The major complaint for Mio C230 is the number of POIs that comes with the system. Unlike the previous models, C230 only has 0.9 million POIs. Even though you can add custom POIs, the search speed suffers.
One reader has provided a link to a forum where you can request 12M POIs for Mio C230. At the time of the writing, the following states are available.
Washington State. (36MB)
http://rapidshare.com/files/84…SA_Washington.zip.html
California (140MB)
http://rapidshare.com/files/86…ifornia.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/86…ifornia.part2.rar.html
New Hamphire (8.2MB)
http://rapidshare.com/files/87…_New_Hamphire.zip.html
Massachusetts (27.2MB)
http://rapidshare.com/files/87…Massachusetts.zip.html
Oregon
http://rapidshare.com/files/88…83/USA_Oregon.zip.html
Pennsylvania
http://rapidshare.com/files/88…_Pennsylvania.zip.html
Virginia
http://rapidshare.com/files/89…/USA_Virginia.zip.html
Indiana & Illinois
http://rapidshare.com/files/90…iana_Illinois.zip.html
Florida
http://rapidshare.com/files/90…1/USA_Florida.zip.html
Arizona
http://rapidshare.com/files/90…0/USA_Arizona.zip.html
Utah
http://rapidshare.com/files/90828617/USA_Utah.zip.html
Ohio
http://rapidshare.com/files/90831299/USA_Ohio.zip.html
New York
http://rapidshare.com/files/90…/USA_New_York.zip.html
New Jersey
http://rapidshare.com/files/90…SA_New_Jersey.zip.html
Georgia
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…0/USA_Georgia.zip.html
South Carolina
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…outh_Carolina.zip.html
Colorado
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…/USA_Colorado.zip.html
Louisiana
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…USA_Louisiana.zip.html
Texas
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…A_Texas.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…A_Texas.part2.rar.html
Wisconsin & Iowa
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…nsin_and_Iowa.zip.html
Kentucky
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…/USA_Kentucky.zip.html
Michigan & Missouri (2 separate files)
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…_and_Missouri.zip.html
Minnesota
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…USA_Minnesota.zip.html
Navada
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…31/USA_Nevada.zip.html
Alabama and Tennessee (2 separate files)
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…and_Tennessee.zip.html
Kansas and Nabraska and Oklamoma
http://rapidshare.com/files/91…_and_Oklamoma.zip.html
Maine
http://rapidshare.com/files/91936225/USA_Maine.zip.html
North Carolina
http://rapidshare.com/files/92…orth_Carolina.zip.html
Illinois
http://rapidshare.com/files/92…/USA_Illinois.zip.html
Maryland and Connecticut
http://rapidshare.com/files/98…maryland_Conn.zip.html
Mississippi
http://rapidshare.com/files/98…A_Mississippi.zip.html
Delaware
http://rapidshare.com/files/99…/USA_Delaware.zip.html
Rhode Island and Vermont
http://rapidshare.com/files/10…_Rhode_Island.zip.html
Washington,DC and Idaho ( 2 separate files )
http://rapidshare.com/files/10…/DC_and_Idaho.zip.html
Hawaii
http://rapidshare.com/files/10…50/USA_Hawaii.zip.html
Note that these maps are for C230 only. If you would like to see more, please request the map of your state here (registration required). Don’t request the maps here, I don’t know other sources for them.
Some of the files are protected by password. The password is
iwillhelptheworld
. After you download the maps, please see this post about where you can put the maps.
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Traffic message center on the 230? I dont have it yet I am getting message about it. Anyone else getting this?
Wayne,
Yes, I have seen that message before. It’s bogus. Mio C230 doesn’t support TMC anyway. Just ignore it.
Higuys,
Can anyone tell if I can download a Western Europe map into my Mio c310x or my c320? Any help would be appreciated.
Paulo
I am pretty sure you can buy the maps. I think it all depends on the licenses you have available. There may be sources on the net that offer illegal maps and cracked licenses, but I doubt you will find any links on any of these sites.
Hi there,
thanks for all your hard work. I just downloaded CA map, but there is no file inside part 2.rar. Is this correct, or soemehow my download was incomplete.
Part 1 worked fine.
thanks
Hi
I bought a C230 to use in the US which was great. Now I am back in South Africa but cannot find the maps to load for SA. Does anyone know where I can get them?
Tks
Peter
New-bee,
The same thing happened to me. The part2.rar file had a decent size, but didn’t unrar to anything.
Have you tried to just use Part 1 without appending Part 2? Do you know what’s missing if you do this?
Thanks.
FYI, I’m trying just Part I of CA rar file. So far, works fine. Have no idea what’s missing by not using Part II (hopefully I don’t find out the hard way!). Tried a route from San Jose to SoCal, and it seemed to be able to do that just fine, implying that these regions are within the Part I map. Many more POI’s, but some still not there (Walgreens, RiteAid, for example) – so overall still a great upgrade. Don’t know whether these missing POI’s are in Part II or not – seem fairly basic, so I wouldn’t expected them to be in a complete POI db.
Will update as I try it out more. If anyone has any more info on what Part II is or how to unrar the posted file, please comment.
New-bee and Hdfan,
You don’t miss anything. My understanding is that when you extract part i, it actually combines part i and part ii. If you don’t trust me, try moving part ii to a different folder and see if you can extract part i alone.
Amida168,
Great, I didn’t realize it was that intelligent.
I definitely trust you!
Thanks for the quick reply.
Thanks Amida168 and Hdfan
I actually have not purchased C230 yet, but is researching for a good deal and all the gadgets that we can do with. How much did you guys pay for it? Do you know any delay after install the 12M POIs?
thanks,
gareth
New-bee,
I paid over $200.00 for my C230. The best price you can find these days is around $130 ~ $140. Amazon usually has better price than most of other sites. Also, if you buy from Amazon, you are actually supporting our site.
I didn’t notice any delay after installing the 12M POIs maps.
Also check Radio Shack and Car Toys. But I have to agree that I like dealing with Amazon.
No delay for me, either.
Great deal for a TTS GPS with ability to add on additional apps. With the hacks (esp. 12M POI, Canada maps, MP3/video player, etc), it’s a pretty nice device.
thanks you guys. You guys are really helpful, and your input are really great.
I found it on Radio Shack for $129.99 on sale. Will get it soon.
One more thing, can you still add custom POI after adding 12M POI? Would there be a delay after that?
Just to recap, once I got the C230, I will need to
- unlock it with release 4 (SD card way)
- add my state 12M POI
- add custom POI if needed
Any other hack suggestion that i should have.
thanks
new-bee,
i had added custom POI’s before i added the revised CA map. they’re still there and active. how the unit would handle redundant entries (e.g. if you added starbucks as custom POI and those were also in the 12M POI file), i’m not really sure though.
no delay as long as you follow the instructions under adding custom POI’s (another thread on this site). somewhere in the discussion thread someone has posted instructions on how to compact the data files so there’s no delay. if you just download a db from a site where it’s not compacted, i was having problems with delays.
don’t forget to add the canada maps too.
i also did the data.zip tweaks (fast fly over, toggling between map and cockpit mode, easy mode, etc), which i found to also be great. i didn’t do the hack using sd card, so i honestly don’t know whether the data.zip tweaks are incorporated into that already.
Hdfan,
Yes, the release 4 using SD card has incorporated all the tweaks into the DATA.ZIP. Thanks for helping out.
I downloaded both the 12M POI and the 3M POI maps of Canada and neither are recognized by my MIO c230, regardless of whether they are on the SD card or the main memory. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.
Hi Amida168 and Hdfan,
thank you for your advice. I got the unit from Radio Shack, on sale for $140 (including tax), add the 12M POI, and unlock it with a SD card. Bang, it is incredible. Nothing problem encountered.
Just one note
- I need to replace the DATA.zip, even with the release 4, to have the tweaks. Release 4 seems to have the original DATA.zip
- Now I am dealing with the time zone difference. I read somewhere and updated with a timezones.ini for both the unit, and inside the SD card. But now, there is one hour different between the GPS, and the CE window (GPS is 1 hour faster). But it reports the correct arrival time in the GPS mode. Any clue?
thanks
For Bayharbor, and folks who want the 12M and the original POI.
I download the 12M POI maps of Canada and 5 US states and put them on a folder named MioMap/MAPS on the SD card ( H drive when my c230 is connected to PC ). Canada comes straignt up, I was on Quebec City in no time ( virtual time ).
I also sitched to the 12M POI US states, by changing the extension of those same file in G:/MioMap/MioMap/MAPS from fbl to off. The c230 look into the default MAPS folder for all the fbl files, before it look at the SD card. Too many POI can make looking place like walmart a handful. So changing file extension only, let me keep my original in place, and swap the 12M POI at will.
Happy Trail, and see you northbound.
Note: is there a tool to let us delete some of POI in the 12M maps ?
How about Montana map, I don’t see that map. Could you tell me when you will have that one?
ezetarget,
You need to go to the forum following this link to request the map not on the list.
link
help,
my c230 reads the fbl map files I unzipped and downloaded but not the rar files. Any thoughts ? Is there a key or somethimg I missed ?
eyes4u,
You need to use application like ExtractNow to extract the fbl file(s) from the .rar file.
I have a c230 I bought last week and was trying to add in these POI, it gives me a message that “some of the map files are outdated – see mio-tech.com.”
I have them in the folder MAPS on the Storage card. I have MioMap3.3 Aug8 2007, with the 070717 maps. Any ideas?
jfg69,
The folder should be MioMap\MAPS on the storage card.
Thats where they are, I’m going to try a couple of things tho, I have been doing this under WINE on Linux. I have a sneaking suspicion I need to go boot into XP…
Also don’t forget to make a backup of the original maps your are replacing and delete them from the internal flash drive.
well, aside from updating maps (which I havent gotten to work as of yet..) I can add the POI’s manually, but how do I get the POI icons to come up, and where do I place them? I dont see anywhere they should be..
i tryed to download some usa mapes on my canadain mio i got MSG locked maps and it shows key beside that map ?
any one knw how i can unlock that map in canadain 230
any help will be really appriciated.
HI, i am new at this and i have a C230s which i have succesfully hacked with the 3.3 lite and it is great , i am travelling across the USA ( route 66) in 3 weeks and I cant seem to find the USA 2007.07 maps anywhere I have the licence as it came with my unit for this version.. any help please would be great.. cheers
I have loaded the 12M POI. I live in Texas and the basic like Target, Home Depot, Walmart, etc. didn’t show up. Do I have to add those separately? Where do I get those POI and how do I load them? Thanks in advance.
Taberd,
Target and Home Depot should be included. Did you make a copy of the original map and delete it from the unit first? You can also add customary POIs. I have a post about it. However, the search POI function is very slow after you add customary POIs.
Amida,
Thanks. I did find Target and Home Depot. Now, what about Starbucks, they are not listed. How do I get and download the locations.
Taberd,
Please see the link in post #83.
Has the map content of the 12M POI changed? Route using original FL map (2007.01 070718) from FL to NY uses I95 all the way whereas the 12M FL map refuses to use I95 through the Jacksonville area and reroutes adding about another 100 miles to the trip. No way to use I95 through Jacksonville. Any ideas?
Is there a way to get banks and ATM’s to show on the maps or POI?
Amida168, I used your version 2 unlock on my C230 and it was working great until I screwed something up. I want to try and get my C230 back to factory original everything, and then try the unlock again. Right now, my unit is crashing all the time. Any ideas on how I can fully remove the unlock and start over??
If you have questions, please ask them in the forum.
http://kombitz.com/forum/index.php?board=2.0