Uniden GPS301 Road Safety Warning System

[2rismo]

Uniden GPS301

If you haven't seen or heard of this unit, you need to click here.

This unit is the latest in GPS Road Safety alert technology but unlike its major competitor, "Road Angel", it doesn't cost $799 or more.

I picked mine up yesterday and it's a pretty handy and trick looking device. Absolutely no setup was required (who reads manuals anyway) and all I did was plug in the supplied 12v cigarette lighter cable, stick the suction cap bracket to the window and turn it on. After finding the appropriate satellites (about 1 minute the first time - 5 secs each subsequent time) we were away.

Immediately down the road from work in Warrawong is a Red Light Camera which was detected at 800m and indicated by a Green LED and the visual text alert, "Red Light Camera" on the screen.

At 400m, an audible alert sounded and the Green LED changed to Amber with the text alert re-iterated.

At 160m, a 2nd audible alert sounded, the amber LED changed to Red and the display alternated between distance and direction to camera and current speed.

The audible alert is far less annoying than I would've imagined it to be and the accuracy is spot on. I am yet to test its navigational abilities but will have a chance to test all aspects of the GPS301 tomorrow on my way to a weekend of drunken debauchery at the V8's. It has a basic GPS navigation system with 5000 Australian and N.Z. cities and towns listed alphabetically and can perform other GPS type functions such as:

- GPS direction to more than 5000 pre-programmed Australian and New Zealand cities and suburbs

- Mark and delete up to 500 of your own personal locations, speed camera, red-light camera or black spot locations

- Flash memory for points of interest and warning location database.

- Database updates via the Internet

- Display current speed

- Determine average trip speed

- Record maximum speed

- Calculate estimated time to reach destination

- Built-in electronic compass with GPS co-ordinates

A link to the users' manual can be found here which outlines all available features as well as the package contents.

Here's the best part - In Australia this unit retails for $299.95. I have organised to be able to supply these units 10% cheaper with a cost to SAU users of $270.00 including GST.

Purchases can be made by pm'ing or emailing me at: [email protected]

Adrian

[predator]

Looked through the manual - looks very nice. Price is amazing too for such a device with those sorts of features.

So its possible for anybody to update co-ordinates into the system that we can all download via say a CSV file ?? Or does it have to be done through their central server?

Just wondering how some of the directional facilities would work compared to some of the larger map based systems. So if you plug in the location, will it give you "left 300m" type thing, or is it just a general "this direction is 30km NE of you, just keep following roads that kind of head that direction" ??

[VL-TRBO-RB20]

will these things be available for long? because in a month ill be keen as musterd

[2rismo]

"this direction is 30km NE of you, just keep following roads that kind of head that direction" ??

This is more the case in relation to its navigational abilities. Not so much a map based navigation system as a suburb based directional type.

will these things be available for long? because in a month ill be keen as musterd

Adrian

[2rismo]

So its possible for anybody to update co-ordinates into the system that we can all download via say a CSV file ?? Or does it have to be done through their central server?

Don't know the answer to that question, actually. Will find out more over the weekend and let everyone else know how I go.

Adrian