GEODESY GPS SpeedTrap Location System - Geodesy Plus
Above: Geodesy Unit in full alarm
You are going to think its the same unit, well it
is.... This review is about the updated software for the Geodesy
now called the Geodesy + (Plus). So rather than do the whole new page I am just covering the updated
part of the unit, if you want to see a full spec on the unit then
you can read up on the old unit here
Morpheous have done some changes in the way the
software operates, updated the modem case and made the lights
brighter.
The software changes that a user would notice are....
Speed sensitivity' overrides warning tones
when speed limits are observed
Auto ranging' offers shorter advance warnings at lower
speeds
Awareness Beep' signals start of collision hotspot areas
marked by cameras
More memory space to store an extra 10,000 speed camera
locations
How they work.
Speed Sensitivity function, which mutes the
audible alarm if the vehicle is not exceeding the speed limit
when approaching a fixed speed camera location. The warning lights
still illuminate as normal. An approach above the speed limit
will trigger the full audio and visual alarm.
In use the unit is less manic, the Speed Sensitivity
setting makes life much better in heavy traffic when you are not
speeding but passing Gatso Cameras. The unit lights up but keeps
its cool, the lights just build up and don't flash and you get
no sound at all, overall much less annoying in heavy traffic.
Auto Ranging, which automatically adjusts
the range at which the first warning is given. The default setting
is one mile for roads which have speed limits of 60 mph and 70
mph, but on 40 to 50 mph speed limit roads that is reduced to
0.7 mile and on roads with a limit of 30 mph or less, the warning
range is reduced to 0.5 mile.
This is a vast improvement, I had my old unit set
for 6 tenths of a mile, sometimes that was not enough on motorways,
but far too much on a 30mph road, this helps keeps the warning
range appropriate to the speed and works very well.
Awareness Beep, where the GEODESY PLUS emits
a single beep when the first warning light illuminates to signal
the start of a collision hotspot area marked by a speed camera.
Now this is a very good move.
I always hated the fact that it made no noise until
it was half way up the scale, the warning beep works well to get
your attention sooner.
More memory,
space to store an extra 10,000
speed camera locations, always helps in this mad country where
we will soon see a speed camera on every corner.
The improvements are worth while, but I don't think
its worth the £50 upgrade, I would have liked to seen it
at around £30
A standard GEODESY device now costs £350 and
GEODESY PLUS costs £399 - including VAT, free next-day delivery
and a 12 months warranty.
Owners of existing GEODESY units will be pleased
to here they can upgrade their units to GEODESY PLUS specification
for £50 by simply calling Morpheous Limited and using their
desktop modem to download the new features. A word of warning
though, the older units will have to go back to Morpheous and
they have to upgrade your firmware as well. The firmware has had
some major changes, making the unit faster, sorting out the problem
of the short full alarm when the unit moves from one section of
the database to another. Other tweaks have been done as well the
lights seem brighter, and the case plastics have been improved.
Its never going to win awards for design but it still performs
very well and overall I say go for it, its much less manic and much quieter in heavy traffic.
Can we recommend it, YES, we can.
The extra tweaks are worth it, but the £50 cost for the upgrade I think is a little steep.
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