Mio questions

Alanmo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 04, 2005 Posts: 18

I am thinking of buying a Mio with navigation for use in motorhome and then with M-M for hill walking.
Is it the best around for this would you say?
What is the battery life like on the hills?
What size cards will do the job?
Is the screen OK in bright sunlight?

Anything else I should consider as a complete novice to GPS?

Best wishes

Alan

StevenGourlay · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject:

What Mio are you thinking about the 168, 268 , 269?
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Alanmo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 04, 2005 Posts: 18

168 I think!!

Alan

StevenGourlay · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject:

ok i will try and give you some advise

The Mio 168 is very popular as a GPS unit as the GPS is intergrated they sell very fast. I would say the major down fall is it does not have bluetooth so you cannot pair with a bt phone to get traffic updates etc (this is not essential). Battery life can be a few hours down to about 1 hour depending on what you are doing and the power saving features etc. The PDA will only take up to 1 GB card but i recommend somthing a bit smaller, if you go for 1GB make sure its a fast card. Like most PDA's the screen can be hard to see in direct sunlight, the glare can be bad at times.

It is a good entry level GPS system.
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Pocketgps · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject:

I use both a Mio168 & Medion 95000 (rebranded Mio168), they are good units which I have had for nearly a year, both have been trouble free and work very well with both Navigon & TomTom gps software.

I note that Steven says you can only use up to a 1 Gb card, I use a 1 GB card in both unit but have tried a 2 GB card and it worked just fine, I even loaded all the different gps software I have got on to it, Navigon 4.2, Navigon 5.1, TomTom 3 & TomTom 5 and all worked just fine, the card is out of my digi camera so has been reformatted and out back there.

With the screen set to a low light level I find that the battery will last for about 3.5 hours before it starts complaining, but I always use Silversheild car speaker setup that charges the unit as well these days.

I would not recommend the cheap route, there will be no backup, no updating, no help, no nothing, but that's just my two pence worth.

Alanmo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 04, 2005 Posts: 18

Many thanks for your help - much appreciated - Alan

Pc-Mobile · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:31 am Post subject:

Mio, or any integrated PPC/GPS is good choice for both ca.hiking use.
It is not a good chice if you only use it for car.

Add an external antenna for car use and it should be perfect.
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LiveLifeGoJump · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:34 am Post subject:

Try using the Display off utility found at http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/displayoff.shtml it extended battery life by at least 25% and works with all programs EXCEPT Tomtom.

It's FREE
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LiveLifeGoJump · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:38 am Post subject:

See this link for a battery extender, I got one & can now use my Mio168 all day on batteries.

Link is http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/forum/ftopic3652.html
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StevenGourlay · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject:

Pocketgps yeah i spoke to Mitac Tech and they advised that 1GIG is all they will support and they say thats all that is compatabile. Good to know it works tho
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Pocketgps · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject:

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