Auto scroll banner images in a windows phone 8 app - xaml

I'm trying to implement autoscrolling and snapping to images in a windows phone 8 app
I currently have couple of images in a stackpanel inside a scrollviewer, and I'd like them to auto scroll horizontally every certain amount of time [5 seconds for example] while still being able to scroll and snap manually
this is what I have so far
<ScrollViewer x:Name="featuredScroll" Grid.Row="2" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" >
<StackPanel x:Name="featuredStack" Orientation="Horizontal">
<StackPanel.Resources>
<Style TargetType="Image">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,5,0"/>
</Style>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<Image Source="http://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo4w.png"/>
<Image Source="http://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo4w.png"/>
<Image Source="http://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo4w.png"/>
</StackPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
[images are placeholders]
so what I have now shows a scrollable list of those images [banners] which I can scroll horizontally, any idea how to achieve that ?

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/5439e6/image-slideshow-using-dispatchtimer-in-windows-store-apps/
How about this option? This is example for Win store apps, but i don't see the reason why you couldn't rewrite it to WP

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