Mio P350 User Manual

User Manual Mio Map™ v3.2 Navigation software for Mio DigiWalker P350 and P550 UK English July, 2006 (v1.00)

be shown over a different street on the map. You can only avoid that by using good quality GPS equipment positioned so that it has a direct view to a

¾ 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

9 Index A Attention tone 6.2.5B Backlight 6.5.2C Colour scheme 4.2.3, 4.6.2.3, 6.1.2, 6.5.4.1Compass 4.3.8Coordinate 5.3.3Cursor 4.2.7, 4.3.5Cu

L Language 6.4Lock-on-Road 4.2.6, 6.5.6Lock-to-Position 4.3.4M Main menu4.1Map orientation 4.3.8Measurement units 6.4.3Menu 4.3.7, 4.6O Optimi

T 4.2.4Tilt , 4.3.3, 4.6.2.2Track log 4.3.12, 4.6.2.6Travel data 4.3.15Turn preview 4.3.1V Via point 4.2.11.1Voice guidance 6.2.2Volume 6.2.1W

2 General information Mio Map is a navigation system optimised for in-car use. It provides door-to-door navigation for both single and multi-point ro

3 Operating Mio Map (Controls) Mio Map is designed for easy operation. All controls are operable by fingertips. Wherever possible, pushbuttons and l

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 y

Note: In order to receive voice instructions, sound should not be muted (4.3.11), voice guidance must be enabled (6.2.2), and a route must be active.

The arrows are buttons. Tap to move left in the list or tap to move right. You need not confirm your selection. As soon as you leave the screen,

Tap the button to toggle between the two states. Remember that the sign on the button will not indicate the current state but the state you can switc

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 keyboar

4 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

Copyright note The product and the information contained herein may be changed at any time without prior notification. This manual nor any parts th

Button to open History Section 5.3.2 Button to open Cockpit screen Section 4.3Button to exit Mio Map 4.2 The map The most important and most fr

Note: Using the Advanced settings, you can force Cockpit mode to always start in 3D Track-up view (6.5.1). You can still rotate and tilt the maps in

You can change between day and night views manually in the Quick Menu (4.6.2.3) or let Mio Map do it automatically (6.1.2) for you. Note: The auto

streets also refers to their importance, so it will not be difficult to tell a highway from a small street. Streets and roads have names or numbers f

4.2.6 Current position and Lock-on-Road When your GPS position is available, a green arrow shows your location on the map. The direction of the arro

Note: When your GPS position is available, and Lock-to-Position (4.3.4) is active, the cursor is the current GPS position, the green arrow. When you

Tip: Tap the map on or near a POI item to see the list of the names of the nearest POIs in a popup list, if it is enabled (4.6.2.5). To see the detai

4.2.11.2 Animated turn guidance Animated arrows represent all route events other than the above-mentioned special points. These arrows show the d

point, via points or the destination. If so, Mio Map will display those segments of the route in red. 4.3 Screens with map Having explained the c

No. Display Control 1 (Cockpit only) Turn preview* Opens Route menu* 2 n/a Zooms in (optional) 3 n/a Zooms out (optional) 4 n/a Tilts down

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

This field also serves as a button. Tap it to get to the Route menu (4.6.3). The Map screen will show a button called Route her

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)

You can use it in both 2D and 3D modes to scale the map. Drag and pull it right to zoom in, or left to zoom out. 4.3.7 Menu (No. 9) This button ope

Tap the icon again to return to Track-up (automatic rotation) mode. 4.3.9 GPS position quality (No. 11) Similarly to the icon found on the GPS Data

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 ena

reappear by reopening the Cursor menu using the arrow in the bottom right corner. When you open the menu manually, it will stay on until you close it

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 came

4.3.14 Current street (No. 16) This field of the Cockpit screen shows the name or number (as available) of the current street or road you are drivin

This field is only displayed when navigating a route. 4.3.18 Approaching next turn (No. 20) This bar is only visible when approaching the next ro

The GPS receives data from both the green and grey satellites. Signals from the grey satellites are only received, while green ones are used by the G

Table of contents 1 Warnings and safety information ...8 2 General information...

• - green means 3D reception. The GPS receiver has enough satellites to calculate altitude. Position is generally correct (yet it can still be inac

4.5.1 Route data displayed (for destination and via points) In the top section of the screen you see information about the current route. These f

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 th

4.5.2 Warning icons The following 5 squares are normally grey. Some of them turn red and show a graphical symbol in case warning(s) are attached to

• - Information – any other piece of relevant but not categorised information. Tap the icon to see the content. • - Next page – displayed when mo

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 ar

When this feature is turned on, additional transparent buttons (4.3.2 and 4.3.3) appear on the left side of the map screens for zooming and tiltin

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

Note: The group Unnamed only appears if you have previously saved a POI item without creating a new POI group for it. Note: If there are valid ent

• Left/right arrows: if your groups fill several pages, these buttons in the bottom right corner will let you browse through them. The green fiel

4.2.11.4 ... 26 Roads in the route excluded by your preferences4.3 Screens with map...

• Delete: you can delete the selected POI. Mio Map will ask you to confirm this action. 4.6.2.5 Popup Information (switch) This button enables o

The original name of a track log is the date and time when it was recorded. You can change their name to something more meaningful if you wish. Each

o have it displayed on the map (Fit To Screen button). • Replay: push this button to see a simulation of the saved track log on the map. A green i

road parallel to that recommended by the route. In this case Mio Map may not recalculate the route for some time, but you can force recalculation her

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 disappea

Tap this button to show a list of possibilities for modifying the route. They let you recalculate the route avoiding the highlighted event and someti

Lifelike simulation The other way to do a Fly Over is to tap the Fly Over button without pushing the Tilt down button. In this mode the simulation is

4.6.3.6 Info This button opens the Route Information screen described in 4.5. This screen shows information about the current route and has a few add

you can specify the controlled traffic direction and the speed limit. Mio Map will warn you when you approach these cameras in the measured direction

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

4.6.3.3 ... 53 Itinerary4.6.3.4 ...

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

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

4.8.2 TMC control centre This screen shows the selected TMC source and allows you to change the TMC settings. 4.8.2.1 Selected FM radio station The

4.8.2.5 Use traffic information This button is enabled by default, which means that TMC messages are used in route planning. Tap this button to have

5 Find One of the most frequently used functions of Mio Map is selecting the destination. Once you have the destination, you can start navigating. Ge

Note: When appearing automatically, the Cursor menu remains open for a few seconds only. If you decide not to choose any of the actions listed, the m

You enter the module at Level 3. From this point you can go forward (down) to give the name of the street, then the house number or intersection, or

You can enter the city name using an alphabetic input screen (either an ABC- or a QWERTY-type). You only need to enter the first few letters, as t

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 butto

6.1.6 ... 78 Speed Camera Options6.1.6.1 ...

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 (

Tip: You can search for both the type and the name of a road. If you have the same name appear as Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Road, Place and Court, y

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 you

Just pick any of the recent locations as your destination. Here you have no possibility to reorder the list or filter it by name, but the Next and

Once you have entered both numbers, press Done to make the selection. Tip: The quickest way to tell the coordinates of a point is to select it by tap

• GPS Position: the search will be carried out around the current location given by the GPS if it is available. If no GPS position is available, the

Tapping OK will return to the map with the selected POI in the centre (or starts navigating to it if started from the Main menu screen). Tapping t

6 Settings Mio Map provides several settings in order to let you customise the functions of the program. The Settings screen can be accessed directly

6.1.2 Automatic Night Colours Using the automatic night mode, Mio Map will change between the daylight and night colour schemes a few minutes before

Move the slider to its rightmost position to turn off the alternative speed warning. Then the settings of the upper slider will determine the warning

6.5.4.3 ... 91 Textured Polygons6.5.5 ...

6.1.6.1 Audible Warning You can disable the audible warning; have a simple warning (when you are warned only if you exceed the speed limit when appro

6.1.7 Set Favourite Destinations You can select two of your most frequent destinations to be your favourites (5.3.5). You can start navigating to ei

Your options are: • Recalculate: Mio Map will recalculate the route with the previous settings. The result is the same as if Automatic recalculati

6.2.1 Master sound volume/switch The loudness of Mio Map is independent of your device settings. When you run Mio Map, the position of this fader

exceeds a certain minimum, and reach its highest volume (determined by the Master volume slider in Sound settings) at the given maximum speed. Tap th

6.3.1.1 Shortest Choosing Shortest will result in a route that has the smallest total distance of all possible routes between the given points. This

6.3.3.1 Unpaved Roads Unpaved roads are excluded by default, as they can be in a bad condition and you usually cannot reach the speed limit on them.

6.3.3.8 Use Car Pool You can instruct Mio Map to use car pool lanes currently available only in the USA. 6.4 Language & Units Here you can set

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 als

6.5.1.1 3D in Cockpit mode (and track-up orientation) The normal use of the Cockpit mode is cruising or navigating, when the road lying in front of

1 Warnings and safety information Mio Map is a navigation system that helps you find your way to your selected destination. It will determine your e

6.5.2.2 Brightness You can set the backlight level separately for both daylight and night modes, thus enhancing the effect of the night colour scheme

By tapping this button you will lose all of the changes made since the time of the latest backup. Mio Map will warn you about this before overwriting

street names and icons become visible again. Tap Lock (4.3.4) to re-enable Lock-to-Position and have the labels and icons disappear again. 6.5.4.3 Te

The Overview zoom level will determine the fixed zoom level of the map in both automatic and manually (by the Map orientation icon – see in 4.3.8) se

6.7 Manual GPS configuration This screen is separated from the other settings as it is normally used only once, when you set up Mio Map for the first

7 Troubleshooting guide Thank you again for purchasing our product. We hope you will enjoy every minute of using it. However you may face difficultie

the Overview mode unintentionally. Tap this icon to revert to Track-up mode with automatic map rotation. Creating a multi-point route I have tapped t

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

8 Glossary The manual may contain many technical terms. Please look below for an explanation if you are unfamiliar with some of them. ¾ 2D/3D GPS re

¾ Automatic route recalculation: If this function is enabled (6.1.8.1), Mio Map recalculates your route if you deviate from it. When you miss a turn