Navalert GPS Detector

Pros: Enforcement Cameras (speed & red light) are now used in over 28 states. These cameras are already the primary enforcement tool in many countries like Canada, so its no surprise that the first company to offer a GPS Detector with a US database was Canada-based NavAlert. This makes even more sense considering that conventional radar detectors are illegal in most of Canada. GPS Detection is an effective and legal solution for these fixed cameras. This compact unit is preloaded with a database of fixed camera locations and gives you visual and audible (tone & voice) warnings as you approach. The proprietary database is professionally managed and updated by NavAlert regularly (often every few weeks) and contains thousands of verified camera locations in both the US and Canada. NavAlert even includes a free lifetime subscription for these updates. A USB cable is included to connect to your PC and the internet for updates. This database is not just location based but also heading based. That means youll only be alerted if youre approaching a camera from the direction at which it can actually take your picture, thus eliminating an unnecessary warning if youre on the other side of the road going the opposite way. Additionally, much of the database contains not just the location of a speed camera, but the speed limit at that location as well. Since NavAlert also knows your current speed from GPS signals, it can automatically mute its alert if youre at or under the limit. Youll only be bothered when necessary. You can also manually bookmark locations you wish the unit to remember (construction zones, VASCAR marks, etc.) where conventional manned enforcement is intense. Thousands of school zones are preloaded as well, since these are often frequented by conventional manned enforcement. There are two settings: Cam Mode will alert to just speed and red light cameras; Safe Mode will add alerts to the preloaded school zone database plus whatever youve bookmarked. The bright LED visual display also shows GPS enabled features like a speedometer, altimeter, clock and compass headings. Audible alerts include tones and verbal alerts like Reduce Speed, Red Light Camera and School Zone. After the initial alert, which is around 1500, the visual display will give you a distance countdown to the location. NavAlert includes a cigarette lighter power cord, USB download cord and a CD with the USB driver software. Also included is a clever rubberized magnetic mounting disc with a self-adhesive base to stick to your dash or steering column. The unit then holds to the magnet to provide quick attachment or removal. Alternatively, you can stick this disc to the top of the NavAlert itself to then magnetize to the optional metal windshield suction cup bracket.