New Aldi PDA Noise Normal?

ukguy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 2

Hi all!

Please can anyone with the new GPS PDA from Aldi tell me if theirs is the same with the following:
If I bring up the start menu or play any sound, after the sound for a period of around 5 seconds, there is a slight buzzing noise coming from the speaker on the unit...like interference of some sort. The noise then goes away until another sound is initiated through the PDA. Is this normal or do I have a faulty unit?

Any experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Adam

silky · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 11, 2004 Posts: 7

it seems this is normal, my boss bought one from aldi yesterday and he reports the same problem. Also i spoke to a friend (please note my boss ain`t my friend Laughing

) and he reports the same thing.
if in doubt phone the helpline and check it out.
tel 087072770370 (uk)
silky.

ianr17 · Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 1:16 pm Post subject:

Yeah mine makes this noise too

ukguy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 2

Thanks for the replies guys. I will live with it then Wink

Other than that, it's a very good set for the money.

Thanks again,
Adam

UKHABU · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:41 pm Post subject:

Turn the sound DOWN a nadge and it goes away.
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GSAK V4.2.2
MemoryMap OS 2004 & V5 Navigator
Navman Pin(Mitac Mio 168)
Navman SmartST Pro V2 & V3
Mitac Mio 558

UKHABU · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject:

Here's an update :

The Aldi device is a re-badged Mitac Mio 168 btw.

Mio168 and Mio336 audio patch

Happened to be on the Mitac site looking for something else and found this - this may help with the sound problems I have read about with the Mitac Mio 168.

http://www.mio-tech.be/downloads/default.asp

Some Mio168 and Mio336 might suffer from bad play-back or bad recorded sound quality.
To solve this, you can download the below patches, extract the contents of the file to your SD-card and run the extracted .cab file on your device by opening it from File Explorer (Start > Programs > File explorer).
Please note: after every hard-reset (see Quick Start Guide) you need to re-install this patch.

Audio patch for Mio168 (Zip, 30Kb)

Audio patch for Mio168 (Zip, 15Kb)

This is how it is on the site - not sure if that is meant to read Mio336
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Silva MultiNavigator
GSAK V4.2.2
MemoryMap OS 2004 & V5 Navigator
Navman Pin(Mitac Mio 168)
Navman SmartST Pro V2 & V3
Mitac Mio 558

fatboy686 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 15, 2004 Posts: 4

Just installed this patch and now my PDA is knackered.

Looks like a hard reset is in order. B*llox.

DavidW · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:36 pm Post subject:

Can I recommend Sprite Backup - it's a great help when experimenting.

David

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