Mio 168 battery level indicator

turp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 12

Hello all i have just bought a mio 168 going well just i would like to have the battery indicator on the screen in the bottom right hand side i have gone to start-settings-system-power there is no box to tick to place the indictaor on the desktop any ideas Cheers Paul

Pocketgps · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject:

There is a battery monitor on my web site, just click the link at the bottom of this post, then look down the Specs page.

Works fine with the Mio168.

turp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 12

Thanks very much for that i have downloaded it and run it its in the pda main memory but not showing up ??? any ideas sorry to be sounding a bit thick

PAul

turp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 12

i knew it would happen as soon as i posted that previous post its there in the desktop

many thanks for that

Paul

polekat · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2005 Posts: 10

would this work with the my guide navigator 6500 xl (another mio clone)
running windows mobile se
thanks
polekat

Pocketgps · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject:

polekat · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2005 Posts: 10

Thanks pocketgps it works just fine :D ,very good site i've used your site quite a few times over the past year or so, very informative when i was trying to get poi warner to work with the speed cams.
Keep up the good work for all us novices out there we appreciate it.
thanks again
polekat

LiveLifeGoJump · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:03 pm Post subject:

The battery monitor could be useful when walking using Memory Map etc. so I've downloaded it to try. You have other utilities on your site, any chance of adding a 'screen blanker' utility for the ppc that would put an icon on the screen which, when tapped, would blank the screen (requiring a short press on the power button to reactivate) while leaving the program running (as per the screen toggle function in mp3player, Windows op.sys.)?

I know that this facility extends battery life but it is a pain switching back & forth between MM & mp3player.

I'd be willing to buy a utility like that as long & it didn't cost to much>
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Sequin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 54

There are lots of free programs available on www.freewareppc.com - including many battery monitors - look in the Utilities section under Enhancements

There are also timeout programs that will automatically shut down your PPC - I haven't checked out all that is available, but there are lots of goodies there

Sequin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 54

Some candidates:

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/displayoff.shtml

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/noscreen.shtml

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/screenswitch.shtml

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/screenoffforpocketpc.shtml

LiveLifeGoJump · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks a lot for that, downloaded Displayoff (first link) & it works well (except TTN5 which I sometimes use when a passenger & have no access to power socket).
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LiveLifeGoJump · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:25 am Post subject:

Battery life extended by at least 25% using Displayoff.

Thanks for the link Sequin
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LeighB · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject:

Hi,
I have downloaded Displayoff, and it seems to work OK, using a button to operate it, and the record button to switch the display back on.
Only slight snag is that when I switch back on, it also activates the "Notes" program, and I then have to switch back to Memory-Map to see where I am.
Is there any way to avoid Notes being activated?
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Mio168 Kingston 256SD
TomTomNavigator3 3.07
TomTom Navigator 5
Memory Map 2004 OS 4.4
Checkpoint 2.02

LiveLifeGoJump · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

I have disables all the buttons (Start, settings,buttons/select none for each.) then programmed button 5 (record button) to run Display off. This is because I often carry the ppc in a shirt pocket & the front buttons get pressed by accident.

The ppc can then be put into display off mode by a brief press on the record button & display can be reactivated by a brief press on the power button. The ppc will then display the program you were last using (it works with any program EXCEPT TTN5). If you were using Memory Map then Memory Map will be displayed on reactivation showing the current location (assuming you have locked gps position to centre of screen with the lock icon).

What may be happing for you is that one of the front buttons is allocated to notes & is being pressed by accident.

Norman
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LeighB · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:20 pm Post subject:

Norman,
Thanks I will try that and see how it goes
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Mio168 Kingston 256SD
TomTomNavigator3 3.07
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Memory Map 2004 OS 4.4
Checkpoint 2.02

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