Mio C230 GPS Canada maps Can someone let me know whether it has Canada maps build-in? The spec. only mention USA & PR.
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I don't have this unit but as far as I know it doesn't have Canada maps. A friend of mine has C220. C230 has the text to speech but with a lot less POI - only 750,000 in comparison with 3.5 million POI on the C220 but C220 doesn't have text to speech. On Mio's website, you can purchase North America maps that include U. S. and Canada for about $100 (don't remember exactly how much it is). I know it's expensive. Good luck.
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I purchased this unit on 24 December, 2007 and I was able to pull up cities in Canada from the East to West coast.
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Hello David, I too am primarily interested in a Puget Sound nautical map. One of the user reviews said we need the optional Garmin BlueChart g2 Vision maps and it turns out the Puget Sound requires purchasing the VUS037R Vancouver San Diego Map (micro sd/sd card). That's a far larger area than I need, but its a "take it or leave it" proposition. If you search Amazon for it, you will see it is currently "on sale" for $303! I only wanted this Garmin as a backup for my Humminbird FishFinder 595c-gps which uses a Navionic "Gold Chart" retailing exactly 1/2 that price for a similar nautical chart of the entire U.S. Pacific Coastline. Since Puget Sound coverage is so costly, I guess I will have to skip the Garmin Nuvi 500 which I thought would make a nifty backup for my Himminbird GPS. (I dunno. Maybe I'll get it anyway and just use the solid "blue-colored" part of the standard land map as the backup. Since there are no reefs in Puget Sound, I suppose that would get me back to the ramp if the fog rolled in, but it won't show where the shiping lanes are etc.... I hope this helps. Gary W.
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Hi John. I'd check with Lowrance on this as several things are question marks. geofencing is one issue. So are the maps. If the unit is being sold from the U.S. (new or used) it probably has the North American maps and that does you no good. If it's new from an Australian dealer you'll want to verify that it has the correct maps, not the U.S. default.
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I've been using the Mio c310x for over 10 months now. My first and only GPS unit to date, so I can't comment much on teh Garmin c320. -the Mio has 3.5mil POIs. Didn't know much back then, but that is kind of a low amt, but it's still something to work with -Navteq used to overall superior, but ever since Mio finally came out with the map update for the c310x back around 9/2007, I thought i read somewhere here saying now says that Navteq no longer enjoys it's supremecy, but can't find the direct quote http://www.gpslodge.com/archives/008669.php -mp3 player isn't very good. Still better than nothing, but not very good at all. No way to fast forward/rewind within tracks. Surprising since it's touted to be an ebook reader. Hate to have to start a 30min track all over again to get to where u left off. Playlists are hard to work with. I just gave up on them, leaving them in order they were added to the device. I've used and made playlists in winamp 2.81, Windows Media Player 9, and 4th gen ipod with ease, but half the time, I'd rather use my PDA as an mp3 player if it were b/w these 2 for music -contrary to what's around, the c310x does NOT come with Canadian maps, preinstalled or otherwise -US maps are preloaded my next GPS device will have many more POIs, and text2speech, but my c310x gets me to where i wanna go, even in unkonwn territory
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I just brought that GPS (eTrex Legend Cx) also how much memory does the stock 32mb give in terms of mapping area? Also, do you know if the mapping of the topo and North America V7 work jointly?
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Maps for North America are already installed. They need to be updated periodically (~once a year) but the unit should come ready to use.
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Good Eveining,The GPS is normally the current maps of USA and CANADA. I would assume that they would be the up to date ones. For the updates you would probably have to speak with the manufacturer. Unfortunately the cost is your decision. There are pros and cons for GPS so i would just think about if it is worth it to you financially.Thank you.
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Yes it does have Canadai in it. However my experience with the TomTom has not been overly positive. I believe my unit is defective and their customer service is very good. To be honest the TomTom map software is not as comprehensive ad Garmin. Although my Garmin does not have truck/ commercial driver programming. It is user friendly but bare in mind it is NOT infallible .
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I wondered about that too .. although I'd trust Garmin's website and other 3rd party discussion sites ... the ?70 units are built to contain maps for both continents, and the ?80 are the first one's with MSN Direct. Perhaps there'll be a future ?90 (390/690) range that combines the two sets of new features? :) For now, I'm just wondering whether tot ake the plunge with the 660 and its FMt raffic/preloaded POIs, or wait for the MSN-direct 680 to be released (April?)!
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Hello,the GPS is pre-installed US Maps well when we sell it on Amazon.com. If you want other countries' maps,we will send you links to update it,thanks for your attention.
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No, and the map that comes with it is outdated even for US usage. This GPS doesn't hold up. I only got to use it once and then it blacked out on me and never came back on. Junk as far as I'm concerned. When and bought me a Tom Tom. I bought the DragonPad because it was cheap and you know the saying, you get what you pay for.
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I would update the maps when you purchase it. I am still using mine with a few small glitches in the maps and it isn't a big deal, but I would update them if I were going to Europe. When I was in Italy in 2012 they worked flawless!
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The U.S. model I got did not come with Canada...only U.S. You can buy the Canadian map but it's not inexpensive.
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I order it for my frend . It is not mine. But i have seen only USA and Canada maps. I dont know if it is posible to use it anywhere else. Or may be update maps.
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As item description from manufacturer, it's content.....Pre-loaded maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, it's not said exclude Alaska.
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I'm not really sure, I returned this GPS because it wasn't for North America. They left that little detailed out
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It not only has Canada and Mexico and Puerto Rico, but also ALL of the United States to include Hawaii AND Alaska. (fresh out of researching the purchase of a gps, myself.) Many of the gps models (other brands) have the US, except Alaska. I haven't seen Mexico included on any bundle other than this TomTom. (... one would need all the help one could get driving through Mexico these days!)