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Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro Review


The Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro satellite navgiation system (now discontinued) uses GPS technology to navigate you to your destination and to alert you to speed camera locations. The Snooper S7000 includes a UK database of speed camera locations. Find out more about the S7000 Ventura features, how it works and which speed cameras it detects.


Review: Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro
Detection range: 1,000metres
Set up: Built-in GPS antenna. 7-inch LCD touch screen.
Cost: £479.99 - European maps

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Key Features:

, UK and European street-level maps
Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro utilises NAVTEQ street-level mapping for the UK and Europe.
‣Award winning AURA speed camera locations
Detects Gatso, Truvelo, Watchman, DS-2, SpeedCurb, SPECS average speed cameras, Mobile Laser sites, Mobile Camera Vans, Mobile Gatso and Truvelo Cameras, Accident Hotspots, High Risk Zones, Digital Cameras and Schools.
‣Designed specifically for use in motorhomes or caravans
Designed specifically for caravans and motorhomes, Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro calculates safe routes based on your vehicles width, length, height and weight.
‣Multi-route technology
Multi-route allows you to calculate a single route around up to 10 different destinations just by adding the postcodes.


Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro Explained

Designed specifically for caravans and motorhomes, Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro calculates safe routes based on your vehicles width, length, height and weight. Includes unique search facility of over 20,000 campsites and motorhome stopovers in 31 countries!

Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro is the first portable sat nav system to include dedicated routing designed specifically for caravans and motorhomes - plus Snooper's multi award winning AURA speed camera location technology. Snooper Ventura was first launched in 2009 and has been a huge success, welcomed by caravan and motorhome enthusiasts across Europe. Simply enter the height, width and weight of you vehicle and Ventura will automatically calculate a route avoiding low bridges, weight restrictions and many other hazards.


Now includes campsite and motorhome stopover information supplied by ACSI, BordAtlas and Camperstop!

Select the facilities you require from the built-in ACSI, BordAtlas and CamperStop databases then search and navigate to one of 20,000 campsites and motorhome stopover sites across 31 countries across Europe. In many cases Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro will even show you a photograph of your chosen campsite before you depart!


Caravan Club and The Camping and Caravanning Club

Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro now also comes with complete lists of Caravan Club campsites, Caravan Club Approved campsites plus The Camping and Caravanning Club campsites - all preloaded so that you can search and navigate straight to them at the touch of a button!


TMC Traffic information technology - FREE of charge!

If you drive for a living you will know the importance of needing to know exactly what lies ahead. Accurate and reliable information is a must to ensure that you get to your appointments on time. Snooper's TMC information is provided by ITIS probably the best traffic information provider in the UK. Traffic information is fed from 100's of thousands of vehicles and sensors across the country providing up to the second information. It's reach and accuracy is far better than those systems that use fixed sensors only providing a considerably higher level of service.

Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro TMC service will alert you to all traffic incidents across the country and lists them in distance order from your current position. As well as this overview however you can also choose to monitor traffic incidents that are specific to the route you have programmed on the system. And, if there is congestion on your route you can simply ask Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro to automatically find a route around it.


Bluetooth Handsfree Technology

Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro is equipped with Bluetooth Handsfree Technology so that if you do have to take a call whilst you are on the move you can do so safely, with both hands still on the steering wheel.


Multi-route technology

Multi-route allows you to calculate a single route around up to 10 different destinations just by adding the postcodes. No stopping and starting, struggling to find each and every address, simply your full day's travel calculated and saved in just a few seconds.


Car navigation

Although Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro has clearly been designed to navigate trucks and larger vehicles on safe and legal roads it also incorporates a car setting. Simply switch Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro to car mode and it will navigate you on the most effective routes for your car instead!


The AURA advantage - not all speed trap databases are created equal!

Only Snooper sat navs utilise the unique AURA database. All GPS location systems are only as good as the information that is stored inside them, therefore it is essential that your system uses the best there is. AURA was created to provide the very best automotive Speed Safety Camera database available.


Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro Features:

‣7-inch full colour LCD touch display
‣Pre-installed street-level maps of the UK and Europe
‣Ventura routing software
‣DVB-T Digital TV (will only operate in areas with free to air digital TV service)
‣TMC traffic information technology
‣Full Postcode search
‣Multi-route planner - up to 10 different destinations
‣Junction View
‣Lane Guidance
‣My Speed - speed limits
‣Your route - calculate your own bespoke routes
‣Multi-route planner
‣Route timer
‣User POIs - upload and share POIs with other users
‣Navigate by Junction number
‣Bluetooth handsfree
‣MP3 player
‣MP4 player
‣3D Direction indicators
‣Built-in SIRF III GPS antenna
‣Turn by turn voice instructions
‣Built-in rechargeable battery
‣'One touch' Home & Office route planner
‣2D & 3D map views
‣Optional Aura speed camera database
‣1 Year manufacturers guarantee


Snooper S7000 Ventura Pro Map Coverage:

UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, F.Yugoslavia Rep.of Macedonia, Russia

The Snooper S7000 is also available in two other versions Syrius Pro for cars and other small vehicles and Truckmate Pro for large vehicles, coaches and HGV's.


Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro

Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro is designed for use in cars and other small vehicles and features NAVTEQ street-level maps. The Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro is available preloaded with UK and Ireland maps and also European map versions.


Snooper S7000 Truckmate Pro

Snooper S7000 Truckmate Pro is preloaded with truck data and attributes and is designed for use in large vehicle, coaches and HGV's and features NAVTEQ street-level maps. The Snooper S7000 Truckmate Pro is available preloaded with UK and Ireland maps and also European map versions.


Last updated: 11th September 2023