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Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound

Product Code: SNT8500E

Snooper Truckmate Pro Sound DB8500 includes a large 7-inch slim wide touchscreen, DAB Digital Radio and DVB-T Digital TV. The DB8500 also features Lane Guidance and Junction View to help guide your truck or HGV along your route with turn-by-turn voice directions.

Snooper Truckmate DB8500 also features Bluetooth for handsfree calls and provides FREE TMC Traffic information and speed camera locations by subscription.Two versions of the DB8500 Pro with different preloaded maps are available, these are UK and Ireland and Europe.

Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound has been discontinued.

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We offer UK, Europe and Worldwide deliveries. We despatch orders at 5.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We need to receive your order on those days by 4.30pm. When possible we may despatch orders received after that time. No orders are despatched after 5.30pm and no orders are despatched on Saturday or Sunday.

We offer FREE UK delivery on all orders of £40.00 or more, plus next working day and guaranteed Saturday delivery options. Click here for further info. All options also appear at the basket pages.

Snooper Truckmate Pro Sound DB8500 is a portable premium 7-inch satellite navigation system which has been designed for drivers of trucks, HGVs and other commercial vehicles.

The Snooper DB8500 Truckmate is part of a family of four different DB8500 Pro Sound sat nav devices. While each model uses here maps, the preloaded POI and internal database differs between the range. Each of the four different models has a different driver, or more specifically a different vehicle type/size in mind.

The Snooper DB8500 truckmate sat nav features a large 7-inch touchscreen and includes Bluetooth, DAB digital radio, DVB-T Digital TV and built-in FM transmitter. Just tune your lorry’s radio to an unused FM frequency and listen to DAB radio inside you vehicle. Similarly you can watch Freeview TV in your vehicles cab. The Truckmate DB8500 uses the latest here mapping and is available with either preloaded UK and Ireland or European maps.

DB8500 truck sat nav also provides advanced warnings to roadwork's, congestion and traffic jams and what's more these alerts are all FREE. The DB8500 features TMC Traffic information which utilises the traffic master information network.

The Truckmate 8500 works like a normal sat nav; you enter the address, postcode etc, for turn-by-turn directions to your destination. What makes it very different is that you can enter and save your trucks load, height, weight, width, length and the Snooper truck mate's preloaded software will then calculate the best route avoiding low bridges, unsuitable and too narrow roads, etc.

Snooper DB8500 Pro Sound truck sat nav is the result of more than 5 years of development of the Snooper truck mate range. Research has shown that truckmate users will save money over time. By using Snooper satellite navigation to find the shortest or most economical route you will save 16% fewer miles driven on each journey and thus also a 16% saving in fuel expenses making this Snooper Truckmate pay for itself.

SPECIAL OFFER: Buy the DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound or any other Snooper truck sat nav model from ActiveGPS and receive FREE lifetime map updates worth over £100. The annual road map updates are by here. Details of the offer and other models that include the FREE lifetime map updates are available via the following link.

Snooper Truckmate DB8500 Pro Sound lorry sat nav on-board features include Junction View and Lane Guidance. These features make it clear what lane you need to be in at each junction providing you with plenty of warning. To make your current location clearer and to highlight where you are heading this truck sat nav can also increase the size of road names and numbers displayed on the 7-inch screen.

The DB8500 Pro has a point of interest 'corridor' search which will inform you of points of interest along your predetermined route. Additionally the DB8500 sat nav system includes AdBlue Filling Station Points of Interest. This feature allows you to find your nearest petrol station. There is also a route timer that can be set to alert you when it is time to take a break on your journey.

Truckmate DB8500 includes as standard My Speed information meaning it will tell you the speed limit of every road regardless of whether there is a speed camera there or not. You can get speed limits for lorries over 3.5t. The Truckmate DB8500 will also alert you if you exceed the speed limit protecting your driving licence. The Truckmate can also be optionally updated to include Snoopers Aura Database of speed camera locations. Read more about the AURA speed trap database.

Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound Features

‣7-inch full colour LCD touch display
‣here street-level road maps - SNT8500 UK and Ireland, SNT8500E Europe
‣Turn by turn voice instructions
‣2D and 3D map views
‣3D Direction indicators
‣DVB-T Digital TV (will only operate in areas with free to air digital TV service)
‣DAB Digital Radio
‣TMC traffic information technology
‣Bluetooth handsfree
‣Lane Guidance - provides advanced notice of which lane or lanes to use when approaching junctions
‣My Speed - displays speed limits of nearly every road across Europe
‣Your Route - create and save your own bespoke routes
‣Multi-route planner - navigate around up to 16 different destinations just by adding the post codes
‣Route Timer
‣MP3 player
‣'One touch' Home and Office route planner
‣Navigate by junction number, co-ordinate or heading
‣A choice of different screen colours
‣Extensive list of Points of Interest
‣User POIs - upload and share POIs with other users
‣Built-in rechargeable battery
‣Built-in SIRF III GPS antenna
‣Fully portable - Plug and Play
‣1 year manufacturers guarantee

Installation

Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro mounts on the inside of your vehicles windscreen using the supplied suction cup windscreen bracket. Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro can be powered directly either from its internal battery if it's fully charged or powered from the cigarette lighter socket.

Map Coverage

Snooper Truckmate model SNT8500 includes street-level here maps (formely NAVTEQ) for the following countries:

UK • Ireland

Snooper Truckmate model SNT8500E includes street-level here maps for the following countries:

UK • Ireland • France • Spain • Portugal • Italy • Austria • Switzerland • Belgium • Holland • Luxembourg • Germany • Denmark • Norway • Sweden • Finland • Poland • Estonia • Lithuania • Czech Republic • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Hungary • Romania • Slovakia • Slovenia • Serbia • Montenegro • Croatia • Turkey • Greece • Albania • Bosnia & Herzegovina • Bulgaria • F.Yugoslavia Rep.of Macedonia • Russia.

Snooper AURA Speed Camera Subscription

Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro provides advanced warning of all fixed speed cameras, SPECS and many laser sites using Snooper's AURA speed trap database. Subscription to the Snooper AURA speed camera database costs £69.99 a year.

PC System Requirements

The Snooper DB8500 will only operate on Windows computers. Specifically, you must be using Windows XP (32 bit), Windows Vista, WIndows 7, Windows 8 / 8.1. Additionally the software will only work with Internet Explorer 6 or Netscape Navigator 6 or above.

The Snooper DB8500 will not operate when using Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000, Windows XP (64 bit) or Apple Macintosh operating systems.

What's in the box? (when purchased from ActiveGPS.co.uk)

‣Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound
‣Hard Carry Case
‣In-vehicle Charger
‣Mains Charger
‣Windscreen Mounting Bracket
‣TMC Antenna
‣Extension DAB/DVB Antenna
‣Video In adaptor 2.5mm to Phono
‣USB Cable
‣SD card with preloaded here maps - SNT8500 UK and Ireland, SNT8500E Europe
‣User Guide/Software CD-Rom
‣Quick Start Guide

Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound Accessories

The DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound comes supplied with everything you need to use it in-car (see What's in the box? above), however replacement and additional DB8500 Pro Sound accessories are also available to buy from ActiveGPS.

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Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound Technical Specification

‣Technology: GPS
‣Display: 7-inch, TFT LCD (800x480 pixels, 64,000 colours)
‣Processor: TCC7901 500Mhz Dual-Core
‣OS: WinCE 6.0
‣GPS Receiver: SIRF III (Chip Set)
‣Memory: Internal NAND Flash 512Mb
‣SDRAM: 128Mb
‣Memory Card: SD/SDHC supported (up to 32Gb)
‣Bluetooth Module: CSR Chipset, Antenna - Integrated chip type
‣Traffic information: TMC messages with free product lifetime subscription
‣Speaker: Integrated high quality speaker
‣Microphone: Integrated microphone for hands free calling
‣Power: 12-24 volt DC in-vehicle power socket
‣Battery: Li-pol, 1100mA/3.7V
‣Installation: Plug and play
‣Dimensions: Width - 180mm, Height - 122mm, Depth - 20mm
‣Snooper DB8500 Truckmate Pro Sound manual

Manual requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
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This product is a sophisticated electronic device which requires that you read, understand, and act upon the information given in the instruction manual (usually available via the above 'manual' link). You will need internet access and, in accordance with the manufacturers’ recommendations, regularly seek out and accept all firmware or software updates offered by the manufacturer. All GPS devices need to ‘see’ the satellites in the sky. Therefore you will need to know that your vehicle does not have glass that will block or impede the GPS signal.

Updates to this product are via the internet. At this product page we state compatibility with specific versions of current internet connection devices, for example: PC, laptop, MAC, smartphone etc. The Consumer Contract Regulations allow you 14 days, from receipt of purchase, to check compatibility with your internet connection device/s. If you choose to replace or update your PC, MAC etc. neither we nor the manufacturer will be responsible if the new/replacement Operating System (OS) is not compatible with the purchased product.

ActiveGPS is an Official Snooper Internet Supplier

ActiveGPS.co.uk (parent company Active Alliance Limited) is an Official Snooper Internet Supplier No: PP1310. The Snooper official Internet supplier network has been created to protect UK consumers from stolen and counterfeit goods. In addition as an official supplier we have the expertise to provide you with the best before and after sales service. For further information please click on the logo to the right.

Page updated: 15th March 2024