Speed Camera detectors
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pvr said:
Tried holding this under the dash at the back of the footwell at Perry's today and it picked up a GPS signal just fine. Mine is now installed and working, thanks to Perry helping me to hardware it in. Actually, he did it all, I just helped take the trim off and held a sun visor as he pit it back together :lol:
Thanks Perry
I really like it...jimmybell said:
A little bit of fiddling with the settings (warning types, alert distances etc.) is required to get it setup to personal taste but it's small, unobtrusive and can be set loud enough to hear at speed with the roof down... :driving:
It prevented us (and a couple of cars behind us) falling foul of a particularly nastily-placed speed camera during the Zedfest trip and another last weekend on our way to the meet point for the Kent run.
As #320 is a garage queen, it's used more in our X3 and the only downside has been that, when I use it in the Alpina, I turn the volume up to max for top-down driving and forget to reduce it again when moving it back to the X3 - this causes my wife to sh1t herself when the first alert happens :lol:
...but, if you're looking at the snooper, are you after a laser detector? The Cheetah will alert you to known mobile hotspots but isn't a laser detector....
I did the simplest install possible in the Porsche - the glovebox.
Inside there is a 12v power socket (standard), and the unit comes with a switchable plug.
The actual unit fits without any fitments exactly underneath that socket and even with the glove box closed, the sunroof open, sports exhaust and the radio on - it is clear as a bell.
On the instrument panel I have the maximum speed for the road anyway, so don't need anything visible. Besides, the voice tells me what the speed limit of the road as well so I can not see any benefit for a visible installation at all.
Inside there is a 12v power socket (standard), and the unit comes with a switchable plug.
The actual unit fits without any fitments exactly underneath that socket and even with the glove box closed, the sunroof open, sports exhaust and the radio on - it is clear as a bell.
On the instrument panel I have the maximum speed for the road anyway, so don't need anything visible. Besides, the voice tells me what the speed limit of the road as well so I can not see any benefit for a visible installation at all.
pvr said:I did the simplest install possible in the Porsche - the glovebox.
Inside there is a 12v power socket (standard), and the unit comes with a switchable plug.
The actual unit fits without any fitments exactly underneath that socket and even with the glove box closed, the sunroof open, sports exhaust and the radio on - it is clear as a bell.
On the instrument panel I have the maximum speed for the road anyway, so don't need anything visible. Besides, the voice tells me what the speed limit of the road as well so I can not see any benefit for a visible installation at all.
Nice & easy! Toying with one for the JCW, as at least in the M it feels fast!
Do any of these detectors work with mobile van cameras?
Looked on the Cheetah website - which have you gone for PVR and Bing?
Which would you recommend Perry?
Which would you recommend Perry?
Agreed - but they are less of a risk of non detection though. It is the ones that are hidden in unknown places that take a reading at a single location that I need to be aware off.
I had to travel through Croyden and the nearby hostile environments and besides having to keep your eyes open for the white vans that don't stop for anything, the sheer amount of cameras everywhere made driving a nerve wrecking experience as I had no idea where they were and you have those strange dual carriage ways there with odd limits that try to catch you out.
I had to travel through Croyden and the nearby hostile environments and besides having to keep your eyes open for the white vans that don't stop for anything, the sheer amount of cameras everywhere made driving a nerve wrecking experience as I had no idea where they were and you have those strange dual carriage ways there with odd limits that try to catch you out.
