Cheetah GPS Mirror
From Cheetah
Have you bought a radar detector hoping to never have to worry about a ticket again, but receive them anyway in the mail? This can be a pain because regular radar detectors dont detect red light cameras or most other forms of automated speed enforcement. Speed cameras can be detected, but with little range due to the weak radar signal that comes from them. However, this isnt a problem any more with the Cheetah GPS Mirror. This innovative device has a preprogrammed database of all fixed red light and photo radar traffic enforcement devices. You can also mark locations into the database yourself. This system will integrate with most modern high end radar detectors and laser jammers (interface sold separately). It will redirect all alerts to the rearview mirror, and add its own alerts for red light cameras, speed cameras, toll cameras, local police hotspots, areas with high accident rates, and locations marked into the database by you! Not only that, but the mirror wont give an audio alert from the radar detector unless you are traveling above a user-set speed. The GPS mirror is a great safety feature too, offering a better view behind the car, Rescue Me coordinates, better vision at night with the NIGHTblue anti-glare coating, an Overspeed reminder, and alerts to areas that have a high accident history. Wondering about convenience? The GPS Mirror can be installed very discretely by clipping on to your factory mirror and wiring into any 12-volt source on the car. The device itself serves as a rearview mirror, providing a better view than the factory one. The display is integrated into the lower portion of the mirror and has a compass, speed display, distance countdown display, and radar band display. Updating is as simple as unplugging the device and removing it from the car, plugging it up to a computer, and getting free updates once a month from Cheetahs web site for the rest of your life.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #171627 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Cheetah
- Model: CH01-GPSM01
Nifty device, detects Redlight & Speed Cameras + much more...
As a stand alone GPS, it has a built-in database of all the Redlight & Speed Cameras so as you approach one it will forewarn you of such.
It's as simple as taking it out of the box, clipping it over your existing mirror, routing the cigarette lighter based power cable up to it, and turning it ON.
The very first time it's turned ON, it may take a few minutes to determine exactly where you are, but after that it typically knows your exact location within a second or two of startup. Trinity database updates are free to registered owners for life via an included PC USB cable when you link to the internet.
It alerts you to all types of Fixed Speed Cameras, Red Light Cameras, as well as Average Speed cameras (GATSO, Truvelo, SPECS, Traffiphot, Redspeed, Redflex, ACS, ATS, Nestor, etc) and other known accident black-spots and common mobile speed trap sites. It contains GPS co-ordinates of the dangerous intersections and/or roads with accident histories where red-light or speed-cameras are being employed.
It has a built-in clock (with all the times zones) and as you drive down the road, it will display both your direction of travel (i.e. SouthEast) as well as your current speed. A 'Rescue Me' button can even announce your exact Latitude & Longitude coordinates, in case you need to make note of them or relay them onto someone else.
If there's a specific spot where 'Ole Smokey hides as you pass by quite often, you can add a new location (up to 100 of them in fact) to the mirror's database by a simple button press. The next time you approach the location you marked, the Cheetah GPS Mirror will WARN you about such. VERY handy for those locations where police hide behind Church Signs, at Entrance Ramps, etc awaiting their next unsuspecting victim.
While the Camera Alerts help you in the city, for out on the Interstate there's a Speed Alert function. You simply set it to any given speed (say 80mph) and if your speed drifts over that amount the mirror speak up and announce "Attention - Overspeed".
But it doesn't quit there, it also has Wireless Datalink Technology that enables it to relay alerts from many radar detectors (i.e. Valentine, Escort, Beltronics, etc) and laser devices (i.e. M-25 Blinder, etc) as well.
Coupled with the Wireless Datalink Technology is something referred to as False Alert Suppression Technology.(F.A.S.T.) For instance, if you purchase the interface (sold separately) for your radar detector you can then program the mirror to MUTE all Radar Alerts say below 35mph. A real blessing in radar swamped cities nowadays, without having to put your detector into CITY Mode thereby reducing it's range.
In short, it allows you to integrate your radar/laser detector with the GPS Mirror, whereby voice alerts identify the radar (or laser band) and tone alerts ramp up to indicate signal strength involved.
Most folks will think "What do I need one for? Never had a ticket for running a light." NEWS-FLASH: Whenever a city installs Redlight Cameras they ALSO shorten the duration of the Yellow lights involved so as to increase revenue.(just Google it and read about such)
SO BEWARE: If a local city has such cameras you're liable to get a surprise in the mail sooner or later...unless you K-N-O-W which intersections are armed with cameras.
4 STAR rating comes from the price of the unit which I feel is high, but overall quality seems top notch to date.
