REVIEW COMMENTS: Evesham's Mitac Mio 168 CoPilot Bundle

chrisdhall · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 45

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papaworx · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 18, 2006 Posts: 1

When you buy a personal GPS navigator you buy a bundle; and the bundle is only as good as the product of its parts.

Mine came bundled with a GPS software called "Mio Map" which is really a wrapper for an obsolete version of Destinator PN.

My hardware works fine in and out of the car; the software is buggy. Destinator admitted to me that version 3.064, which came bundled, has a major bug. The freely downloadable patch works only partially. For U$ 89.50 they promise you an upgrade that presumably works.

Apart from an annoying daily message that your map is old and needs replacement (no updates avilable!), the route planner is abysmal, both in shortest route and fastest trip mode. To get to the local airport it suggests a dog leg route that takes twice as long as the logical route. And, there is no way to change the Destinator route. When you drive the reasonable route the system wants you to do U-turns at each intersection.

The retailer was no help. They kept the unit in the shop for two months and returned it untouched. I was informed that: "We are a retailer. We only sell the stuff, we don't make it. Whether it works or not is not our business!"

Buyer beware.

maxqa · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 30, 2005 Posts: 27

Well I recently purchased the Mio 168 bundled with Mio Map 2 ( based on, and as far as I can see, exactly the same as Navigon 5) and its an excellent product.

regards

Max

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