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Subject Topic: Snooper Sat Nav in France Post Reply Post New Topic
04/11/2012 at 10:06am
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Having recently purchased a Snooper 6400 and found it meets my expectations for the UK, will I find the same when I travel in France? 


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04/11/2012 at 11:07am
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What were your expectations? It very much depends on how it decides to route you. My fairly standard TomTom does pretty well but I always check the route against a map.

David



04/11/2012 at 6:31pm
 Location:  Lancashire
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Please don't forget thet speed camera warnings on sat nav's must be disabled in France,and that many speed camera warning devices are illegal to use in the UK and France,although they may be sold legally.

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04/11/2012 at 7:51pm
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Yes I am aware that speed detection is not allowed.

My Snooper is programmed for caravan towing and in the UK I have found that I concur with the routings mapped also the information with regards junction approach eg. lanes.

I seek comments from people who have used their Snooper in France. In addition their experience of using it to select and take them to ACSI campings.   



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04/11/2012 at 9:11pm
 Location: Stockport
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I used my Snooper in France over the summer. It found all the sites that I went too, gave me appropriate routes and was accurate in respect of the speed limits of roads.
I am confident that the snooper is as good as any other sat nav.


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05/11/2012 at 7:29am
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Have  you downloaded Archie's Camping POI's  for all the 30,000 campsites in Europe?  It should work with all types of SatNavs.  Also includes a Google Earth view of all the 2013 Camping Cheque sites, and soon the 2013 ACSI sites.



05/11/2012 at 8:26pm
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Snooper do not allow the loading of poi other than their own.
However the ventura and caravan club versions have a large number of camping sites already installed.
I have loaded archies onto my phone and can then use the address if it is not already in the Snooper poi.
Simon


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05/11/2012 at 8:43pm
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Sorry - I didn't realise that!  Thanks for that information Simon!


05/11/2012 at 8:58pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Simon100 on 05/11/2012
Snooper do not allow the loading of poi other than their own.
However the ventura and caravan club versions have a large number of camping sites already installed.
I have loaded archies onto my phone and can then use the address if it is not already in the Snooper poi.
Simon

That would put me off it immediately!

David



05/11/2012 at 9:04pm
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We have a Ventura Snooper and it has the acsi sites on it as well as others. Used it this August and it was brilliant. Bargain too, £100 off the free ads on here.

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06/11/2012 at 8:19am
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We bought our son a Garmin Nuvi (from Huw's tip off on here) at Home Bargains, at just £49.00 - and he loves it.  We weren't tempted though - I'll still be doing my ValNav bit!


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06/11/2012 at 11:30am
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As we meander along and drift completely off topic..........

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How does a sage know everything about everything? or does he? or does he just think he does?
Remember, if you buy something you bought it, not brought it.


07/11/2012 at 8:54pm
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I dont have an issue with not being able to load my own poi.
There is a good range available for download from the Snooper site, such as supermarkets and petrol stations.
They also update their speed camers poi on a weekly basis. As far as I can tell this is accurate.
Not sure what else I would need.
Simon



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