The Shadow Tracker Premier™ is the top-of-the-line product because it does wireless 900 mHz downloads to your computer instead of having to remove the black box from the vehicle and take it into the house to download the data manually. Unlike other passive products, here there are 2 black boxes instead of 1. There's the normal black box that goes in the car. And there's another black box which is a base station that connects to your computer through a 9 pin serial port. It receives the 900 mHz downloaded data for your computer.

The Shadow Tracker Premier™ has a built in GPS receiver. The unit stores travel information while the vehicle is traveling. Once the information is collected, the device is downloaded so parents can see their teen's travels and speeds on the computer screen and optionally print them out. They can also print reports about the travel of the vehicle including maximum speed, miles driven, stops made, the street address of the stop and how long the stops were. The device has a setting that determines how often the unit will record location information. This setting, referred to as the "Collection Rate", determines the number of hours of travel the unit will store information. The Premier has a pre-set permanent 10 second "Collection Rate" time. Below is a chart that indicates the approximate amount of driving hours that the all of the units will record at each setting. Please keep in mind that this is actual driving time; while the vehicle is sitting still, the memory capacity of the device is not depleted. These products are very economical, reliable and accurate GPS tracking devices for parents to use.

Hours of data stored in black box at different data collection rates per second

Benefits:

• No Monthly Fees
• Complete travel route of any vehicle from your computer.
• Map can show car speed in different colors.
• Map can show where car stopped and for how long.
• Travels stored in black box for detailed review and analysis on your PC.

(1) Whenever teenager drives car, satellite constantly tells the black box the car's longitude, latitude and speed.
(2) This information is stored in memory of the black box.
(3) When car returns home (within approximately 1/2 mile), the black box in the car sends the data to a wireless receiver next to your computer via 900 mHz radio waves (Note that the computer does not have to be turned on).
(4) Parent can view teen's travels on the computer screen.

Components used/ included

• GPS Tracking Unit black box.
• GPS Antenna (1.5" X 1.5" X 0.75") with 6' cable and magnetic mount.
• Power cable to connect to vehicle's battery or fuse box for power.
• Tracking Unit AC power adapter and PC download cable.
• Tracking Unit Installation instructions and User's Guide
• Lite Mapping Software and User's Guide

Installation

The black box can be mounted anywhere on the vehicle although most people place it under the dashboard with zip ties.

GPS Antenna Placement
Common locations for the antenna are: Behind the front or rear plastic bumper, behind the front grille, on top of or under the dashboard or rear window decklid, under the speaker grille on the dashboard or rear window decklid, at the 3rd eye brake light, on cowl at gap between hood and base of windshield or on top of the car's roof.

The antenna will normally pick up a signal through plastic and glass so it can be mounted underneath the dash in most vehicles, but the optimal placement for the antenna is on the roof of the vehicle. If you mount the GPS antenna inside the vehicle's bumper, try to mount it as high up as possible and preferably in the corner. Just remember, you cannot have a metal surface directly above the GPS antenna; plastic is alright.

Operation

The black box incorporates internal memory that records everywhere the vehicle travels. When the vehicle returns home (within approximately 1/2 mile), travel data is automatically downloaded to your computer with a 900 mHz wireless transmission. Then you can produce reports for any date range, whether a day, week or month. The reports will accurately show the month, day, year, hour, minute, second, speeds, and detailed street level mapping of the entire route of travel.

There is an LED light that glows red when powered and green when it has acquired the GPS signal. When you have a green light, it's active.

If the teen disconnects the power source, this will be indicated in the reports.

Computer Minimum Requirements

• Computer with Pentium 400 Mhz (or higher recommended)
• Windows XP, 2000, 95, 98, NT or ME operating system
• Hard disk space on computer of 850 Megabytes minimum.
• Memory on computer of 32 Megabytes minimum. (64 Megabytes or more recommended)
• CD ROM Drive
• SVGA Monitor
• One open 9 pin Comm port
• Optional: Windows compatible printer (color recommended to print vehicle speeds in color)

Base Station Specifications

• Length x Width x Height= 7.0 inches X 5.0 inches X 1.75 inches
• Weight= 16.0 ounces
• Peak current= 350 ma
• Range= up to 1/2 mile (approximate depending on conditions such as external antenna placement, atmospheric conditions, line of sight or other RF interference)
• Radio frequency= 902-928 mHz
• Modulation type= Spread spectrum
• Memory= 8 Megabytes; 800 travel hours.
• Wireless download data rate= 50 kilobytes per second
• Power requirement= 9-18 volts

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