newbie with Mio C710 sores

[miomio]

since I can't post my sorrows here due to
[http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=243690&highlight=#243690]

I would like to point everyone (if) interested to this link, where I have vented all my feelings about the Mio C710 :-)

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=63751

and please see the post of "Posted - 08/09/2006 : 21:03:24" there [the 2nd one below ]

Thanks in advance

Regards

[Palexr]

miomio,

See my reply
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=59568&whichpage=10&SearchTerms=%2Cc710

(doubel post?)
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Cheers,
Alex

[miomio]

Hi and Thanks Alex , and to all who have read this thread so far

and Some more juicy findings today:-

yesterday I had added a speed cam.
This morning before leaving, I syncd. my mio, and passing through the same point, I was surprised that the camera added yesterday was not there today(in mio).
Possible explanations:-
1) Mio synch does not recognize my camera in it's database and erased it while synch. was going on.

which also means ,my added camera was not uploaded for others to use.
Yet, I see that for Netherlands, the amount of speed-cam increases in numbers each day. Last friday it was 39990 and this morning 4094 and as I write it's climbed to 4098.
It boggles the mind as to how the camera numbers are jumping each day. I am pretty sure the Govt. does not plant 10-to-15 new cameras into the country each day.
anyway it was food for some thought and still no clue why a bonafide camera addition was taken off , even though camera numbers on the mio site are springing up like rats in the sewer system.(good comparision though) :-)

[miomio]

ummm...I don't think I can edit my posts.
small errata in my last post, it was not "39990" cameras but '3990'.

[Sallyann]

[miomio]

wo-ho.. Sallyann where do you get all these inside information from

& Thx. for this clarification

[miomio]

this is rich !

Just wrote a POI complaint to the MIO tech support and look what MIO's support site takes me to, when I logged the issue:-

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[http://www.mio-tech.be/support/contact.php?country=Netherlands]

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Contact support
Support for Mio in Netherlands

Before contacting us, please make sure that your question hasn't been answered in our FAQ section.

Please beware that we temporarily experience unusually long delays for support by telephone in France. We advise you to contact our support centre by e-mail. We will work out the issue as soon as possible and apologize for the inconvenience.

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their support needs support 8O

[miomio]

Just logging down all my experiences in this log book.(captain's log startship ent. )
Today after stepping out of the car , I took the c710 out and put it in it's respective case. After an hour or two, I started it again and it would not start(no power) . I know the batteries were full or near full , since it was on the charger all the time during my last trip. I then tried it with the charger , then directly with A.C current(via their adapter) and with USB connected, no joy.
I was about to cry my heart out , thinking about all those phone calls about returning it back and more phone calls and bla bla bla on the phone ....

Workaround:- hard reset. & afaik all's still intact(settings, favourites etc.) except that I had to make the bluetooth connection again for my phone (from scratch)

Analysis:- c710 was 'hot' when I got off the car and immediately went inside the case. temperature difference would be the most likely cause, unless someone from you states otherwise.

Just one more day loving & hating the c710.

[Sallyann]

[miomio]

Yes, I am sure I switched it off. I was in an underground garage when I last stepped out. Underground garages are mostly gloomy and there's no way I could have put it inside the case with it glowing like a Jedi sword .
No but serious, the screen was as dark as the garage(switched off) when I put it inside the casing.
Now , I just take it in my hands and give it some air as I walk out and then put it inside the case, maybe after a minute or two.

Once bitten twice shy.

[miomio]

some more Log:-

when adding a cam. the "add cam" triggers off the coordinates [Lat. and Long.] of the camera and not when pressing the "ok" button.I would see a camera coming up and would ready myself with the "add cam" status to 'on' and would press the "ok" button just when I passed it , so to mark it exactly where it stands, but afterwards, I see the cam. much ahead on the screen than it's actual location. and that's because of the above.
I have tried this around a time or 5, to come to the above hypothesis.8)
anyone else had any other exp. ?

[Palexr]

Yep,

Pressing the "add Cam" seems to place the offending item on the map rather than the OK.
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Cheers,
Alex

[Sallyann]

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