Hi anyone out there got the Snooper S5000 Ventura Pro satnav and if so would you recommend it or would you recommend any other make that has the same features.
Thank's Dave.
Thank's Dave.
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I have read some of threads on here regarding tee Chinese truck sat nav, but reading some of them it looks like i will need a degree in computer science. I like something i can just plug in and it goes. oh:Chinese truck sat nav seems a good, and much cheaper substitute. It doesn't have radio or TV but will transmit on FM to speak through your sound system. See the lengthy threads on here.
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Hi Dave
I purchased the Snooper DB8500 Ventura PRO Satnav last year and I have been very impressed with its quality and performance. I went for the DB8500 mainly for the larger 7 inch display, the DAB digital radio is excellent and there is a built in transmitter which allows you to tune it into an unused frequency on your vehicle radio so that the navigation directions play through your vehicle built in speakers. There is also a built in DVB-T Freeview digital TV but I have never used that feature. Excellent European mapping with life time updates and many many more features.
The Snooper products are quite pricey but I believe you get what you pay for.
Good luck,
Doug.
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Mentaliss,--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry to be negative Doug but my previous post:
I've done previous posts regarding the Sat Nav debate, my opinion has not changed that is they all display issues from time to time usually when its most inconvenient, my all 'singing and dancing' 8500 Snooper is just over a year old bought from 'Performance products' who recently Marketed an email to me informing me that's there's an update..wait for it £85!!! when I queried it by phone that after only one year it needs an update and this was the most expensive Sat Nav on the Market they played it down by trying to belittle the update that it wasn't important so the moral of this story buy as cheap as you can (posts here for under £70??) all Sat Nav's are overpriced and out of date after 12 months, in fact its time Trading Standards investigated Sat Nav Manufactures as surely their products should have at least a future product reliance built into them for at least 2-3 years??
Update: since this post SNOOPER have offered me a special deal of the lifetime maps £99.00. My Ventura was just two weeks outside of their new policy of the 'Life time maps'...bitter, you bet as it stands from my experience I would never buy an expensive Sat Nav again, buy the Chinese truck Sat Nav at the price their offering it for you could change it every eighteen months - two years and have a completely up to date unit
Mentaliss,
There is no need to apologise to me for seeming to be negative, everybody has their own opinion on things. I can understand your frustration on just missing out on the Snooper free lifetime software and map updates offer. I must have been lucky when I purchased mine. Other members on this post have been critical of the Snooper software like not being able to permanently set routes with no toll roads, or problems entering destination coordinates. With the DB8500 [HI]when I select route preferences like fastest route or quickest route, avoid toll roads etc those settings remain fixed until I change them even after the unit is switched off and back on again. And with entering coordinates there are three options available, you can enter 1)decimal degrees 2) degrees, minutes & seconds 3) degrees & decimal minutes. I can't see the problem.
As I said before I cannot fault this product.[/HI]
Doug.
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Hi mentalis, sorry to learn of your Snooper update experience. I bought mine with the 'lifetime free updates'. When I plugged into Windows 7 on my Mac to update it would not update-needed a code or summit. So I rang Snooper support & they just asked where I bought it from (I had registered it) & they gave me the code & bob's your uncle & fanny...
Just thought maybe worth a call & try & claim?
we (my wife and I) she's more calmer than me rang twice, hence in the end we received the offer of £99.00...however this is not the whole story of my dissatisfaction with the product which I have not mentioned here in this topic..why, because I do not wish to jeopardize the offer that has presented to me, if I take up this offer I will consider my options as to weather I resurect my previous complaint......:Sad:
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Mentaliss,
There is no need to apologise to me for seeming to be negative, everybody has their own opinion on things. I can understand your frustration on just missing out on the Snooper free lifetime software and map updates offer. I must have been lucky when I purchased mine. Other members on this post have been critical of the Snooper software like not being able to permanently set routes with no toll roads, or problems entering destination coordinates. With the DB8500 when I select route preferences like fastest route or quickest route, avoid toll roads etc those settings remain fixed until I change them even after the unit is switched off and back on again. And with entering coordinates there are three options available, you can enter 1)decimal degrees 2) degrees, minutes & seconds 3) degrees & decimal minutes. I can't see the problem.
As I said before I cannot fault this product.
Doug.
When I phoned performance products re a map update on s7000 which has asci but pre cc campsites,[HI] I was told that the poi's are not updated, so supermarkets and everything else which I use are over two years old. [/HI]
While I agree the screen size is attractive plus the camera feed. The rear camera is now the main use for the machine as surely the latest poi's must be high on the agenda... Or am I missing a trick....
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we (my wife and I) she's more calmer than me rang twice, hence in the end we received the offer of £99.00...however this is not the whole story of my dissatisfaction with the product which I have not mentioned here in this topic..why, because I do not wish to jeopardize the offer that has presented to me, if I take up this offer I will consider my options as to weather I resurect my previous complaint......:Sad: