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Introduction Congratulations on buying the Sapphire Plus Portable Navigator and Fixed Speed Camera location system. This user manual aims to provide you with installation and operating instructions for the Sapphire Plus.
Contents Page 4 Components 5 Features 6 Registering your Sapphire Plus 7 Quick Start Guide to Navigation 9 Start Up – Installing the SD Card System Requirements and Downloading 10 Downloading the EnigmaTM Camera Database 11 Installing your Sapphire Plus 12 Power Connection & Charging 13 Operating Instructions Starting Up 14 Easy Set Up Screen Settings 15 Brightness 16 Volume Planning a Route Find by Post Code 17 Find by City 19 Home 20 Office 21 Recent Route or Clear Route Find by Favourites 22 Recent Route
Components Included The following components come as standard with your Sapphire Plus:1 x Sapphire Plus Navigation system 1 x Micro SD Card with either UK & Ireland mapping or Western European mapping 1 x Windscreen suction cup bracket 1 x 12v DC to 5v DC Coiled power lead with cigarette lighter socket adaptor 1 x USB Data Cable 1 x Download Software Disc (also includes electronic versions of the User Manual and Printable Registration Forms) PLEASE NOTE Due to our desire to continually improve our products
Features LCD Screen Power LED Headphone Socket Volume Control Unit Lock Facility External Antenna Socket Stylus Loudspeaker USB Cable Socket Battery Cover On/Off Button Return to contents 5 Reset Button
Registering your Sapphire Plus IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ BEFORE USING YOUR Sapphire Plus. To enable your Sapphire Plus to locate Fixed Speed Cameras and Accident Blackspots you will have to register and download the EnigmaTM Camera Database. There are four ways to register your unit: Register Online Go to the official website www.snooperneo.co.uk and register your unit online. Your unit should normally be activated within 30 minutes of registration.
Quick Start Guide to Navigation 1. Take your Sapphire Plus outside so that the GPS receiver can locate your position. This may take between 15 - 50 minutes the first time. When satellite lock is achieved, the screen will display your current position on its map in a '3D' navigation view. Your position (and direction) is indicated by the icon. Tip: To reduce the ‘cold start’ GPS time remain stationary 2. Bring up the main navigation menu by tapping the centre of the screen. 3. Select 4.
. You will see a standard browser screen, used for entering postcodes. Enter the full UK postcode using the keyboard and press IMPORTANT: Use the postcode. key to separate the two segments of the Tip: For a more accurate navigation, you can enter a House number by pressing 9. Press and the Sapphire Plus will calculate the fastest route from your current position to your destination. This should only take a few seconds and a progress bar is displayed on the screen. 10.
Start Up – Installing the SD Card Battery Cover Before using your Sapphire Plus, you will need to install the micro SD Card included with the device. The micro SD Card comes complete with a digital map of the UK and Ireland or Western Europe depending on the model purchased and is also where the Enigma™ camera database is stored if you choose to subscribe and download it.
Downloading the Enigma Camera Database TM Please Note: You must register your Sapphire Plus before you can perform a download. Performing a download is simple. 1. Switch on the Sapphire Plus by pressing and holding the power button for 2 seconds. On/Off Button 2. Connect the computer to the Internet. 3. Double left click the ‘Sapphire Plus’ icon located on your desktop. 4. Left click ‘Menu’ and then left click ‘Download Settings’.* 5.
Installing your Sapphire Plus The Sapphire Plus comes with a windscreen suction cup bracket so that the unit can be mounted on your vehicles windscreen. When installing your Sapphire Plus please ensure that: • The unit, with its built in GPS antenna has a clear view of the sky* • It is located in a position where you can easily view the LCD display without having to take your eyes too far from the road ahead and that you can reach the controls safely.
Power Connection & Charging Powering and charging your Sapphire Plus from the cigarette lighter socket The Sapphire Plus comes with a power cable designed to plug into your vehicles cigarette lighter socket. This lead will power the device but will also charge the Sapphire Plus’s internal battery. 1. Plug one end of the lead into the USB socket on the underside of the Sapphire Plus 2. Plug the other end of the cigarette lighter adaptor into your vehicles cigarette lighter socket.
Powering the Sapphire Plus using the built-in battery Once Sapphire Plus is fully charged, it is ready for use. Press and hold the standby/power switch on the top of the unit for 2 seconds to switch on the device. If you wish to put the unit into standby, press the standby/power switch briefly. Press the standby/power switch briefly again to reactivate the unit from standby.
2 Easy Set Up 2.1 Main Menu When you wish to input a destination or configure your Sapphire Plus press the centre of display and you will see the main menu. There are four buttons to choose from: Navigate to – this allows access to a sub menu for inputting and calculating your destinations. • • My favourite – this allows access to a sub meny for adding and editing your own stored or personalised routes.
To modify the information shown: • Access the Menu by simply touching the Sapphire Plus in the centre of the screen. • Press the button. • Press the icon where you will see the list of options below. • Select the option you wish to change on the left. • To change a setting, simply press on the tick box to indicate which option you would like to choose. • Continue to select each option and select your preference. • Press at the bottom of the screen to save your preferences.
2.4 The Sapphire Plus volume can be adjusted using this function within the ‘Configure’ menu. To adjust the volume: • Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Menu’. • Press . • Press the icon. • To increase the volume, press the icon. • To decrease the volume, press the icon. • To test the volume before saving, press the icon. • To reset the volume to the factory default, press the • Press icon. at the bottom of the screen to save your setting.
If the following message is displayed the postcode has been entered incorrectly. Press and retype the postcode. • The Sapphire Plus will display a screen showing the postcode and the street name. • If you know the house/property number of your destination, press the • Once you have entered the house number press the button to enter it. button. Alternatively, if you do not have a house or building number, you can navigate to a point where two roads meet instead.
• Next press and enter the city name using the keyboard displayed. As you begin to input the city name, the Sapphire Plus will automatically prompt you with a list of possible matches. If you can see the name of the destination you are searching for in the lower window, you can select it easily by pressing that name with your finger.
3.3 You can navigate easily and quickly from a previous journey or destination to your home, by personalising your Sapphire Plus so that a route can be calculated by pressing just a few buttons. 3.3.1 Setting the ‘Home’ Destination • Press the centre of the display to access the menu. • Press • Press the icon. The first time the displayed function is used an information screen is Press in the information window to continue, press edited in My Favourites – refer to section 4.4 on page 32. to exit.
3.4 You can navigate easily and quickly from a previous journey or destination to your Office, by personalising your Sapphire Plus so that a route can be calculated by pressing just a few buttons. 3.4.1 Setting the ‘Office’ Destination • Press the centre of the display to access the menu. • Press • Press the icon. The first time the displayed function is used an information screen is Press in the information window to continue, press edited in My Favourites – refer to section 4.5 on page 33. to exit.
3.5 or The Sapphire Plus automatically stores the last route that has been calculated, so that if you wish to return to that address you do not have to re-input all the details again. To use this function: • Press the centre of the display to access the menu. • Press icon. • Press the The Sapphire Plus will now calculate the route to your selected location. Once a route has been calculated, the icon is replaced with a icon.
journey. The ‘Summary Screen’ will tell you the distance to your destination, estimated time of arrival and the estimated time it will take to complete your journey. Please note: The summary screen is only displayed for approximately 10 seconds before the unit automatically begins to provide you with turn-by-turn instructions. 3.7 The Sapphire Plus is capable of storing the last 32 routes that have been calculated, so that if you wish to return to an address you do not have to re-input the details again.
• Press the icon. • Press ‘Country’ and select ‘UK’. (If ‘UK’ is already displayed, go to the next step). Use the arrow keys on the right to scroll up and down the country options. • Next press ‘City’ and enter the city name using the keyboard displayed. As you begin to input the city name, the Sapphire Plus will automatically prompt you with a list of possible matches.
3.9 This function will help you to find the nearest POI from either your ‘Current Position’ or a ‘Different Position’ within a certain radius which can specified up to a maximum of 60 miles. 3.9.1 To navigate using the • Press the centre of the display to access the menu. • Press • Press • Press the icon. • Select • Select the maximum radius you wish the unit to search for (the default setting is 30 miles) and then press ‘OK’ • Enter the category type using the keyboard displayed.
3.9.2 To navigate using a • Press the centre of the display to access the menu. • Press • Press • Press the icon. • Select • Press ‘Country’ and select ‘UK’. (If ‘UK’ is already displayed, go to the next step). Use the arrow keys on the right to scroll up and down the country options. • Next press and enter the city name using the keyboard displayed. As you begin to input the city name, the Sapphire Plus will automatically prompt you with a list of possible matches.
and enter the category type using the keyboard displayed. • Press • Enter the category type using the keyboard displayed. If you do not know which category to type, you can press the down arrow in the top right hand corner of the window and all the category types will be displayed in alphabetical order. Use the arrows to the right of the display to scroll up and down through the category options. Once you find the category you are looking for select it with your finger.
• To start the journey press ‘Calculate’. • To change the route parameters press ‘Route Option’ (see Route Options on page 43 for specific instructions). • To return to the previous page press the return arrow located on the bottom right hand corner of the display.
3.11.2 If you wish to avoid several roads from the selected route calculated by the Sapphire Plus, then this function allows you to re-calculate a route over a user defined distance, ranging from 1 mile up to a maximum of 100 miles. To use this function: button - the ‘Select avoided range’ page will be displayed. • Press the • Select the distance of the range you wish to avoid using your finger. If you wish to view more range distances then press the down arrow on the right hand side of the display.
From the summary display you can either press ‘Go’ to start navigation, ‘Simulation’ to see the actual route that will be taken, ‘Route Option’ to change the parameters of the route or ‘Guide’ which will list the turn by turn instructions of the journey. The ‘Summary Screen’ will tell you the distance to your destination, estimated time of arrival and the estimated time it will take to complete your journey.
4.1.4 To delete ALL favourites • Press the centre of the display to access the menu. • Press icon. • Press the button – an information box will be displayed. • Press the button and ALL the favourites will be deleted. • Press the 4.2 This function can be used to delete any or all of the recent destinations that are stored on the Sapphire Plus. The Sapphire Plus can store up to a maximum of 40 recent destinations. 4.2.
icon • Press the • Select the user point you wish to edit. You can scroll through the list of user points by using the up, down arrows located on the right hand side of the display. The following screen is displayed. • Press Select the to edit the selected ‘User Point’. that corresponds to the location. To see more types press the on the display. Please Note: If you select the user point type as ‘SPECs’ the ‘Specs num’ option becomes available. This option is NOT available for any other location type.
You can scroll through the list of user points by using the up, down arrows located on the right hand side of the display. • Press the button at the bottom of the display. If the user point selected is not the one you wish to delete you can press located in the bottom right hand corner of the display to go back to the list and reselect the correct user point for deletion. 4.3.4 To delete ALL stored user points • Press the centre of the display to access the menu.
• Press the button – an information box will be displayed • Press the button and the ‘Home’ location will be deleted. 4.5 To set up and use this function was explained in Section 3.3 earlier in the manual. When this function is accessed from the ‘My Favourite’ menu, you are able to change the ‘Office’ location (for example if you move house) or to delete the ‘Office’ location. 4.5.1 To change the Office location • Press the centre of the display to access the menu. • Press icon • Press the button.
4.6 Advanced - Setting your Home or Office address using ‘Save using current point’ It is also possible to create a ‘Home and ‘Office’ location using your current coordinates if you are situated at your home or office whilst setting up your unit. • Press the centre of the display to access the menu. • Press or icon. • Press the The first time the or the function is used an information screen is displayed or Press in the information window to continue.
To set the setting, simply check the tick box with your finger for and follow the same procedure. Once you have selected the desired brightness setting press the button at the bottom of the screen. Note: The icon in the bottom right hand corner of the display will return you to the if pressed but will not store any changes you have made. You need to select the order to save your changes. menu button in 5.2 The Sapphire Plus volume can be adjusted using this function within the ‘Configure’ menu.
• Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Menu’. • Press . • Press the icon. • Select the option you wish to change on the left. There are number of different pieces of information that you can have displayed on the navigation screen at any one time as follows: 5.4.1 This option allows you to select the view of the map that you would like to have displayed.
5.5 The Sapphire Plus comes complete with a comprehensive list of POI’s (Point’s of Interest). You can search for addresses using POI’s and save POI’s in your list of favourites. You can also choose which of the POI’s you would like to have indicated on your map. As standard ALL POI’s are shown, however this list can be edited within the POI Menu. • Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Menu’. • Press . • Press the icon.
This function allows you to personalise the camera alert settings that you will receive during operation. To alter the camera alert settings: • Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Menu’. . • Press • Press . • Press the icon. A list of options are displayed on the left hand side of the screen. To change any of the settings select the relevant option on the left and a tick will appear next to the option to confirm your selection. 5.7.
5.7.4 You can choose between the following options: Provided you have selected the option to download schools on the Sapphire Plus updater software, this feature enables the unit to alert you when you are near a primary school*. The unit will not provide alerts of Primary schools. Schools are indicated on the Sapphire Plus display by the icon. *Please note: The Sapphire Plus will only provide alerts to Primary Schools at the following specified times: 08:30 – 09:30; 12:00 – 13:00 and 15:30 – 16:30.
• Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Menu’. • Press • Press . . • Press the icon. Your current GPS status will then be displayed. If you wish to revert the GPS engine to the factory default, press the button. If you wish to exit the right hand corner of the display. menu by press located in the bottom 5.
If you wish to keep the setting unchanged, you can exit the the bottom right hand corner of the display. menu by pressing located in 5.12 If you subscribe to the Enigma™ camera database, you will also be able to download a full-colour hole-by-hole guide of selected golf courses, giving distances from your current position to the flag and key hazards. You are able to download and store up to twenty golf courses onto the Sapphire Plus. This is an optional feature.
5.12.2 Using the Golf function PLEASE NOTE: To extend the battery life on the Sapphire Plus whilst using the Golf function: Ensure that the battery is fully charged before use. In-between shots switch off the screen by lightly pressing the power button once. Use the unit lock button so that you do not change functions and settings inadvertently whilst the unit is carried within your pocket. • • • After you have arrived at your selected golf course you can now utilise this facility.
5.13 This option allows you to view the hardware and software version numbers of your unit. To view this information: • Press the centre of the screen to access the ‘Menu’. • Press . • Press twice. • Press the icon. Displays the hardware version of the Sapphire Plus. Displays the current software version of the Sapphire Plus operating system. Displays the current map version. Displays the date the Enigma™ camera database was last downloaded*.
6.1.4 If you would like to take a more leisurely journey with the chance of a more picturesque view then select the ‘Avoid Motorway’ option and your route will be calculated accordingly. Press again to deselect. Please note: The ‘Avoid Tollway’ and ‘Avoid Motorway’ options can be used in conjunction with each other. Other routing options are: 6.2 Please note: This option can only be used once a route has been calculated. If a route has not been calculated then this button will be greyed out . 6.2.
6.2.3 If you do not wish to use the alternative routes offered by the Sapphire Plus and you wish to return to the original calculated route, press the button and the original route plotted by the Sapphire Plus will be restored. Once the re-calculation of the original route is complete the summary screen is displayed.
6.5 Summary Screen The summary screen provides you with the information of your intended route such as distance to destination and estimated time of arrival for example and gives you the option of making any changes or viewing the route prior to commencing your journey. 6.5.1 Press the button and your Sapphire Plus will take you through the calculated journey step by step with full on screen and voice instructions.
7.2 Scroll Map By pressing this icon you can manipulate the map by touching and moving your finger on the screen. 7.3 Day or Night Settings Bright colours are normally used for the mapping display so that you can see the map more clearly, even in bright sunlight. When it is dark outside however, you may want to switch to the Night Mode as the daytime setting will be too bright. The navigation view will then be displayed using dark and subdued colours that will not interfere with your night vision.
9.0 Speed Camera Alert Patterns To enable your Sapphire Plus to alert you to Fixed Speed Cameras and Accident Black spots you will have to register and download the Enigma™ Camera Database. 9.1 Fixed Speed Safety Cameras As you approach, a fixed speed safety camera the unit will begin to provide both a voice alert stating the type of camera you are approaching and the fixed speed limit for that camera and a visual alert displaying the same information.
9.4.1 Troubleshooting – Saving New User Points When you attempt to save a User Point and the Information window with ‘Save user point?’ is not displayed it means that the memory in your Sapphire Plus is completely full. If you want to store any different coordinates, you will have to either delete some or all of the existing coordinates stored in the unit’s memory.
Troubleshooting Downloads If you are having any difficulty in performing a download onto your Sapphire Plus unit it is advisable to refer to the checklist in Section A first before contacting us. If you are still unable to perform a download after following all of this checklist then please send an email to support@snooper.eu stating the nature of your difficulty.
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SPECIFICATION PProcessor (CPU) OS Memory Memory Card GPS Receiver GPS Antenna LCD Display User Interface Speaker Battery Power Current Operating Temperature Samsung 2440A 400Mhz Windows CE 5.0 Core Version Built in NAND Flash 256MB Samsung SLC SDRAM 64MB T- Flash (Micro SD) Card 256MB (UK & Ireland) T- Flash (Micro SD) Card 2GB (Western Europe) SiRF Star lll Embedded Patch Antenna 2.7”, TFT QVGA (320 x 240) with touch panel Touch Screen 1W internal speaker 3.
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SERVICE UNDER WARRANTY Your Sapphire Plus comes with a standard two-year manufacturer’s warranty. If, for some reason your unit requires service under warranty return your Sapphire Plus by special delivery and in suitable packaging to: The Returns Dept., Performance Products Limited, Cleaver House, Sarus Court, Stuart Road, Manor Park, Runcorn WA7 1UL. Tel: 0870 787 0700 Fax: 0870 787 1700 Enclose the following information: a) Your name, address and a full description of the problem.
