Mitac Mio 168 digiwalker / TOMTOM s/w not working

Achilles2K · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 02, 2006 Posts: 8

I was in a rush to miss the traffic this morning, hence the missing letter.

Yes - it is the by-pass around Brough that is missing. Good to see it is in TTN5.

Do I have to buy the full package - or is it possible to just upgrade the maps??

Sorry to ask so many questions.

Cheers.

Border_Collie · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject:

aj2052 · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:31 am Post subject:

Just to add some info from a mio168 user running ttn6, I find this runs no worse or better than ttn5, to sum it up I would describe as adequate,
still experimenting but found the following:
1) after updating to ttn6 v 6.02 first impression little bit faster than orig ttn6.
2) Had a lot of POIs enabled, so removed some but not yet road tested.
3) First longish run on orig ttn6, leics to chesham, worried that lag might not catch up with next turn sometimes, but did cope adequately.
4) On one occasion did put in middle of noware.
5) running at present on 2gb standard sd card(quite full with other progs and mp3s etc), waiting for 2gb x 133 card hoping to improve speed and will advise when proper road test done.
6) overall have same or less problems as on ttn5, on ttn5 just regularly lost position but not on ttn6, most of my problems seem to be bad routing by tomtom, I found the best best map for gb on ttn5 was V632

Hope this helps

aj2052 · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:50 am Post subject:

Forgot to add, Have also upgraded to OS WM2003se to gain the occasional use of rotate in ttn6, although must admit the major benefit has been using MS excell and being able to configure one if the buttons to instantly give rotate to all progs, as you can see i am progressively experimenting to get the best out of the Mio168, incedently i did think of updating to the p350, does it perform any better or worth upgrading to ?

Border_Collie · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject:

aj2052 · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject:

Thanks Lost_property for factual reply , this does fit in very well with my findings and my thoughts, will see how mio performs after card update, your comments are much appreciated.

Border_Collie · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject:

aj2052 · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject:

Thanks again, point taken but I need PDA as gps is only part of usage, rely heavily on contacts database, may put on ebay with reserve to see if can gain enough to swap for 350, but then again no particular hurry,.
Thanks

neil01 · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject:

To sum up, I think that it is fair to say that the MIO168 is more than adequate for running TomTom 6.

Accepted that it is a getting a little old now, and there are much better options out there. But as for using TomTom 6 as a reason to upgrade any existing hardware - no way. The only valid reasons I can think for upgrading is if you need a SIRF III (rather than the 168's SIRF II) because of your car's windscreen, (or you are having problems in heavily built up areas); or you need to take advantage of the Traffic features.

Achilles2K · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 02, 2006 Posts: 8

You guys have been great :D

I tried out a friends TTN6 and it looks FINE. Tried it in tandem with my wife's NAV-CAM. Both pretty well synchronised.

Question on speed - both sat navs gave my speed as 5mph LESS than my speedo was showing. Which is more accurate? (if it was just one sat nav I would go with speedo - but both??)

Any thoughts?

Cheers

Border_Collie · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject:

neil01 · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject:

You must also appreciate that a car speedo (unless faulty) will always give the same reading at any specific speed. For example if you are travelling at 60mph the speedo will always show (for example) 64mph, with corresponding values for all other speeds. (Tyre wear has a very small effect on this - but I have ignored it to avoid confusion for this example)

The value returned by a satnav can (and does) vary. This can depend on various factors, but the number of satellites fixed upon, AND their positions in the sky is particularly significant.

As an example, when stationary, my displayed speed has been anything between 0mph (correct) and 7mph.

As for the display of speed, the application (ie TomTom) only displays the value passed by the GPS chipset, so don't blame your application for any errors.

Achilles2K · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 02, 2006 Posts: 8

OK - I will put it to the test.

The next time I go past a speed camera I will ignore the speedo and use the sat nav speed Twisted Evil

Well, maybe not 8O Laughing Out Loud

Thanks anyways guys.

BTW I am off to London tomorrow with my son to go see Spamalot - I will be taking my Mio DigiWalker with me so that when I get lost at least I will know where i am Embarassed

Cheers :D

whiteghostuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 30, 2007 Posts: 1

Hello everyone new here ??

I'm using my mio 168 with TT6 and YODA its great ! :D

tried the queen but she kept telling me where to go Laughing

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