Props to jfent. Awesome. Works perfectly as advertised! Much better POI database and overall interface is excellent. This is the first time in months I haven't wanted to toss this POS out the window...
Update: The "empty" black bubble is just an error in the skin applied. This is fixed in the above version which employs a different skin. I have also tried another skin which works. It is likely any skin for miomap 3.3 will work on this device (as long as they are formatted for 320x240).
Smoothj no prob...happy to help out..i also been looking for skins...there are not alot out there for the miomaps 3.3...but as i find them and test them..ill post....
Cool, I have tried Quicksilver reborn and riks (miomaps 3.3 version), and they both seem to work. Check out this link for a few...
Here's a good website for skins for the Mio 3.2 and 3.3 flavors. I will try them this weekend and test.
Cool, I'd love to hear how the skins work for everyone. I am a bit curious as the ones on this page involve changing the data.zip file entirely vs. just adding a new file to the "skin" folder... I'd especially like to get a split screen skin that works. The "Riks" skin works on my device, but I can't get the slpit screen mode to pop up...
Completely unrelated question for those running miomap 3.3 off the flash disk vs. off the SD card:
I run mine from the SD card to leave my flash disk unmolested. This works fine, except that if I don't exit the app when before I shut down using the button on top, it will crash and go back to the wince desktop when I turn it back on. Does this happen when running the app from the flash disk too? If not, I will probably bite the bullet and copy it over.
Also, how does it know to read the map files from the SD card when the navdce app resides on the flash disk?
hey smoothj....i have mine on the flash disk.and will keep it there since we all know pioneer will not make updates for free...and miomaps will always be free.... it does not crash unless u hit off / on swittch on back....then just resarts the program to wince.....
new link to the miomap 3.3
I have an AVIC-S1. The maps are old. I have tried to purchase the upgrade from Pioneer but site says "out of stock ... re-stock will be in minimum of 60 days" When I called Pioneer customer service.. was told "we do not know when or if we will be getting any more in. Would you consider upgrading to a newer system with more features.". Umm..... no... these features are fine.. I just want an up-to-date map...
I see people listing download sites and such.. but how do you get these downloads onto an SD?
Can the AVIC-S1 be upgraded via a direct connect?
I even tried the NAVTEQ site. they don't even list portable Pioneer units.
(Can you tell I am not real techincal with GPS.. sorry 
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Any help would be sincerely appreciated..
thanks
Do not have to techincal with GPS just gotta have a lil cpu knowledge...read all the stuff me and psiekchicago have put on the site...if u dont understand...then email me..then maybe we can do im one evening and i can get u going with miomap....pretty easy...only thing that takes a lil while is downloading the maps...oh email is [email protected]
I second that. After downloading, the whole process took like 30 minutes, and the folks on the board here are very friendly and helpful.
Took about 4 hours to do mine but that was alot of missed steps and such. Now my only problem is that it doesn't want to stay on the right time. When in WCE mode under Time I can't get down to the part for TimeZone but I'm still working on it. I think I'll start looking for .ini and .txt files if I can find it in there to change.
It's a bit of a pain, but you can search for a WinCe program called "Movewindow." You can then edit the navdce cab file to install it along with the others. It lets you move around the "Date and Time" control panel window, and then you can adjust the time zone.
Alternatively, you can go into the GPS config window in miomap and put in a couple of hours adjustment...