speedcamera alerts

[Buffdaddy]

I have just loaded pgpsw database on to myguide3100 and I went on a test drive to see if I would get any speedcamera alerts. I can now see camera icons on the maps but I get no warning of the existence.I have enabled the speedcam alerts on my device through the settings icon and changed the mode to alert me when approaching a speedcamera but is not doing so.

Is this how its supposed to work or is there something else I need to do.


Thanks

[tanda]

I think you will find you only get a warning if you are over the speed limit. Try it, go past a 30mph camera, at 60mph, see if it alerts you, Seriously, I think it should work if you are 5mph or so over, go slightly over the limit and see if it works, then break.
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Audi A3 Sline sat nav

[Buffdaddy]

I read in one of the forums that their is supposed to be an audible beeping sound as you approach the camera. I have attached the post below from one of the forums........................................

"Hi, the 3100 i have is a brilliant unit, very fast at route calculations and off track re-routing. The interface is clear with a lot of options not even fount in TomTom or Garmin.
Basically the mapping software is Igo which is very reliable, and the safety cameras are easy to install and give a visual and audible warning right up to the camera."...................


Back to my question, are you saying you only get an audible sound when you exceed the speed limit. Myguide 3100 has speed warning capabilities which I have enabled. It tells me when I am over the speed limit


What does your device do when approaching a camera. Do you just get a visual alert or what audible sound do you hear. I would have thought that you get warned about speedcams before you approach them and not when you have driven past them. That I think would be too late.

[Border_Collie]

With iGO, which appears to be almost identical to MyGuide 3100, there is a choice of two alerts, Simple and when approaching. If I approach a camera and it's on my side of the road, say at 35 or 36 in a 30 limit, I get a warning sound and a visual alert showing 29mph (why 29 I don't know but same for the higher ones e.g. 39 for 40, 49 for 50). As I slow down to the limit the 'warning' decreases until I get an audible 'beep - - - beep' and the countdown bar across the top, until I've passed the camera.

[Buffdaddy]

I have done this........I went to ... Warn when speeding, and Enabled Safety Cameras. I Chose your Alert 'When Approaching' but heard nothing .All I see is the camera icon.

The speed warning is also on the same page as the camera alert and i have enabled this also.

[Border_Collie]

Sorry when you said

[Buffdaddy]

Pls see next post

[Buffdaddy]

I was on the road testing it this morning. I selected Alert 'When Approaching' and heard nothing. Could it be that there was no sound because I was within the speed limit. If I am clear about what you and a few others have written in their posts, audible warnings will only sound when you are above the speed limit .

Meaning that if you are within the speed limit , you hear nothing.

Is the visual alert I get a speedcam icon or something else?

[Border_Collie]

[Buffdaddy]

.I have never seen a speedlimit sign appear on my screen when driving towards a speedcam. I guess i was well within the speed limit.

THanks for all the help.

By the way, from the information you have been feeding me, it appears you are using a pda and not a pna. Am I correct

[Border_Collie]

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