Comments on: Mio Navman Spirit S500 Review

By: alicemarie

alicemarie — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:05:54 +0000

Hi I bought this sat nav early December 2010. What I have found disappointing and annoying is that on the box it displays WITH A PICTURE AND TEXT that the MAP – motorway junctions are in realistic 3d with junction views and real sign post data. This is not the case, I have tried and tried but no success. On the menu I went into – MY MIO – MAP DISPLAY – CHOSE TO KEEP NORTH AT TOP OF 2D MAP SCREEN OFF. WENT INTO ROUTE OPTIONS AND CHOSE – MAP 3D. MAYBE I AM DOING SOMETHING WRONG – BUT IT DOES’NT WORK FOR ME!!!

By: J.J. Nicolson

J.J. Nicolson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:51:28 +0000

I would like to have a sat-nav to help me to navigate between Holy Head and Lincoln. I find this part of the country difficult to map-read.

J.J.N.

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By: Fraser

Fraser — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:25:51 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys.

Planet Auto – looking forward to taking a look at the TV model soon as well.

Helen – the volume is fairly easily adjusted but you couldn’t really do it on the move. You need to go back to the main menu and then into the settings to find it. I agree that perhaps a little manual control would be useful for this kind of thing.

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:07:13 +0000

Great review, honest and I totally agree with you. I do Find them a bit distracting on the motorway; my only experience of sat nav’s are based on Tom Toms and the thing which annoys me about them is the fact I always forget how to turn them down, so when you’re on the motorway I get frustrated that I can’t see easily how to adjust the volume. How does this one fair on that score?

By: Planet Auto

Planet Auto — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:23:57 +0000

They are pretty damn good these latest Mio GPS units, we have just received the daddy of the range Spirit V505 TV, like the above one but with an integrated TV card. Love the simplicity of the Mio units alos the looks reminds of the iPhone in its style, look and feel. Would definetly recommend these.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:29:21 +0000

Completely agree. I borrowed one to get to a house in Warwick and it was great, although I really didnt need it other than for the last 10 mins, but to find a house in middle of a town its great!