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NOVUS Alpha
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Video Review |
My first thoughts on the IR remote control was it was a bit of a gimmick, but as soon as you start
to use it you realise that changing settings could not be any easier. Selecting settings are just a few
presses of the relevant buttons, for example turning on/off a warning such as sharp bends is only
three presses of the IR remote. There are dedicated buttons for most of the features. The menu is
dead easy to understand. Overall for the IR remote control I would
give 10 out of 10 for functionality.
There are some industry firsts in this unit and some of these features I know people have
been asking for.
The NOVUS Alpha offers road profiling and because of this you can select the type of vehicle
you are in, Car/Motorbike, Towing Car, Bus/Coach, Good vehicle below 7.5 tons, Articulated or
towing and Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tons this then will reconfigure the warnings to that type
of vehicle. This has never been done before and is a truly great feature as it warns you of the
speed limit for your type of vehicle.
As I have said the NOVUS Alpha offers road profiling this removes false alerts by using a two
position activation method, using an initial activation point and camera location. Novus Alpha
will only generate a warning when a vehicle passes an activation point and is driving towards
the camera. Should a vehicle be driving from the opposite direction, the vehicle will not pass the
activation point and no false alarm will be raised. If the driver joins from a side road after the
activation point, then Novus Alpha senses the direction of travel and compares it with the direction
of the speed camera and activation point and warns the driver of a speed camera ahead if driving
in the direction of the camera.

Two examples of a camera warning.
On the left as you approach a camera below the speed limit (Green)
On the right as you approach a camera exceeding the speed limit (Red)
In use the Novus Alpha displays your current speed and database warns the driver of an approaching
speed camera by a clear voice alert at 500 yards. It then announces and displays the speed limit of
the road for your type of vehicle you have selected in the settings. If at 200 yards your vehicle is
still exceeding the speed limit the Novus Alpha will advise the driver to reduce speed. The voice
warnings are great, simple to understand, clear and accurate. The screen gives you all the
information you need.
Updating the unit is simple using the provided USB cable. First time users need to download
the update installer then once that has been installed on your PC, return to their website and
download the updates. They offer free lifetime updates.
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