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Thank you for choosing Mio DigiWalker P350/P550 as your door-to-door in-car navigator. Read the Quick Start Guide first and start using Mio Map right away. This document is the detailed description of the software. Although Mio Map can easily be discovered by experience, it is still recommended that you read through this manual to clearly understand the exact function of each button and icon.
Table of contents Warnings and safety information ... 8 General information ... 10 Operating Mio Map (Controls)... 12 Hardware buttons... 12 3.1.1 Power on/off 3.1.2 Tilt up and down 3.1.3 Zoom in and out 3.1.4 Rotate left and right 3.1.5 Voice instruction announcement 3.1.6...
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4.2.11.4 Roads in the route excluded by your preferences Screens with map... 27 4.3.1 Turn preview (No. 1) 4.3.2 Zoom in and out (No. 2 & 3) 4.3.3 Tilt up and down (No. 4 & 5) 4.3.4 Lock to GPS position and heading (No. 6) 4.3.5 Cursor (No.
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4.6.3.3 Itinerary 4.6.3.4 Fly Over 4.6.3.5 Edit ... 55 4.6.3.6 Info ... 56 4.6.4 Main button ... 56 Speed cameras ... 56 4.7.1 Camera types 4.7.1.1 Fixed cameras 4.7.1.2 Mobile cameras 4.7.1.3 Built-in cameras 4.7.1.4 Section control cameras 4.7.2 Controlled traffic direction 4.7.3 Speed limit checked 4.7.4...
(optional) Safety Mode that will prevent you from using the screen functions if your car is in motion. Unless a passenger will be the only one to operate Mio Map, we strongly encourage you to turn on the Safety Mode.
When using Mio Map, you do not need to ‘double tap’ or ‘tap & hold’ the touch screen as these functions cannot be used reliably in a moving vehicle. A single tap triggers most of the screen controls.
3.1.1 Power on/off Use this button to turn the power of the Mio DigiWalker P350/P550 on or off any time. If the device power is turned off while Mio Map is running, when you turn the device back on, Mio Map will continue the navigation as soon as the built-in GPS determines the location again.
The automatic Smart Zoom function will do the necessary tilting for you when navigating (gives a flat view if the next turn is at a distance to let you see far ahead and raises the angle when approaching a turn to give you a better view of the upcoming manoeuvre).
Route menu) to display this screen. 3.2 Screen buttons and controls The primary input channel of Mio Map is the touch screen. If you read on, you will realise that most parts of the screen are not only used to display information but also to initiate functions by tapping.
3.2.3 Sliders When a feature has several different unnamed (numeric) values, Mio Map will show sliders that look like analogue potentiometers to set the desired value. If the value limits are not displayed at the ends of the slider, the leftmost position means the minimum value, while the rightmost position represents the maximum value.
3.2.6 Virtual keyboards Mio Map is designed in a way that you only need to enter letters or numbers when it is inevitable. In these cases a full screen keyboard pops up that can easily be operated with your fingertips.
If you are used to computer keyboards, you may consider trying one of the QWERTY-type keypads. 3.2.6.2 QWERTY-type keyboards QWERTY-type keyboards have both letters and numbers on them. Their layout is the same as of the standard QWERTY and AZERTY (French) keyboards. To switch to your desired QWERTY-type keyboard, press the Keys button.
Discovering the program through the screens The best way to discover Mio Map is to explore each screen in detail, and to find out how to move from one to another. Read this chapter for a guided tour. 4.1 Main menu Mio Map starts by displaying the Main menu.
The elements of the map are described here. For the controls and special functions of the two map screens see 4.3. The current version of Mio Map is primarily intended for land navigation. That is why maps in Mio Map look similar to paper roadmaps (when using daytime colours and 2D map mode).
4.2.2 Zoom levels Mio Map uses high quality vector maps that let you see the map at various zoom levels, always with optimised content. Street names and other text objects are always displayed with the same font size, never upside down, and you only see as many streets and objects as needed to find your way around the map.
Tip: If you use Mio Map after sunrise or before sunset, look for the sun in the sky in the map background using a flat 3D view. It is displayed at its actual position to give you another way to orientate, and also to provide some eye candy.
The alternative is a kind of virtual signpost stuck into the street itself. You need not choose between the two modes. Mio Map will use the one best for the current tilt and zoom level. Zoom in to have only a few streets on the map, and start tilting up and down to see how Mio Map switches between the two modes in an instant.
Mio Map has a built-in Lock-on-Road feature that always puts the position arrow on the road, on the axis of the street in case of one-way streets, or on the side of the road where you drive (e.g.
Having all of them displayed on the map would make the map too crowded. To avoid this, Mio Map lets you select which POIs to show and which ones to hide (4.6.2.4) using their categories and subcategories.
4.2.9 Speed cameras There are special POI types in Mio Map. There is a built-in database of thousands of fixed and mobile speed cameras in Europe. It is also possible to add new cameras to enhance this database.
4.2.11.2 Animated turn guidance Animated arrows represent all route events other than the above-mentioned special points. These arrows show the direction in which you need to continue your journey. 4.2.11.3 The route line The line representing the planned route is displayed in orange with both daylight and night colours.
If so, Mio Map will display those segments of the route in red. 4.3 Screens with map Having explained the contents of the map, the description of the other parts of the map screens follows. There are two map screens: the Map screen and the Cockpit screen.
Display (Cockpit only) Turn preview* Indicates that Lock to GPS position and heading is inactive Selected map point (Cursor) (Map only) Map scale Map orientation and Overview GPS position quality Battery status Sound on or muted Track Log recording or playback (Cockpit only) Current street (Cockpit only) Travel and Route data** (Cockpit only) Distance to next turn***...
(automatic tilting and rotating remains active). You need to tap the Lock button (4.3.4) to return the zoom control to Smart Zoom. If you are on the Cockpit screen, Mio Map will do this automatically if you leave the display untouched for 30 seconds.
Cockpit screen, Mio Map will do this automatically if you leave the display untouched for 30 seconds. 4.3.4 Lock to GPS position and heading (No. 6) This semi-transparent icon is displayed if GPS position is available, and the map has been moved.
You can set up Mio Map so that it will switch to Overview mode during navigation when the next turn is far away. You can specify this distance and the fixed zoom level of Overview in Advanced settings (6.5.5.2).
4.3.10 Battery status (No. 12) The status of the battery is also shown by Mio Map. You can estimate the available power reserve from the length of the bar inside. Some examples: • The thunderbolt in the battery shows the battery is being charged.
4.3.11 Sound muting (No. 13) By tapping this button you can quickly mute all sounds of the device. This will not modify the volume level and the enabled or disabled status of the voice guidance or the keypad tones (all to be set on the Sound Settings screen: 6.2), just mutes the sound output.
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: use the Cursor as the destination of your route. This button is to start a new route. The previous route (if it exists) will be deleted and replaced. If a multi-point route is active, Mio Map will ask you whether you really want to delete it together with all its via points.
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If the map contains speed limit information, this will be the default value for Camera Speed. • Edit Cam : you can edit the parameters of the camera near or at the Cursor, or delete it. This menu point replaces Add Cam and is available only if the selected point is near or at a speed camera.
This field shows the road or street that comes next in the route itinerary. If you are not yet in the settlement where this next street is, Mio Map will display the name of the settlement instead of the name of the road or street. A bullet symbol will...
4.3.19 Current speed limit (No. 21) To help you drive safely, Mio Map shows the speed limit of the current road while you are cruising or navigating a route. This information is displayed only if it is available for the given road.
- red means the GPS is connected but no GPS position is available, • - yellow means 2D reception. A GPS position has been aquired, Mio Map is ready for navigation, but the GPS is using enough satellites for calculating the horizontal position only.
PDA to the very accurate time provided by the GPS. Turn on the Auto Correction switch to let Mio Map frequently check and correct the PDA time with the GPS time.
When Mio Map needs to recalculate the route, the arrow will not jump back to the left as when reaching a via point, but it may drift a bit as the length of the new route may be different from the previous one.
4.5.1.2 Distance Left This value can also be displayed in one of the Route data fields on the Cockpit screen as ‘Distance to destination’. This is the distance you need to travel on the route before reaching your final destination. If via points exist, tap and tap again any of the fields to see the distance to reach the first, second, etc.
- This icon shows that you need to pay for the ferry. • - This icon is displayed when Mio Map could not plan a route with all your road type preferences respected. Sometimes it is impossible to find a suitable route near the start or the destination.
Tapping this button brings up a menu that allows you to access some of the most frequently used functions of Mio Map. 4.6.1 Find tab The first page of the Menu is Find. It lets you select a destination without first having...
4.6.2 Quick tab This provides quick access to some configurable options. Remember that symbols on the buttons show the state of the function they are switching to, and not the one the program is currently in. For example with daylight colours you see the moon, while with night colours the sun is depicted on the button that switches between the two colour modes.
POIs that come with the map. Manage built-in POI visibility The maps in Mio Map come with a huge number of POIs. Displaying all of them would make the maps too crowded (to see how POI items are shown on the map see 4.2.8).
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set the visibility of the top two levels. All levels below that will be shown or hidden according to their respective category (i.e. you can set the visibility of Petrol Stations in the Services category, but all brands listed under that will either be shown or suppressed together).
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Note: If there are valid entries in the Contacts application of your Mio DigiWalker, the ones Mio Map can recognise the address in will be imported as My POIs, added to a new group named Contacts. Each time Mio Map starts, it reloads the points from the Contacts application database.
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Find, enter a few letters of the desired POI name. When the number of matching items can fit in one page, Mio Map will automatically display the list. If you tap Done any time before this happens, you receive the list of matches on multiple pages.
4.6.2.6 Manage Track Logs Using Mio Map it is also possible to save the track logs of your journeys. This screen lets you manage all your track logs. When it comes up, it shows a list of all track logs...
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• Record: this will initiate track log recording. A new line appears in the list, and GPS position data will be saved until you stop the recording or exit Mio Map. A red icon (4.3.12) is shown on the map screens to let you know that a recording is in progress.
A green icon (4.3.12) will appear on the map screens to let you know it is not a fly over but a simulation based on a real saved log. • Delete: you can delete a track log if it is not needed any more. Mio Map will ask you to confirm this action.
Bypass When you run into a traffic jam or roadblock, you may want to have Mio Map calculate a route that departs the original route as soon as it can. You will need to select the minimum distance along the original route where your new route is allowed to rejoin the original route.
This function has a special role if you have used the Avoid feature during your journey. When you arrive at your destination, the route line disappears on the map and navigation stops. The route is now practically deleted, but if you plan a new route, the roads, manoeuvres and areas excluded from your route will also be avoided when planning the new route.
Press and hold the Tilt down button (3.1.2) then tap Fly Over to quickly run through the route. Mio Map will fly the route in Cockpit mode at high speed to give you a rough overview of the route events. Mio Map is tweaked to give you a smooth and easy-to-follow playback even at this speed.
In this mode the simulation is run at normal speed (using the speed limit of the streets and roads in the route), and voice instructions are also played. This mode is mainly useful for demonstrating Mio Map, or to learn the way it works before your start your first journey.
There is a built-in database of thousands of fixed and mobile speed cameras in Europe. It is also possible to add new cameras to enhance this database. Mio Map can warn you when you approach one of these cameras. You can fine-tune this warning in General settings (6.1.5).
The difference between the two points of time will be used to calculate your average speed. Mio Map will warn you when you approach one of these cameras, but as you pass by, the warning stays on, and your average speed is measured until you reach another camera of this type.
Note: In the rare case Mio Map cannot register the moment you pass the second camera (e.g. it is placed at the exit of a tunnel where GPS position is not yet available) the warning will continue. Just tap the camera symbol displayed on the left to stop the warning.
4.7.5 Change the settings of the camera warning You can turn on and off the camera warning, and fine-tune its settings in General settings (6.1.5 and 6.1.6).
4.8 TMC Mio Map can provide you with even better routes if Traffic Message Channel (TMC) information is available. The TMC is a specific application of the FM Radio Data System (RDS) used for broadcasting real-time traffic and weather information.
If you wish to receive TMC data from another radio station, push this button. The radio station will be added to the list of excluded stations, Mio Map will start searching for another TMC station, and will always skip the excluded station in the future.
Use traffic information This button is enabled by default, which means that TMC messages are used in route planning. Tap this button to have Mio Map ignore real-time traffic information when planning routes. Tip: If you are setting up a route for a future journey, it may be better to turn off TMC.
Australia and the United States of America. This level is not used in all other countries that Mio Map currently supports. The list of recent cities and states is the entry point of the module. The green rectangles are the exits. You can complete your search by selecting the centre of a settlement, the midpoint of a street, an intersection of two roads, or an exact address.
Once you enter enough letters or numbers for a one page long list of possible candidates, Mio Map will provide this short-list automatically. If you would like to see all the possible candidates after entering only a couple of letters or numbers, tap Done, and page through the list of results.
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Mio Map will show you all the results in a list. You can select the one you are looking for by tapping the appropriate list item.
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Note: If any of the settlements on the list has named suburbs or numbered districts that also appear separately in the map, a Show districts button will appear in the bottom left corner. Tap this button to list the suburbs together with the main settlements.
Changing the country If your destination is in another country, tap the Change Country button in the top right corner of the state selection screen (Australia and USA), or the city selection screen (Europe and Asia), and select the country from the list. 5.3.1.2 Selecting a street or the centre of the settlement Once the settlement (or state in Australia) is selected, you can continue by specifying...
Enter the number, tap Done, and Mio Map will show you the selected location on the map (or will start navigating immediately if you have selected Find Address at the Main menu screen).
5.3.1.5 An example for a full address search This is an example for a complex address search, finding an address from abroad. In this example your current position is in Europe but not in France, and you are looking for an address in Paris, France. The address is ’17 rue d’Uzès’. Here is one way to find the address after entering the Find Address section: •...
Entering a latitude/longitude pair is easy. The left field contains the latitude. It starts with an ‘N’ (North) or ‘S’ (South) letter. This tells Mio Map whether the point is in the Northern or the Southern hemisphere. Use the button to change the hemisphere.
5.3.4 Find a POI You can select your destination from the thousands of POIs included with Mio Map or from the ones you have previously created. This screen helps you find the one you are looking for.
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Note: In the case of POI items that you have created, you can also see the results in alphabetical order. Push the button with the label ABC that appears between Filter and the page number. Once the desired POI item is selected, Mio Map will show its details.
Using the Favourites function at the Main menu it is only two taps to start navigating. Note: If you try to access a favourite destination that you have not yet set up, Mio Map will lead you to the setup page.
Settings Mio Map provides several settings in order to let you customise the functions of the program. The Settings screen can be accessed directly from the Main menu screen (4.1) and from the map screens by using the battery icon (4.3.10), while some of its sub-screens are accessible from other parts of the program.
GPS. Once you set a permanent colour scheme in the Quick menu (4.6.2.3), this automatic mode turns off. If you need Mio Map to switch between colours for you again, you need to re-enable this feature.
Example: to let you better understand how this feature works, here is an example. If you use the setting of the sample screen (10 km/h – 100 km/h – 5%), Mio Map will warn you when driving at the following speeds:...
6.1.6.2 Visible Warning Besides this, Mio Map can pop up a visual warning with only the symbol of the camera above the speed limit sign on the Cockpit screen, or you can ask for details as described below.
Mio Map will offer to take you to this screen to set it up. 6.1.8 Route Recalculation Once a route is planned, this setting will tell Mio Map what to do when you deviate from that route. 6.1.8.1 Automatic The route will be recalculated automatically a few seconds after you go astray.
6.1.9 Display Orientation You can set whether you intend to use Mio Map with a portrait orientation or either of the two landscape modes. This setting is totally independent from the similar Pocket PC setting, so you do not need any extra action later e.g. if you use your PDA always in portrait mode but Mio Map in landscape mode, or vice versa, or you want Mio Map to look the same no matter how your PDA is currently oriented.
Map, the position of this fader determines the device volume level. When you exit the program, the device settings return. The left part of this control works as a mute button. Tap to mute all Mio Map sounds. This works in tandem with the Mute button (4.3.11) on the map screens. Switching one of them will change the status of the other.
Double Tone (Ding Ding) will use a double tone. Note: The Mute function (4.3.11) accessible from the map screens overrides the settings on this screen. When Mio Map is muted, all sounds disappear. These settings will not be changed; only the output will be muted temporarily.
If your destination can only be accessed using some of the excluded road types, Mio Map will use them but only as much as necessary. In this case a warning icon will be shown on the Route Information screen (4.4), and the road not matching...
6.3.3.6 Toll Roads Toll roads are included in your routes by default. If you wish to travel more to avoid paying a toll, disabling them will make Mio Map plan the best toll-free route for you. 6.3.3.7 Cross-border Planning By default Mio Map plans routes using the border crossing points. However if you live near the border, you can disable border crossing with this switch to remain within one country.
6.4.3 Units You can set the distance units to be used by the program. Mio Map may not support all of the listed units in some voice guidance languages. If you select a measurement unit that is not supported by the chosen voice guidance language, you will see a red...
6.4.4 Set Date & Time Format You can set the date and time format displayed by Mio Map. Various international formats are available. You can also set the time zone you are currently in. 6.5 Advanced settings These screens let you set a large number of different advanced settings and initiate some special functions.
You can also initiate this special feature of Mio Map. Smart Powersave will light up the screen only when you press or tap a button, or if Mio Map has something to show you. After a few seconds the light level decreases, and after another few seconds the...
SD card, rename it, or save it to your PC. Tip: If you move to another Mio DigiWalker device, and you wish to keep your data and settings, make a backup, remove the SD card, insert it into the other device, then return to this Settings page on the new device, and push the Restore Data button as described in the next section.
6.5.3.4 Reset Advanced Settings There are a multitude of Advanced settings in Mio Map. Some changes may cause Mio Map to behave in an unsatisfying manner. Tap this button to restore the default settings. 6.5.4 Map options You can set a few parameters determining the appearance of the maps in Mio Map.
Tap ABOUT on the Main menu screen to open this screen. The About screen is not used in normal navigation. It is there to inform you about the map licenses you have, the creators of Mio Map and the legal aspects of using the program.
This screen is separated from the other settings as it is normally used only once, when you set up Mio Map for the first time. It can be accessed from the GPS Data screen (4.4.5) by pushing the Config. button. There are three values to set on this screen.
Thank you again for purchasing our product. We hope you will enjoy every minute of using it. However you may face difficulties before you get really accustomed to Mio Map. In such cases, please, refer to this table of frequently encountered problematic situations.
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The speaker icon shows Mio Map is not muted yet I hear no voice guidance. I enabled the speed warning as soon as I bought the product but I have just been fined for speeding because Mio Map failed to warn me.
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I would like to create a new POI but there are others near its location, and the new menu point (POI) opens the list of POI instead of creating a new one. Look for the New button in the bottom left corner of the newly opened list.
Active route: A route is an itinerary planned to reach your chosen destinations. A route is active when it is used for navigation. Mio Map has only one route at a time, and it is always active until you delete it, reach the final destination or exit Mio Map.
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When you miss a turn or avoid a roadblock, Mio Map waits for a few seconds to be sure you do not follow the route any more, then recalculates the route based upon your new position and heading.
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Use the versatile search system in Mio Map to find the appropriate POI near you, your destination or any other given location on the map (5.3.4). You can also have your favourite places saved as ‘My POI’ in Mio Map.
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Track-up: A kind of map orientation when the map is rotated to look always in the direction of your heading. See also North-up and Map Orientation. Via point: Routes in Mio Map can have several (as many as you want) different destinations to reach in a specific order. All these points except the final destination are called via points, as the route goes ‘via’...
Index Attention tone 6.2.5 Backlight 6.5.2 Colour scheme 4.2.3, 4.6.2.3, 6.1.2, 6.5.4.1 Compass 4.3.8 Coordinate 5.3.3 Cursor 4.2.7, 4.3.5 Cursor menu 4.3.13 Destination 4.2.11.1, 4.3.13 Favourites 5.3.5, 6.1.7 Find 4.6.1, 4.8 Fly over 4.6.3.4 4.3.9, 4.4 History 5.3.2 Intersection 5.3.1.4 Itinerary 4.6.3.3 Keyboard...
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Language Lock-on-Road 4.2.6, 6.5.6 Lock-to-Position 4.3.4 Main menu 4.1 Map orientation 4.3.8 Measurement units 6.4.3 Menu 4.3.7, 4.6 Optimisation 4.6.3.5 Overview 4.3.8 4.2.8, 4.3.13, 4.6.2.4, 5.3.4 Popup information 4.3.13, 4.6.2.5 Quick menu 4.6.2 Route data 4.3.15, 6.5.1.2 Route information 4.5, 4.6.3.6 Route line 4.5.1.1 Route menu...