Smartnav: Satellite navigation and Touch Screen with live traffic from Trafficmaster
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Short Description
If you travel by car, you need Smartnav. More than just a satellite navigation system, it provides drivers with a range of support services to make every journey as quick, easy and safe as possible. At the touch of a button, you are connected to a Smartnav Personal Assistant, who will enter details of your destination into a central computer. In just a few seconds, the route is sent to your car. A powerful computer calculates the route to your destination, incorporating traffic data and the very latest mapping information, to ensure that your journey is as quick and easy as possible. The route is downloaded digitally to your in-car Smartnav unit, which provides you with clear, turn by turn, spoken instructions. It's just like having your very own navigator - without the arguments!
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Smartnav: Satellite navigation and Touch Screen with live traffic from Trafficmaster
Your Smartnav PA, at the press of a button
Smartnav combines the very best in navigation technology with the personal touch. Simply press the Smartnav button and you will be connected to one of a team of PAs, trained to locate your destination and assist with a wide range of motoring needs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Unlike conventional systems, which require a complicated destination entry process, the Smartnav system couldn't be simpler. It doesn't even matter if you don't have the exact details of your destination. Using part of an address, or just the postcode, the Smartnav PA has access to a comprehensive, up-to-date database, which gives them the complete address.
Find any location!
In addition to UK residential and business address listings, thousands of other useful or remote destinations, including petrol stations, shops and hotels, are at the PA's fingertips.
Work, rest and play!
With in excess of 90,000 places of interest available, visiting that restaurant in the middle of nowhere your friend recommended couldn't be easier, or stopping off for a bite to eat in unfamiliar surroundings becomes simple and stress-free.
Finding the nearest bank...
We've all been there - driving through an unfamiliar place and needing to find a cash machine. One quick conversation with the Smartnav PA and they will find the nearest cash machine, of a bank of your choice, and send you directions to it. Effortless!
Smartnav Touch Screen
Smartnav Touch Screen is the perfect visual aid for your Smartnav. The stylish LCD is discreet in design and has been specifically created for those drivers who would like the comfort of visual instructions to accompany the spoken instructions provided by our standard Smartnav unit.
How it works
The Smartnav Touch Screen can be used to enter your destination by postcode, to route to one of your 10 favourite stored destinations, or to contact the Smartnav Control Centre and make your request via the PA as per the standard Smartnav product.
When guidance is active, the distance to your next manoeuvre, distance to your destination and estimated time of arrival will be displayed on the screen. As you approach road junctions and roundabouts the screen will clearly display the manoeuvre that needs to be made in conjunction with spoken instructions.
With Smartnav Touch Screen, access to the different Smartnav services and options are at your fingertips! A series of simple menus allow you to:
- Customise the service.
- Access safety and security options.
The latest generation in satellite navigation
Smartnav combines live, forecast, incident and historical traffic information to give you the best possible route from A to B. (See diagram 1) The powerful computer that calculates your route is housed outside your car, which means that the mapping information is always up to date. What's more, Smartnav will automatically react to any unforeseen changes in traffic conditions and where possible offers you an alternative route. (See diagram 2)
The route is calculated by a powerful computer, developed by Motorola and Trafficmaster, which is situated at Trafficmaster's Control Centre.
Route calculation incorporates real-time traffic data from over 7500 sensors, located on more than 8000 miles of the UK road network. It also analyses forecast and historical data, collated from 14 years of Trafficmaster's expert congestion monitoring, along with Police data collected by the RAC, so that known traffic hotspots, specific incidents and roadworks are all considered before a route is calculated.
All four types of traffic information are fed into the computer, making Smartnav the most sophisticated and intelligent routing service available.
When you're on the road, Smartnav protects you from new traffic incidents throughout your journey. The powerful computer continuously monitors traffic conditions on your route and, if a problem occurs, your in-car Smartnav unit will automatically alert you to it and offer an alternative route, if a quicker one is available.
By simply pressing the Smartnav button, a new, more efficient route to your destination is sent to your vehicle within seconds.
Smartnav SOS - for complete peace of mind
In the event of a breakdown or emergency, it can be frightening to find yourself stranded, particularly if it's late at night and you're on your own. As soon as you press the Smartnav button, a PA can automatically pinpoint your exact location and call for assistance. Your location details will be sent directly to the appropriate breakdown or emergency service, so you can feel reassured that help is on its way.
In unfamiliar surroundings, a Smartnav PA can provide help and reassurance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In the event of a breakdown, Smartnav's PAs can contact the emergency or breakdown services, giving the exact position of the vehicle.
For motorists who feel uncomfortable driving alone, or are concerned about their safety in the car, the Smartnav PA can provide round the clock support and assistance. A direct line into the Smartnav control centre means that help is always at hand.
Smartnav Option: Safe Speed
Safety cameras in the UK are increasingly being used across the country's roads. These are often located at known accident black spots to reduce speed and prevent accidents. This means every time you make a journey, you are likely to pass a safety camera.
The Smartnav Safe Speed option has been designed to protect your licence and encourage safer driving. Whether driving to an unfamiliar destination or making a frequent journey, it's easy to become preoccupied by other events and to lose concentration momentarily. This could result in you breaking the law and receiving a fixed penalty speeding fine or even worse, having an accident.
How it works
The Smartnav Safe Speed option alerts you when you approach zones monitored by fixed safety cameras, variable safety cameras and multi-camera detectors (also known as Specs).
Two levels of audible warning are provided - one as you approach the monitored zone (3 beeps) and a second (5 beeps) immediately before the monitored zone, giving you sufficient time to correct your speed and alert you to concentrate on the road ahead. If you continue to drive above the speed limit through the monitored zone, you will hear continuous beeps until your speed has fallen to below the specified
speed limit.
Like Smartnav navigation, the database of safety camera zones is continuously updated by our data research team and the data within your Smartnav unit will be automatically upgraded once a month, when you next use your Smartnav unit for navigation.
The Safe Speed option is operational every time you make a journey, with or without navigation active, and warnings can be disabled or reactivated via www.smartnav.com or by speaking directly to a Smartnav PA.
What it costs
The Smartnav Safe Speed option is instantly available to all new* Smartnav customers at a very competitive subscription of just £6 per month** and includes all updates during the period of subscription.
Costs Summary
Monthly** £6.00
For both Safe Speed options, please note:
* Applicable to units manufactured after 17/04/03. Price may vary for units purchased prior to this date. Prices quoted are in addition to full Smartnav subscription.
** Paid annually or quarterly by Direct Debit.
Smartnav Option: RAC Trackstar Plus
Thieves attempt to steal 2,578 cars every day in the UK - more than half of those stolen are never recovered or are too badly damaged to be returned. If a car is stolen and recovered the estimated average uninsured cost to the owner is £470, but if never recovered this can rise to in excess of £2000.
Using the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver in your Smartnav unit, and the mobile phone line, Smartnav has developed its RAC Trackstar Plus option, so if the worst happens and your car is stolen, we can help to locate it.
How it works
If your vehicle is stolen, you must firstly report the theft to the Police and obtain a crime reference number. Once you have obtained the reference number, call the Smartnav PA on our dedicated RAC Trackstar Plus number. The PA will send a signal to the Smartnav unit in your car to activate the tracking function. Your Smartnav unit will then keep us informed of the car's exact location every 20 seconds. We will work with the Police, continuously updating them on the car's location in order to help them recover the car. The service is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
What it costs
The RAC Trackstar Plus option is instantly available to all Smartnav customers via an upgrade which costs just £100. Once upgraded we will then charge you an additional subscription of just £8 per month** for the RAC Trackstar Plus service.
Costs Summary
Upgrade fee £100.00
Monthly** £8.00
** Paid annually or quarterly by Direct Debit.
Smartnav Pricing Guide| Tariff Options | Monthly | Quarterly | Annually | 4 Year | Pay As You Go |
|---|
| Subscription | £10 | £30 | £120 | £350* | £0 |
| Per route | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0.89 |
| Per re-route | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0.20 |
| SOS Call | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Concierge | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0.89 |
| Booking Fee** | £2 | £2 | £2 | £2 | £2.00 |
| Service options | | | | | |
| Safe Speed option | £6 | £18 | £72 | £210 | N/A |
| RAC Trackstar Mandatory upgrade fee | £8 £100 | £24 £100 | £96 £100 | £290 £100 | N/A |
| Payment Options | DD | DD | DD or CC | CC | DD or CC |
DD = Direct Debit; CC = Credit Card
* In the event of unreasonable use, Smartnav reserves the right to charge per route or transfer the customer to an alternative tariff (see terms and conditions).
**This fee only applies when ordering flowers or making hotel reservations.