guide To Navigation

    S1000 Quick Start Guide to Navigation 1. Take your S1000 outside so that the GPS receiver can locate your position. This may take between 15 - 50 minutes the first time. When satellite lock is achieved, the screen will display your current position on its map in a ‘3D’ navigation view.
  • Page 8 The navigation view will now be displayed, but with the route now highlighted for you. As you approach a specific turn in the calculated route, the S1000 will advise you what to do. For example, “After 200 yards, turn left”, followed by “Now turn left”.

  • Page 9: Start Up - Installing The Sd Card

    *When the S1000 Updater is run for the first time you will be asked to select your language and then to select the camera data that you wish to download. Select the data you would like and then click ‘OK’ . The software is now ready for use.

  • Page 10: Downloading The Aura™ Camera Database

    **If you have a Firewall on your computer, the Firewall software may inform you that the S1000 Updater software is trying to access the internet. Please make sure that you grant/allow/permit access to the S1000 Updater program through the Firewall.

  • Page 11: Installing Your S1000

    Please Note: Only use the cigarette lighter power cable provided with the S1000. The S1000 operates on 5V not 12V and using any other cigarette lighter power cable will damage your device and void the warranty.

  • Page 12: Power Connection & Charging

    3. Plug the other end of the cigarette lighter adaptor into your vehicles cigarette lighter socket. If the S1000 is powered using the cigarette lighter socket a Red LED will illuminate below a Blue LED on the left hand side of the unit.

  • Page 13: Charging The Internal Battery

    Powering the S1000 using the built-in battery Once S1000 is fully charged, it is ready for use. Move the ‘Batt. ON/OFF’ switch to the ‘ON’ position and press and hold the standby/power switch on the left hand side of the unit for 2 seconds to switch on the device.

  • Page 14: Operating Instructions

    Whilst the S1000 software is loading a start-up display will be shown for just a few seconds and then the screen will show a section of a map. The S1000 needs to acquire a minimum of four satellites in order to work. Once this has been achieved the S1000 will ascertain your position and this will be indicated by a green arrow icon on the on-screen map and the GPS signal strength will be shown in the bottom right hand corner of the display.
  • Page 15 Press ‘OK’ at the bottom of the screen to save your preferences. Your chosen settings will now be saved and will appear on the screen each time you use your S1000. If you want to switch between your Current Speed and the Atomic Clock or the Estimated Time of Arrival and Time to Destination during your journey simply touch the screen where either piece of information is displayed and the unit will display the alternate setting and vice versa.

  • Page 16: Volume

    Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Navigate to’ menu. Press the ‘Find by Post Code’ icon. If you have the European version of the S1000, you will need to select the ‘Country’ first BEFORE typing the postcode. (If the correct country is already displayed, go to the next step).
  • Page 17 Press the centre of the screen to enter the ‘Navigate to’ menu. Press the ‘Find by City’ icon. If you have the European version of the S1000, you will need to select the ‘Country’ first BEFORE typing the city. (If the correct country is already displayed, go to the next step).
  • Page 18 Press the centre of the display to enter the ‘Navigate to’ menu. Press the ‘Home’ icon. The S1000 will display details of the destination and offer a ‘Go’ button and a ‘Route Option’ button. Press ‘Go’ to begin your journey.

  • Page 19: Office

    The S1000 will display details of the destination and offer a ‘Go’ button and a ‘Route Option’ button. Press ‘Go’ to begin your journey. The S1000 automatically stores the last route that has been calculated, so that if you wish to return to that address you do not have to re-input all the details again.
  • Page 20 NOT been entered. With the S1000 you have the facility to enter more than one destination at a time (for instance if you wish to visit other locations before reaching your ultimate destination). You can store up to ten individual destinations. The unit will process and calculate the destinations in the following order: A to B, B to C, and C to D etc.

  • Page 21: Multi-Route

    Press ‘Calculate’. The S1000 will calculate the route to each destination stage and provide a new summary screen with the distance to each destination stage along with the estimated duration of the journey to each destination stage from the start point.
  • Page 22 ‘OK’ and the unit will calculate your route to the next stage in the multi-route from your current position. Note: If the S1000 is turned ‘OFF’ and then ‘ON’ during a multi-route journey the device will retain the current route and ask you if you wish to continue with the current destination or with the next stage of the destination or to cancel the multi-route.

  • Page 23: Find By Favourites

    Press to move to the next screen The S1000 is capable of storing the last 32 routes that have been calculated, so that if you wish to return to an address you do not have to re-input the details again.
  • Page 24 (Points of Interest) If you would like to calculate a route to a hotel, airport, restaurant or even a golf course the S1000 can calculate a route using its extensive database of POI’s (Points of Interest). To navigate using this database: Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Navigate to’...

  • Page 25: Find By Nearest Poi

    3.10 This function will help you to find the nearest POI from either your ‘Current Position’ or a ‘Different Position’ within a certain radius which can specified up to a maximum of 60 miles. 3.10.1 To navigate using the ‘Current Position’ Press the centre of the screen to enter the ‘Navigate to’...
  • Page 26 Next press ‘City’ and enter the city name using the keyboard displayed. As you begin to input the city name, the S1000 will automatically prompt you with a list of possible matches. If you can see the name of the destination you are searching for in the lower window, you can select it easily by pressing that name with your finger.

  • Page 27: Find By Map'

    Once the calculation is complete you can either press ‘Go’ to start navigation, ‘Simulation’ to see the actual route that will be taken, ‘Route Option’ to change the parameters of the route or ‘Guide’ which will list the turn by turn instructions of the journey.

  • Page 28: Re-Route

    3.12.2 If you wish to avoid several roads from the selected route calculated by the S1000, then this function allows you to re-calculate a route over a user defined distance, ranging from 1 mile up to a maximum of 100 miles.
  • Page 29 3.12.3 If you do not wish to use the alternative routes offered by the S1000 and you wish to return to the original calculated route, press the ‘Clear Avoided Road’ button and the original route plotted by the S1000 will be restored.

  • Page 30: Favourites

    The ‘My Favourite’ menu allows you to store destinations that you visit frequently, retrieve recently visited destinations, modify user points and edit or store your ‘Home’ and ‘Office’ details without having to enter the destination details each time. 4.1 Favourites This function allows you to store a number of your more common destinations.

  • Page 31: Recent Destination

    This function can be used to delete any or all of the recent destinations that are stored on the S1000. The S1000 can store up to a maximum of 40 recent destinations. 4.2.1 To delete individually stored recent destinations Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Navigate to’ menu.

  • Page 32: User Points

    4.3.1 Editing user points Once a user point has been stored onto the S1000 the location requires editing so that the correct alert will be given when you approach the user stored coordinate. To edit the user point: Press the centre of the display to enter the ‘Navigate to’ menu.
  • Page 33 4.3.3 Delete individually stored user points Press the centre of the display to enter the ‘Navigate to’ menu. Press ‘My Favourite’ at the top of the display. Press the ‘User Point’ icon Select the user point you wish to delete. You can scroll through the list of user points by using the up, down arrows located on the right hand side of the display.

  • Page 34: Office

    Once you have entered your ‘Home’ location details you also have the facility to name your destination. Press ‘Name’ and a keyboard will be displayed with the road name of the destination you selected. Press the ‘Arrow’ key to erase this data then input the new name using the keyboard. Press ‘Save’...

  • Page 35: Configure Menu

    If this is not correct, select the correct road with your finger. Press ‘Quick Menu’ and ‘Continue’ . Press ‘OK’ The S1000 will automatically save this location as your ‘Home’ or ‘Office’ destination.
  • Page 36 ‘OK’ button at the bottom of the screen. Please note: If ‘Day’ is ticked when you press ‘OK’ at the bottom of the display the S1000 will retain this setting when the unit is switched OFF.

  • Page 37: Setup

    Your S1000 comes with a choice of voice prompts and alerts in several languages. Changing the language also changes the language of the menu items as well on the unit. To use this facility: Press the centre of the screen to enter the ‘Navigate to’ menu.

  • Page 38: Show Poi

    S1000. The S1000 comes complete with a comprehensive list of POI’s (Point’s of Interest). You can search for addresses using POI’s and save POI’s in your list of favourites. You can also choose which of the POI’s you would like to have indicated on your map. As standard ALL POI’s are shown, however this list can be edited within the POI Menu.

  • Page 39: Auto Scale

    In order for this feature to operate you will need to subscribe to and download the AURA™ Camera Database onto your S1000. See ‘Registering your S1000’ (Page 6) and ‘System Requirements & Downloading’ (page 9) for further details.
  • Page 40 This function allows you to personalise the camera alert settings that you will receive during operation. To alter the camera alert settings: Press the centre of the screen to enter the ‘Navigate to’ menu. Press the ‘Configure’ button. Press the ‘Camera alert’ icon. A list of options is displayed on the left hand side of the screen.

  • Page 41: Auto Mute

    Yes: The unit will provide an audible alert at your set audible level but will then reduce this alert to a lower level after a few seconds when you are approaching a safety camera. No: S1000 will continue to emit a tone at a constant audio level until the camera has been passed. To make your selection, touch the relevant tick box with your finger.
  • Page 42 To make your selection, touch the relevant tick box with your finger. 5.8.2 If you deviate from the calculated route, the S1000 will automatically recalculate a route without any user intervention. To indicate rerouting is in progress the S1000 will emit an audible tone.
  • Page 43 5.10 This function allows you to choose between the alternative colour schemes that are available for the maps used in your S1000 system (several of which are most suitable for use at night). To access this facility: Press the centre of the screen to enter the ‘Navigate to’ menu.

  • Page 44: Version (Hardware & Software)

    If you wish to check the reliability of the software data on your SD card then press this button and the S1000 will then perform a ‘system check’ to ensure that the SD card information is at optimum efficiency.

  • Page 45: Avoid Motorway

    6.1.3 If you want to calculate a route avoiding any type of Toll Roads, select this feature before calculating your route. Press again to deselect. 6.1.4 If you would like to take a more leisurely journey with the chance of a more pi cturesque view then select the ‘Avoid Motorway’...
  • Page 46 6.2.3 If you do not wish to use the alternative routes offered by the S1000 and you wish to return to the original calculated route, press the ‘Clear Avoided Road’ button and the original route plotted by the S1000 will be restored.

  • Page 47: Summary Screen

    If you would like to calculate a route to a destination but want to go via a specific location along the way you can use this function. Simply input the details of your final destination as usual but press the ‘Route Option’ button in the summary screen and then select the ‘Navigate Via Location’...

  • Page 48: Quick Access Menu

    Please note that this new setting is only temporary and if the S1000 is switched off and then back on the audio level returns to either the factory default or your personalised setting. If you press the speaker icon you can turn off the audio on the unit completely.

  • Page 49: Scroll Map

    To restore the camera alerts press the top of the S1000’s display to show the drop down menu and then press the camera icon.

  • Page 50: Understanding The Mapping Screen

    B5358 Distance to roundabout Gatso Safety Camera Alerts As well as navigating you safely from A to B, S1000 will also alert you automatically to all Fixed Speed Cameras on your route whether you have a route Speed camera type planned or not.

  • Page 51: Speed Camera Alert Patterns

    9.0 Speed Camera Alert Patterns To enable your S1000 to alert you to Fixed Speed Cameras and Accident Black spots you will have to register and download the AURA™ Camera Database. 9.1 Fixed Speed Safety Cameras As you approach a fixed speed safety camera the unit will begin to provide both a voice alert stating the type of camera you are approaching and the fixed speed limit for that camera and a visual alert displaying the same information.

  • Page 52: Troubleshooting - Saving User Points

    When you attempt to save the new User Point and the Information window with ‘Save user point?’ is not displayed it means that the memory in your S1000 is completely full. If you want to store any different coordinates, you will have to either delete some or all of the existing coordinates stored in the unit’s memory.

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting S1000 Downloads

    2. Is the S1000 connected to an AC mains power supply? The S1000 needs to be switched on BEFORE connecting it to the PC. If the battery charge on the unit is low, the unit may switch off during the download process and the download will fail. As a precaution, it is best to power the unit using the AC mains adaptor.
  • Page 54 Please make sure the USB lead has a secure connection to the PC and is fully plugged in. Ensure the smaller connector is plugged into the USB socket on the underside of the unit. Only plug the USB lead into the S1000 once you see the ‘Safety Information Screen’...
  • Page 55 Section A for how to determine what Service Pack your windows XP Operating System has. If you do have a Firewall on your computer the S1000 Updater software may appear to stop and it is at this point that your Firewall software will inform you that the S1000 Updater software is trying to access the internet.

  • Page 56: Specification

    Do not drop, throw or try to bend your product. Do not paint your product. Do not attempt to disassemble of modify your product. Only Snooper authorised personnel should perform service. Do not place your product in the area above your cars airbag.
  • Page 57 Battery We recommend that you fully charge the battery before you use the S1000 for the first time. A new battery or one that has not been used for a long time could have a reduced capacity the first few times it is used.

  • Page 58: Service Under Warranty

    SERVICE UNDER WARRANTY Your S1000 comes with a standard one year manufacturer’s warranty. If, for some reason your unit requires service under warranty return your S1000 by special delivery or equivalent insured shipping method and in suitable packaging to: The Returns Dept.,...

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