Medion/Mio Digiwalker

neutron · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 27, 2004 Posts: 19

Having lost my original Medion PDA (bought as part of the Aldi bundled GPS system) I have replaced it with another Mitac 168 (Mio Digiwalker). I now find that the original Medion Navigator v4.2 software fails to detect the integral or mouse GPS receivers supplied. I have tried changing the various GPS configuration settings in the "Medion" software but to no avail.
Please can anyone advise how to overcome this.

Thanks

Darren · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject:

The original bundled Medion software that came with the GPS Mouse will only work with that receiver. Are you using the original GPS Mouse?
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crankyman · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:

I have a Medion 95000 (Mitac Mio 168) and the settings on mine are as follows:

Type of receiver -- Standard GPS
Com-Port -- Com1 ( if you go into the dialogue box it says "serial cable on SP2")
Baud -- 4800 (unchangeable on mine, greyed out)

If you can alter your protocol settings, make sure it is set to NMEA.

As far as I am aware the software is not locked to a particular PDA, so it should work with your 168.
If these settings don't work, maybe someone with a Mitac branded machine can post their settings.

Good luck!

Jon.

neutron · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 27, 2004 Posts: 19

Thanks for taking the trouble to reply.
I've now resolved the problem by trying various GPS settings and found the following to work - "other GPS receiver", COM Port 2 and 4800 baud rate.

Pocketgps · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:34 am Post subject:

Hello neutron

I also have a Mio168, as well as the Medion 95000, have never tried using the Medion software on the Mio168, but just put the Medion card into the Mio168, clicked the MEDION-Navigator.cab file, it installed and works just fine, using the same settings as the Medion's as 'crankyman' posted above.

cuds · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 13, 2005 Posts: 8

Hi
Just a quick question, will the MIO 268 be any good for use on a motorcycle?
Sorry for deviating from your original question, but I have been looking at this unit a wondered if it will suit my needs.

Thanks guys Cuds

Darren · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:37 am Post subject:

It's not waterproof and you won't be able to hear the voice instructions. Have you seen the announcement regarding TomTom's Ryder unit which is intended for a motorcycle, it is waterproof and has a bluettoth earpiece that you wear in the helmet.

Another alternative is Garmin's 2610, BMW sell this as a dealer accessory for installation on their motorcycle range and again these are waterproof.
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