How long ahead does POI Pilot 5000+ warn you?

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    Hi all,


    Although this is my first post, I have been lurking here on pocketnavigation.de ever since I bought my first navi five years ago. By doing so, I have learnt a tremendous amount from you guys. So here is a late but big thank you for that.


    I hope you excuse my writing in English, since my German would give you a good laughter (or take me a tremendous amount of time to write). However, I read German without difficulty so please feel free to answer in German if you like.


    The reason I am finally posting something on this board is that for the first time I came up with a question that I could not find an answer to via the search facility. Since a few years, I drive a car with a built-in navi (a Volvo V70 2002). Although the built-in navi system (called RTI) is quite old, I find it far superior to my not quite so old Mitac Mio 168 (aka Yakumo Delta) pocket-PC with MN6 and POI Warner except for one important thing: The RTI will not give me warnings for speed controls ("Blitzer").


    Rather than drag my old Mitac Mio with me to the car whenever I drive in "Blitzer" territory, as I now do, I thought it might be better to get a device dedicated to "Blitzer" warnings, which I could permanently leave in the car (except when it is to be updated). The one that appears to give me the most bang for the buck at the present time is the Poicon POI Pilot 5000+.


    I have already found the specifications as well as the manual so I already know a fair amount about it. However, the manual is rather thin to say the least, so there remains a few questions that I hope you can help me with.


    First, my guess is that the Pilot 5000+ will usually show my speed to the right on its display. Am I right?


    Second, I guess it switches to a display showing the remaining number of meters to the speed control when I get the first sound warning? Am I right about this too?


    Third, I guess this first warning will come a certain amount of time ahead rather than a certain distance ahead, so that the remaining distance to the speed control will depend on how fast I am driving. Am I right or not?


    Fourth, how long ahead will I be warned?


    Fifth, can I set this time myself as I can in POI Warner?


    Sixth: According to the manual, the device can be set to warn you of an approaching speed control only if you drive fast enough to break the speed limit. As I understand, I will in this case get no sound warning if I drive below the speed limit. But what about the display? Will that still show the remaining distance to the speed control when I get within warning range?


    The situation in which I find these things particularly important is when I am about to overtake another car. For obvious reasons, I would not want to find myself very close to a speed control in that particular situation.


    My apologies in advance if I posted this in the wrong section of the forum but I could not find a section specifically for Poicon products or "Blitzer Warner" so I thought this would be my best bet.


    Many thanks in advance for your help,


    Anders (from Sweden)

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    Hi Anders,


    eine Menge Fragen, aber ich will versuchen diese bestmöglich zu beantworten:


    1. richtig, die Geschwindigtkeit wird angezeigt
    2. richtig
    3. nein, es wird ab einer festen Entfernung gewarnt. Die Entfernung hängt von der zulässigen Geschw. an diesem Überwachungspunkt ab.
    4. ich habe es nicht im Kopf aber ich meine die Warnung schwankt zwischen 1500 u. 300m je nach erlaubter Geschw. es gab diesbezüglich aber noch keine wesentlichen Beschwerden von Kunden, so das man davon ausgehen kann das ein guter Kompromiss gefunden wurde.
    5. nein das ist zur Zeit nicht möglich. Ob das für den 5000+ noch mal kommt kann ich nicht sagen.
    6. richtig, die Distanz wird immer angezeigt. Aber man kann auch einstellen, immer eine Warnung akustische Warnung zu erhalten - auch wenn man nicht zu schnell fährt.


    Gruß
    Tobias