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Snooper Syrius User Manual

The 2 in 1 speed camera detector and satellite navigation system with 4” widescreen
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  • Page 1 The 2 in 1 Speed Camera Detector and Satellite Navigation System with 4” Widescreen USER MANUAL Developed by Mapping by...
  • Page 2 Syrius’s UK navigation software comes as standard on the SD Card included and can be activated in seconds by inserting the card into the SD slot on the side of the unit. When necessary, upgrades to this map will be made available on CD ROM.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Start Up – Installing the SD Card Display Cameras System Requirements and Downloading Alert Sound 10 Downloading the Enigma Camera Database Mute 11 Installing your Syrius Auto Mute 12 Power Connection & Charging 33 School 13 Operating Instructions Alert Starting Up...
  • Page 4 Components Included The following components come as standard with your Syrius:- 1 x Syrius Navigation system 1 x SD Card with UK & Ireland mapping 1 x Windscreen suction cup bracket 1 x 12v DC to 5v DC Coiled power lead with cigarette lighter socket adaptor...

  • Page 5: Features

    Features LCD Screen Power LED Battery Status LED Manual Store On/Off Button USB Cable Socket SD Card Battery On/Off GPS Antenna Slot Switch Battery Charger Socket Return to contents...

  • Page 6: Registering Your Syrius

    If you register by post your unit should normally be activated within 24 hours upon our receipt of your completed registration form. Please Note: To register your Syrius you will need the serial number of your unit and you are required to select a payment method at the time of registration. There are two payment options available: Monthly by Direct Debit - Receive 6 Months FREE, then pay only £4.95 a month...

  • Page 7: Quick Start Guide To Navigation

    1. Take the Syrius outside, if you haven't already done so, so that the GPS receiver can locate your position. This may take up to 30 minutes the first time the Syrius is used. When satellite lock is achieved the screen displays your current position on its map in a '3D' navigation view.
  • Page 8 6. 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 Syrius will tell you what to do. For example, "After 200 yards, turn left", followed by "Now turn left".

  • Page 9: Start Up - Installing The Sd Card

    Refer to the section on ‘Power Connection and Charging’ later in this manual. System Requirements and Downloading Before you can begin downloading the database onto your Syrius you will need to install the Syrius Updater software that enables you to do this.

  • Page 10: Downloading The Enigma

    **If you have a Firewall on your computer the Firewall software will inform you that the Syrius Updater software is trying to access the internet. Please make sure that you grant/allow/permit access through the Firewall. Please read the messages supplied by your Firewall software carefully before choosing your option.

  • Page 11: Installing Your Syrius

    Installing your Syrius The Syrius comes with a windscreen suction cup bracket so that the unit can be mounted on your vehicles windscreen. When installing your Syrius please ensure that: • The unit, with its built in GPS antenna has a clear view of the sky* •...

  • Page 12: Power Connection & Charging

    Syrius’s internal battery. Firstly push the ‘Batt. ON/OFF’ switch on the underside of the unit to the ‘ON’ position. Then take the lead and plug the smaller end into the DC 5V input socket on the back of the Syrius and plug the cigarette lighter adaptor into your vehicles cigarette lighter socket.

  • Page 13: Operating Instructions

    Whilst the Syrius 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 Syrius needs to acquire a minimum of three satellites in order to work. Once this has been achieved the Syrius 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 to the bottom right hand corner of the display.

  • Page 14: Easy Set Up

    Press to switch between the two. GPS Signal strength Battery status To modify the information shown access the Menu by simply touching the Syrius in the centre of the screen with your finger and press the ‘Configure’ button Return to contents...
  • Page 15 Your chosen settings will now be saved and will appear on the screen each time you use your Syrius. 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: Planning A Route

    Alternatively, if you do not have a house or building number, your Syrius can navigate you to a point where two roads meet instead. After you have entered the name of the road you would like to navigate to, press the ‘Intersection’ button.
  • Page 17 If you only know the street name and the town or city that you would like to navigate to then select this option. Touch the centre of the Syrius’s display to access the menu and then press the ‘Find by City’ icon. Next press the ‘City’...
  • Page 18 3.4.2 To calculate a route, simply press the centre of the Syrius’s display to access the menu and then press the ‘Home’ icon. The Syrius will confirm the destination and offer a ‘Go’ button and a ‘Route Option’ button. Press ‘Go’ and a route will automatically be created and you can personalise the route options as normal.
  • Page 19 Options’ to change the parameters of the route or ‘Guide’ which will list the turn by turn instructions. The Syrius 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 20 (Points of Interest) If you would like to calculate a route to a hotel, airport, restaurant or even a golf course the Syrius can calculate a route using its extensive database of POI’s (Points of Interest). To navigate using this database touch the centre of the Syrius’s display to access the menu.
  • Page 21 If you want to refine your search by Category, then you can also add information such as the City and or the Name of the POI if you know it. Alternatively if you leave these two fields showing All Cities or leave the name blank, Syrius will search through it’s entire database for your category type.
  • Page 22 You can create a route to a location by viewing the map and selecting a road or area with your finger. To navigate using this facility touch the centre of the Syrius’s display to access the menu, press the Arrow and then select the ‘Find by Map’...

  • Page 23: Re-Route

    3.11.2 If you wish to avoid several roads from the selected route plotted by the Syrius, then this facility allows you to re-calculate a route over a user defined distance ranging from 1 mile up to a maximum of 100 miles.
  • Page 24 3.11.3 If you do not wish to use the alternative routes offered by the Syrius and you wish to return to the original calculated route, press the ‘Clear Avoided Road’ button and the original route plotted by the Syrius will be restored.

  • Page 25: Recent Destination

    Name’. Please note you can enter a new name for the favourite using up to a maximum of sixteen characters. sixteen characters. This function can be used to delete any or all of the recent destinations that are stored in the Syrius. The Syrius can store up to a maximum of 32 recent destinations.

  • Page 26: User Points

    User Points’ on page 40). 4.3.1 To delete individually stored User Points Press the centre of the Syrius’s display to enter the menu, press the ‘My Favourite’ button at the top of the display and then press the ‘User Points’...
  • Page 27 4.4.2 To calculate a route, simply press the centre of the Syrius’s display to access the menu and then press the ‘Home’ icon. The Syrius will confirm the destination and offer a ‘Go’ button and a ‘Route Option’ button. Press ‘Go’ and a route will automatically be created and you can personalise the route options as normal.
  • Page 28 It is also possible to add these addresses using your current coordinates if you are situated at your home or office whilst setting up your unit. Simply press the centre of the Syrius’s display to access the Menu, press the ‘My Favourite’ button at the top of the display and press the ‘Home’...
  • Page 29 Syrius’s display with your finger and press the ‘Configure’ button at the top of the display. 5.1.2 The Syrius enables you to save two brightness settings; one for driving during the day and one for driving at night. To set the day time brightness highlight ‘DAY’ by checking the tick box and using the buttons to adjust the setting.
  • Page 30 The ‘Setup’ function allows you to customise the visual information provided by the navigation screen. To alter any of these settings press the centre of the Syrius’s display to enter the menu then press the ‘Configure’ button at the top of the display and finally press the ‘Setup’...

  • Page 31: Auto Scale

    ALL POI’s are shown, however this list can be edited within the POI Menu. Access the Menu by touching the centre of the Syrius’s display, press the ‘Configure’ button at the top of the display and then press the ‘Show POI’ icon. The screen will now show a list of POI’s stored on your unit with a ‘tick’...

  • Page 32: Auto Mute

    YARDS Auto Mute Yes: Syrius 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: Syrius will continue to emit a tone at a constant audio level until the camera has been passed.

  • Page 33: School

    Yes: Provided you have selected the option to download schools on the Syrius updater software this feature enables the Syrius to alert you when you are in the vicinity of a primary school. No: Syrius will not provide alerts of Primary schools.
  • Page 34 The 'Change map colours' option allows you to choose between the alternative colour schemes that are available for the maps used in your Syrius system (several of which are most suitable for use at night). To access this facility press the centre of the Syrius’s display to enter the menu then press the ‘Configure’...

  • Page 35: Shortest Distance

    If you would like to personalise your route, press the ‘Route Option’ button, before pressing the ‘Calculate’ button. This will give you a choice of calculating a route that takes the shortest time or the shortest distance and will also allow you to calculate a route that avoids any Toll Roads and Motorways if necessary.

  • Page 36: Navigate Via Location

    6.2.3 If you do not wish to use the alternative routes offered by the Syrius and you wish to return to the original calculated route, press the ‘Clear Avoided Road’ button and the original route plotted by the Syrius will be restored.

  • Page 37: Summary Screen

    6.5.1 Press the simulation button and your Syrius will take you through the calculated journey step by step with full on screen and voice instructions. If at any time you wish to cancel the simulation press the return arrow located in the bottom right hand corner of the display.

  • Page 38: Scroll Map

    Please note that this new setting is only temporary and if the Syrius is switched off and then back on the audio level returns to either the factory default or your personalised setting.

  • Page 39: Understanding The Mapping Screen

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

  • Page 40: Speed Camera Alert Patterns

    9.0 Speed Camera Alert Patterns To enable your Syrius to alert you to Fixed Speed Cameras and Accident Blackspots you will have to register and download the Enigma Camera Database. 9.1 Fixed Safety Cameras As you approach the 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 41: Troubleshooting - Saving User Points

    When you attempt to save the new User Point and the display reads ‘Memory Full’ it means that the memory in your Syrius 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 42: Troubleshooting Syrius Downloads

    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 Syrius once you see the ‘Safety Information Screen’...
  • Page 43 System has. If you do have a Firewall on your computer the Syrius Updater software may appear to stop and it is at this point that your Firewall software will inform you that the Syrius Updater software is trying to access the internet. Please make sure that you grant/allow/permit access through the Firewall.

  • Page 44: Specification

    140 x 20 x 75mm (W x D x H) Dimensions ACCESSORIES The following accessories are available from your local Snooper dealer. For further details please contact our sales department on 0870 787 0700. *Pro Fit brackets are a custom made Replacement UK &...

  • Page 45: Service Under Warranty

    SERVICE UNDER WARRANTY Your Syrius comes with a standard two year manufacturer’s warranty. If, for some reason your unit requires service under warranty return your Syrius by special delivery and in suitable packaging Performance Products Limited, Cleaver House, Sarus Court,...

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