Camera alerts
Which camera types alert, how (on screen, voice or both) and from how far, plus the camera database and its updates.
Menu → Settings → Alerts → Camera alerts.
Camera alerts#
The master switch. Off hides cameras from the map and silences them.
Camera database#
Cameras come from the SpectreNav camera database, built for two regions: North America and International. The app downloads the one for where you are and keeps it on the phone, so alerts work offline.
- Update automatically checks once each time the app starts and installs a newer build of the database.
- Check for updates does it now. The installed version and revision are shown.
- With automatic updates off, Import from file loads a database you have saved.
The database combines public map data with camera reports submitted from the app and reviewed by SpectreNav. See Reports and cameras.
Camera types#
Each type has a switch, an Alert mode (Disabled, On-Screen Only, Voice Only or Both) and an Alert distance:
Speed camera · Red light camera · Average speed start · Average speed end · Lane · Bus lane · Dummy · Distance · Overtaking · Pedestrian crossing · Height · Weight · Entrance · ALPR camera
Tones are per radar band, not per camera type; camera alerts use the voice.
Mute the detector at cameras#
Mute at known speed cameras under Alert filtering keeps the detector quiet at a fixed speed camera the app already knows; the camera alert still shows.
Avoiding cameras on a route#
Camera avoidance is a route option, not an alert setting: see Route options.