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Recently I bought a Mio C520 GPS. See http://www.mio.com/au/ for details. Cost was $320 for a travel pack from http://www.ryda.com.au/ including the GPS, an antenna, a carry pouch, screen protector and a free upgrade to the 2008 version of WhereIs later in the year.
My plan was to unlock the Windows CE 5 operating system so that I could load Oziexplorer CE much like Chippy has done to his Navlink (see http://www.pradopoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=3245). I wasn’t too bothered about a street GPS only but the thought of on and off road capabilities in the one unit was appealing.
The Mio works well as a street navigator with all the usual capabilities as well as being able to pronounce upcoming street names. The buttons are large enough to use a finger to operate the touch screen easily but unfortunately there is no input for a reversing camera.
Once I had sorted out how to use the standard menus it was time to unlock the operating system. I downloaded Mio Pocket 2.0 (available from various Internet sites e.g. http://rs374.rapidshare.com/files/11...Release_20.zip) and copied the required files onto a 2GB SD card using Microsoft Activesync.
The choice is to install onto an SD card or the GPS flash disk. I chose the SD card so that the Mio returns to normal without the SD card. Placing the SD card in the Mio caused it to reboot into the Windows CE operating system as expected. The MioPocket programmer has done a great job in setting up menus for all the common programs.
My finger was too big for selecting the icons so I made do with a pen lid until I bought a stylus. Next I downloaded the latest evaluation copy of Oziexplorer version 2.19 from http://www.oziexplorer.com/ and installed it again using Activesync. Luckily my version 1 registration number was recognised so all I had to do was to change the shortcut path to run the program.
All up and running so I downloaded some of the maps I got from Drew (http://www.pradopoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=1258). A little bit of fiddling with formats and file locations and it all works well.
I still haven’t decided on the best location for the GPS – either attached to the windscreen next to the driver’s side A pillar (easy to see and operate) or down near the ashtray in the centre consol (away from prying eyes). Also need to find some time to permanently attach the antenna.
Pretty happy with it so far.
My plan was to unlock the Windows CE 5 operating system so that I could load Oziexplorer CE much like Chippy has done to his Navlink (see http://www.pradopoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=3245). I wasn’t too bothered about a street GPS only but the thought of on and off road capabilities in the one unit was appealing.
The Mio works well as a street navigator with all the usual capabilities as well as being able to pronounce upcoming street names. The buttons are large enough to use a finger to operate the touch screen easily but unfortunately there is no input for a reversing camera.
Once I had sorted out how to use the standard menus it was time to unlock the operating system. I downloaded Mio Pocket 2.0 (available from various Internet sites e.g. http://rs374.rapidshare.com/files/11...Release_20.zip) and copied the required files onto a 2GB SD card using Microsoft Activesync.
The choice is to install onto an SD card or the GPS flash disk. I chose the SD card so that the Mio returns to normal without the SD card. Placing the SD card in the Mio caused it to reboot into the Windows CE operating system as expected. The MioPocket programmer has done a great job in setting up menus for all the common programs.
My finger was too big for selecting the icons so I made do with a pen lid until I bought a stylus. Next I downloaded the latest evaluation copy of Oziexplorer version 2.19 from http://www.oziexplorer.com/ and installed it again using Activesync. Luckily my version 1 registration number was recognised so all I had to do was to change the shortcut path to run the program.
All up and running so I downloaded some of the maps I got from Drew (http://www.pradopoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=1258). A little bit of fiddling with formats and file locations and it all works well.
I still haven’t decided on the best location for the GPS – either attached to the windscreen next to the driver’s side A pillar (easy to see and operate) or down near the ashtray in the centre consol (away from prying eyes). Also need to find some time to permanently attach the antenna.
Pretty happy with it so far.
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