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Snooper Ventura
Ventura is the name given to Snooper sat navs designed for towing caravans and driving motorhomes. Not only does the Ventura include over 20,000 campsites you can also enter your caravans or motorhomes dimensions so you are only routed along appropriate roads. The mapping preloaded to the device includes full European mapping. These maps are FREE to update for the lifetime of the product. Snooper also do a sat nav for trucks.
There are six models in the current Snooper Ventura. These are the DB8500, S8000, S6400, S5000, S2500 and AVN S9000. The DB8500, S8000 and S6800 all have a 7-inch screen. Whereas the SC5900 DVR has a 5-inch screen and the S2500 features a 4.3-inch screen. The top of the range system, the DB8500 features a DAB Digital Radio and Digital TV. The S8000 includes a DVB-T Digital TV.
All Ventura models include postcode search and turn-by-turn navigation and multi-route planner with up to 10 different destinations. They also all include Junction View and Lane Guidance which both aid you when driving along motorways.
MY SPEED speed limits and speed camera locations database
The Ventura includes speed limit alerts known as MY SPEED. This feature will tell you the speed limit of every road regardless of whether there is a speed camera present or not. Optionally, you can also add speed camera locations database to your device known as the AURA database. This database includes fixed and mobile speed camera locations.
Vehicle specific routes
The Ventura allows you to input the dimensions of your motorhome or caravan and car. Knowing this information, the Ventura sat nav will only route you along appropriate roads considering width and height restrictions and other hazards such as narrow roads affecting caravans and motorhomes.
Saving you time and fuel from having to turn around and/or make a detour, or worse damage occurring to your prized home on wheels.
Maps of Europe
The Ventura satellite navigation systems include FREE lifetime map updates and are preloaded with full European mapping. There is not a UK and Ireland version available for the Ventura models.
All Ventura models include the following countries:
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 & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, F.Yugoslavia Rep.of Macedonia, Russia.
Campsite and motorhome stopovers
The Snooper Ventura models include over 20,000 campsite and motorhome stopovers in a database that covers 31 countries. This information is provided by the Caravan Club, The Camping and Caravanning Club, ACSI, BordAtlas and Camperstop.
You can simply choose the facilities you require from a campsite and then the Ventura will find the appropriate sites for you in the area that you specify. For many campsites there also photos of each location so you can see the campsite before you arrive!
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 with accurate and reliable information being 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 Ventura Pro TMC service available on all Ventura models (with the exception to the Ventura AVN S9000) 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 the Snooper Ventura Pro to automatically find a route around it.
Bluetooth Handsfree Technology
Snooper 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. The Bluetooth feature is not available with the Snooper Ventura S2500.
Last updated: 1st August 2024
