Whats a good OS map for my Mitec Mio?

Doh · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 21

Hi all,
im looking for a good OS map for my Mio, I mainly need it for Northumbria, the lakes and yorkshire. I found some software packages that would do i just want to know if anyone is useing them and what they think of them. If there are better packages out there please recommend them to me.

CLICK HERE Fugawi UK OS. Region 2 on this package. £40.95

CLICK HERE Memory map. I would need areas 7 & 8 for this package. 2 x £29.95

Thanks for any help.

LeighB · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject:

Hi,
I am using Memory Map OS 2004, I have just come back from a weekend in Derbyshire and found it excellent using the 1:25000 map, but it is pricey.
You do need an external battery pack if you are going to walk all day with the Mio running. Also have to be careful with the backlight and power settings, as otherwise it runs through batteries rather fast.
I have no experience of the Fugawi maps though.
(They sound a bit like the well known African pigmy tribe who inhabit a region of long grass!!)
Hope this helps
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Leigh

Mio168 Kingston 256SD
TomTomNavigator3 3.07
TomTom Navigator 5
Memory Map 2004 OS 4.4
Checkpoint 2.02

GlacierBobby · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2005 Posts: 14

Hi
I bought the Fugawi UK maps with my Mio 168. So far I am very pleased the sections of maps waypoints etc are easy to select and download into the Mio perfectly. Wish I had road names but as I bought Tom Tom Nav 3 as well I get all the road names there. The geocaching also works well on the Fugawi
Regards Bob (Lo'bro')

Doh · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 21

Thanks for the input. If both maps are pretty much the same i think i will go for the Fugawi maps as it will save me a bit of cash. Leigh you mention a external battery pack for the Mio where did you get it?

LeighB · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject:

Hi,
I got thr external battery pack from pcmobile, links on this site.
Parts I ordered were
Code DCV35 Adapter jack for Viewsonic/Mio and
Code PB4A Battery Extender (this holds 4 AA batteries and
they recommend 1500 Mah or higher to give about 5V) This will give the
equivalent of 3 full charges of the Mio internal battery.
Total cost inc P&P £11-95
This works quite well, you need to make sure you change the backlight settings so that it switches off on AC power after a minute, otherwise even a fully charged pack will only give a few hours use with GPS
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Leigh

Mio168 Kingston 256SD
TomTomNavigator3 3.07
TomTom Navigator 5
Memory Map 2004 OS 4.4
Checkpoint 2.02

Doh · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 21

thanks for the help.

Doh · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 21

Any chance of a link i cant seem to find it.

LeighB · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject:

Hi doh,
Sorry I thought that there was a link
This should get you to the right page.

http://www.pc-mobile.net/mio.htm

Hope this helps
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Leigh

Mio168 Kingston 256SD
TomTomNavigator3 3.07
TomTom Navigator 5
Memory Map 2004 OS 4.4
Checkpoint 2.02

Doh · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 21

Thanks again.

Doh · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 21

i have just got the fugawi software for my Mitac Mio and im having trouble setting it up. I have set it to pda in the preferences and have installed the "Pocket PC Application Files". But i cant seem to get the GPS to work. Do you know what im doing wrong? Do you have any tips?

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