Ma^(Are) waxaad gashay baaskiil? Miyaad si joogto ah u fuushaa baaskiilkaaga? Ma ku fakartay in aad soo iibsatid qalabka GPS -ka si aad ula socotid raacitaankaaga oo aad u hesho tilmaamo ku saabsan sida loo aado meel ama meel kale? Ma rabtaa qalab aad ku fuuli karto baaskiilkaaga oo aad isticmaasho si aad u dhex marato dariiqyada baaskiilka? Haddii aad sameyso, markaa shaki kuma jiro inaad la kulantay alaabada sida Mio Cyclo 200 , kaas oo ballanqaadaya khibradda ugu fiican ee baaskiil wadista. Waxaan tijaabinay qalabkan ilaa hal usbuuc, dhowr baaskiil, tani waa waxa aan ka nidhaahno:

Furitaanka Mio Cyclo 200

Mio Cyclo 200 waxay ku timaadaa sanduuq cad oo uu ku yaal sawirka hore ee qalabka iyo sharaxaadda sifooyinka ugu muhiimsan ee dhabarka.

Sanduuqa dhexdiisa waxaad ka heli doontaa Mio Cyclo 200 aaladda wadista baaskiilka, adabtarada korantada, fiilada korantada, xirmada buurta baaskiilka, hagaha bilowga degdega ah iyo dammaanadda.

Hadda oo aad ogtahay waxa aad ka helayso sanduuqa, aan aragno waxa qalabkani uu ku bixiyo marka la eego hardware.

Tilmaamaha qalabka

Nasiib darro waxaa jira macluumaad faahfaahsan oo aad u yar oo la heli karo oo ku saabsan waxa ku jira gudaha Mio Cyclo 200 . Mareegta rasmiga ah waxay wax badan ka hadashaa sifooyinka software ee qalabkan iyo wax aad u yar oo ku saabsan qalabka. Waxaan ognahay inay leedahay shaashad taabasho 3.5 inch ah oo leh xallinta 320x480 pixels. Processor-ku waa quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU oo ku socda 900 MHz , kaas oo sidoo kale loo isticmaalo in lagu kordhiyo kombuyuutar-yar oo caan ah Raspberry Pi 2 . Wadarta booska kaydinta ee jira waa 4GB. Waxba kama naqaano qaddarka RAM -ka^(RAM)ama nidaamka qalliinka ee loo isticmaalo qalabkan iyo noociisa. Batarigu waxa uu leeyahay awood aan la garanayn waana in uu jiraa ilaa 10 saacadood. Qalabku sidoo kale waa u adkaysta biyaha. Laakiin, markaan sidan dhahno, ha ka fikirin inaad ku dabaasho. Mio Cyclo 200 waa caadi haddii lagugu rakibo baaskiilkaaga oo uu roob ku da'o. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxay u badan tahay inaysan caadi ahayn haddii aad la dabaasho ama ku riddo musqusha.

Marka la eego cabbirka, Mio Cyclo 200 maaha mid aad u weyn: waxay leedahay ballac ah 2.67 inch ama 68 mm, dhererka 4.48 inch ama 114 mm iyo qoto dheer 0.73 inch ama 18.6 mm. Sidoo kale, waxa uu miisaankiisu yahay 5.15 ounces ama 146 garaam.

Waxaad ka heli kartaa tilmaamaheeda rasmiga ah halkan: Mio Cyclo 200 Specifications .

Isticmaalka Mio Cyclo 200

Kahor intaadan bilaabin isticmaalka Mio Cyclo 200 waxaan aad kuugula talineynaa inaad akhrido buug-gacmeedka oo aad barato qalabka iyo sida uu u shaqeeyo. Tallaabada ugu horreysa ee ay tahay inaad qaaddo waa inaad dalacdo ugu yaraan 8 saacadood ka hor intaadan bilaabin isticmaalka markii ugu horreysay. Kadibna, ka samee akoon bogga internetka ee MioShare^{(MioShare website)} , soo deji CycloAgent^(CycloAgent) PC-gaaga oo ku xidh qalabka PC-ga.

Codsiga CycloAgent wuxuu muhiim u yahay waayo-aragnimada wanaagsan ee Mio Cyclo 200 . Kadib markaad gasho akoonkaaga MioShare , abka waxa uu ogaanayaa qalabkaaga oo waxa uu bilaabayaa raadinta wixii cusbooneed Markii ugu horreysay ee aan isticmaalnay, waxay ahayd inaan soo dejinno 2GB oo qiimahoodu yahay software iyo casriyeynta khariidad.

Sida aad qiyaasi karto, soo dejintooda iyo rakibiddooda waxay qaadatay waqti. Marka ay dhammeeyaan, waxaad isticmaali kartaa codsiga si aad u maamusho qalabkaaga, sync data online iyo wixii la mid ah. Nuqulka aan ku helnay tijaabada wuxuu lahaa maab wadamada soo socda: Austria , Bulgaria , Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Poland , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia .Turkiga^(Turkey) , Ukraine iyo Vatican City . Waxaa jira noocyo kala duwan oo qalabkan ah oo lagu iibiyo gobollo kala duwan oo leh liis kala duwan oo khariidado ah oo diyaarsan. Kahor intaadan iibsan Mio Cyclo 200 , hubi inaad hubiso inay hayso maabka wadamada ku xiisaynaya iyo in kale.

Qayb kale oo muhiim ah oo ka mid ah waayo-aragnimada software-ka waa website-ka MioShare . Halkaa waxa aad ku arki kartaa oo aad ka heli kartaa raadadka, soo geliyaan raadadkaaga, la wadaagi kartaa raadadkaaga kuwa kale oo aad ka heli kartaa muuqaal faahfaahsan taariikhda baaskiil wadida.

Marka qalabka la dallaco oo software-ka la cusboonaysiiyo, markaa waa inaad horay u sii socotaa oo ku dhejisaa baaskiilkaaga. Kahor intaadan taas samayn, iska hubi inaad akhriday buug-gacmeedka, si aad u fahanto xidhmada fuusha baaskiilka iyo sida loo isticmaalo.

Waxaad qadarin doontaa in aanay ahayn mid aad u weyn, haddana waa weyn oo ku filan si aad u aragto waxa lagu soo bandhigay shaashadda, markaad fuushan tahay baaskiilkaaga. Sidoo kale, aragga marka bannaanka la joogo waa wanaagsan yahay, haddaan qorraxdu aad u xoogganayn. Markaa waxaad la kulmi doontaa arrimo qaarkood markaad aragto waxa shaashadda ku yaal, ilaa aad iftiinka u rogto ilaa ugu badnaan taas oo, iyaduna, yaraynaysa nolosha batteriga aaladda.

Interface-ka isticmaalaha waxa uu isticmaalaa badhamada waaweyn oo ay fududahay in la riixo. Sidoo kale, waxaa lagu heli karaa 32 luqadood, taas oo macnaheedu yahay in taageerada luqadaha badan ay aad u wanaagsan tahay.

Waxaad isticmaali kartaa Mio Cyclo 200 si aad ugu socotid ciwaan gaar ah, meel aad xiiseyso ama aad u tilmaamto khariidada. Waxa kale oo aad ku shuban kartaa raad-raacyada aad ku shubtay CycloAgent^(CycloAgent) oo aad u isticmaali kartaa hagidda. Tani waxay si gaar ah faa'iido u leedahay dadka sameeya baaskiil wadista ee u baahan inay maraan dariiqyada buuraha ee aan calaamadda lahayn.

Waxyaabaha kale ee aad ku samayn karto aaladda waa inaad aragto taariikhda baaskiil wadida, gelida dashboard leh cabbirro sida waqtiga, xawaaraha, fogaanta, wadarta kor u kaca iyo soo degitaanka, isticmaalka kalooriga iyo wax ka badan.

Haddii aad eegto qiimaha Mio Cyclo 200 , waxaa laga yaabaa inaad filayso inuu yahay aalad casri ah oo bixisa hagidda codka wuxuuna sidoo kale ku xidhi karaa taleefankaaga casriga ah ama sameecada Bluetooth- ka . Nasiib darro arrintu sidaas maaha. Ma ku xidhi kartid Mio Cyclo 200 qalab kale marka laga reebo kombayutarkaga, iyada oo loo marayo fiilada USB-ga^(USB) ee lagu bixiyo. Sidoo kale, marka laga eego dhinaca isgaarsiinta maqalka, Mio Cyclo 200waxa uu kula xidhiidhaa isticmaalayaasha kaliya dhawaaqa Waxa aad ku dhawaaqi kartaa marka leexdu soo degdegto ama marka aad waddo khaldan u socoto. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, si aad u fahamto waxa ay tahay inaad sameyso, waa inaad fiirisaa. Haddii aad ku sugan tahay magaalo mashquul ah, meel aanad garanayn, waa inaad marar badan istaagtaa, si aad u aragto meesha aad aadi karto. Tani waxay yaraynaysaa xiisaha baaskiil wadida iyo faa'iidada qalabkan. Shakhsi ahaan, waxaan u mahadcelin lahaa qaar ka mid ah tilmaamaha maqalka ah, gaar ahaan marka aan baaskiil ku dhex marayo meelo aanan aqoon u lahayn.

Madaxbanaanida qalabku waa meel u dhaxaysa 7 iyo 10 saacadood, iyada oo ku xidhan sida aad u isticmaasho Mio Cyclo 200 iyo sida aad u dejiso iftiinka shaashadda. Madax-bannaanidu way wanaagsan tahay, haddii aanay ahayn inaad maalinta oo dhan fuusho. Hoos-u-dhacu waa xaqiiqda ah in wakhtiga dallacadu uu aad u dheer yahay: xasuuso saacadaha 8 ee lagugula talinayo inaad ku dalacdo qalabka ka hor inta aanad isticmaalin markii ugu horeysay? Nasiib darro, taladaasi waxay ku salaysan tahay xaqiiqda ah in qalabkani uu qaato wakhti badan si loo dallaco. Waxay u muuqataa in wakhtiga dallacadu uu la siman yahay wakhtiga dallacaadda, taas oo macnaheedu yahay in aanu la tacaaleyno baytari tayadiisu hooseyso. Maanta waxaan haysanaa taleefanno casri ah oo degdeg ah. Sugitaanka 8 saacadood waa uun niyad jab, qalabkan yar.

Hadda…^(Now…) dib ugu soo noqoshada baaskiil wadida, gaar ahaan baaskiil wadista magaalooyinka: Mid ka mid ah faa'iidooyinka raacitaanka baaskiilka iyo kaxaynta baabuurka ayaa ah inaad isticmaali karto waddooyinka guud ee hareeraha waddooyinka, wadiiqooyinka baaskiilka, waddooyinka lugeeya, jardiinooyinka iyo wixii la mid ah. Tusaale ahaan, waxaan mar walba door bidayaa in aan hareer maro isgoys mashquul badan oo ay ka buuxaan baabuur iyo dad lugeynaya oo aan socod yar laakiin degdeg ah ku dhex maro baarkin ku dhow, gaar ahaan marka dadku ay ku mashquulsan yihiin shaqo abuurka. Ku dhex marada baarkinka waa waayo-aragnimo farxad badan waxayna i badbaadisaa waqti qaali ah. Nasiib darro, Mio Cyclo 200ma awoodo in uu bixiyo tilmaamaha hagidda ilaa aad isticmaalayso waddo dadweyne mooyaane. Isticmaalayaasha qaarkood ma jeclaan doonaan taas sababtoo ah waxay yaraynaysaa madadaalo ay leeyihiin marka ay baaskiilka wadaan. Waxay dareemi doonaan in loola dhaqmo sidii darawal baabuur oo kale, oo aan ahayn nin baaskiil wata oo leh doorashooyin badan oo ku saabsan sidii loo dhex mari lahaa magaalo mashquul ah.

Intii aan tijaabada ku jiray, waxaan helay qalabka Mio Cyclo 200 oo faa'iido u leh inta badan dadka aadka ugu raaca magaalooyinka iyo waddooyinka dadweynaha. Haddii aad fuulayso baaskiilka buuraha, ma isticmaali kartid qalabka si aad u ogaato waddooyinka aaggaaga oo aad raacdo, sida aad filaysay. Waa inaad ku samaysaa cilmi baadhista guriga, adoo isticmaalaya adeega sida Khariidadda Baaskiil^{(Bike Map)} , soo dejiso raad-raac, ku dheji website- ka MioShare , ku soo deji ^(MioShare)Mio Cyclo 200 oo leh CycloAgent ka dibna isticmaal qalabka si aad u marto jidka. Habkan oo dhan aad buu u dhib badan yahay oo waxaad si degdeg ah wax ugu qaban doontaa taleefankaaga casriga ah iyo abka baaskiil wadida ee wanaagsan.

Mio Cyclo 200 waxay isticmaashaa xogta khariidad ee OpenStreetMap taas oo ku habboon helista ciwaannada laakiin maaha mid aad u fiican haddii aad rabto inaad u socoto meelaha xiisaha leh. Ugu yaraan halkan Romania , OpenStreetMap wax badan kama haysto marka la eego xogta macnaha guud ee waxa kugu xeeran. Sidaa darteed, wadamada qaarkood, ma awoodi doontid inaad isticmaasho Mio Cyclo 200 si aad ugu socotid meelaha gaarka ah ee xiisaha. Waa inaad wakhti ka hor samaysaa cilmi baadhista oo aad ogaataa ciwaanka meesha aad rabto inaad tagto.

Xagga ciwaannada, waxa jirta arrin aad u weyn oo aannu ogaanay, taas oo u qalanta dooddeeda gaarka ah, qaybta xigta ee dib u eegistan.

Mio Cyclo 200 si fiican uguma dhaqmo xarfaha aan Unicode ahayn

Arrinka ugu weyn ee Mio Cyclo 200 waa keydka xogta leh cinwaannada iyo habka ay u maamusho xarfaha aan Unicode ahayn. Luqado badan oo aan Ingiriisi ahayn ayaa adeegsada xarfo ka baxsan alifbeetada L atin. Tusaale ahaan, luqadda Roomaaniga waxaan ku leenahay jilayaal sida ș. Caadi ahaan, codsiyada software-ku waxay u tarjumaan xuruufta aan Unicode ahayn oo u dhiganta unicode. Tusaalahayaga, ș waxay isu rogi doontaa s. Dadka waxaa loo isticmaalaa beddelkan iyo, codsi kasta oo GPS -ka casriga ah ee navigation, haddii aad leedahay ciwaan uu ku jiro dabeecadda, oo aad isticmaasho s halkii aad ka isticmaali lahayd, waxaad heli doontaa ciwaanka oo aad awood u yeelan doonto inaad u socoto.

Nasiib darro, software-ka ku jira Mio Cyclo 200 ma sameeyo beddelkan. Sidaa darteed, haddii aad ku nooshahay waddan adeegsada xarfo gaar ah oo alifbeeto ah, waxaad arki doontaa in ciwaannada ay si khaldan ugu qoran yihiin qalabkan. Tusaale ahaan, ciwaanka Bulevardul Gheorghe Șincai Nr 9 , București ( Ingiriisi^(English) waxa uu noqonayaa: Gheorghe Sincai Boulevard , Nr 9 , Bucharest ) , waxa kaydiya Mio Cyclo 200 sida Bulevardul Gheorghe incai Nr ^{(Nr 9)}9.^(Bucureti) Bucureti Asal ahaan^(Basically), waxay gabi ahaanba ka boodaa xarfaha aan Unicode ahayn, taas oo ka dhigaysa badeecada mid adag in la isticmaalo.

Romania waxa jira magaalooyin iyo cinwaano badan oo leh xarfo aan Unicode ahayn sida xarafka ș. Waxaan dhowr jeer isku dayay in aan cinwaano ka raadiyo saddex magaalo oo dabeecaddan leh mar walbana ay maqan tahay.

Waxaa jira luqado kale oo badan oo adeegsada xarfo aan Unicode ahayn, bug-guna wuxuu ka dhigan yahay in Mio Cyclo 200 uusan ahayn doorasho wanaagsan dadka afafkooda ku isticmaalaan xarfaha alifbeetada ka baxsan spectrum latin (Shiine, Carabi^(Arabic) , Ruush^(Russian) , Romanian ama Cibraaniga^(Hebrew) waa a dhawr tusaale oo maskaxda ku soo dhaca).

Faa'iidada iyo khasaaraha

Mio Cyclo 200 waa qalab ay ka buuxaan isbarbardhig, kaas oo leh waxyaabaha soo socda:

• Interface user ee qalabka waa fududahay in la isticmaalo
• Interface-ka isticmaalaha waxa lagu heli karaa 32 luqadood
• Madax-bannaanida ayaa wanaagsan
• Aragtida bannaanku way wanaagsan tahay haddii aanay qorraxdu aad u xoogganayn

Nasiib darro waxaa jira waxyaabo badan oo xun oo qalabkan ah:

• Aad bay qaali ugu tahay waxa ay bixinayso
• Software-ku si fiican uguma shaqeeyo xarfaha aan Unicode ahayn, taasoo la macno ah in ciwaanadu ku dhamaanayaan inay khaldan yihiin wadamada isticmaala xarfaha ka baxsan alifbeetada L atin.
• Mio Cyclo 200 waxay ula dhaqantaa baaskiil wadayaasha sida darawalada baabuurta oo ay tahay inay ku dhegganaadaan waddooyinka dadweynaha
• Ma jiro tilmaamo maqal ah oo la bixiyo marka laga reebo dhawaaqyada dhawaaqa kuwaas oo tilmaamaya in aad si khaldan u martay ama leexashadu ay dhawaan imanayso
• Ma jiro isku xidhka Bluetooth ama xidhiidh kasta oo lagu bixiyo meel ka baxsan fiilada USB ee ku dhex jirta xirmada
• Haddii aad ku jirto baaskiil wadista buur, habka lagu daro dariiqyada iyo isticmaalka Mio Cyclo 200 ee navigation waa mid aad u dhib badan.
• Waqti dheer oo batari lagu dallaco

Xukun

Mio Cyclo 200 waa aalad si fiican loo isticmaalo, waa sahlan tahay in la isticmaalo, leh nolol batari wanaagsan iyo taageero luuqado badan oo kala duwan laakiin leh faa'iido xadidan. Marka hore^(First)Dhammaan, maaha kuwa wadayaasha baaskiillada ah: waxay faa'iido u leedahay inta badan dadka aadka u raaca magaalooyinka iyo waddooyinka dadweynaha. Dhab ahaantii maahan doorasho wanaagsan oo loogu talagalay rookayaasha buuraha. Sidoo kale, qalabku wuxuu u janjeeraa inuu ula dhaqmo baaskiil wadayaasha sida darawaliinta baabuurta oo ay tahay inay ku dhegganaadaan waddooyinka dadweynaha. Quruxda raacitaanka baaskiilka ayaa ah inaadan taas samayn. Waxaad ku dhex mari kartaa jardiinooyin iyo wadooyin ka badan inta uu baabuurku sameeyo. Qiimaha wax lagu weydiinayo sidoo kale aad buu u sarreeyaa mana bixiso tilmaamo maqal mana ku xidhi kartid aaladaha kale marka laga reebo PC-gaaga. Tixgeli wakhtiga aadka u dheer ee dallacaadda batteriga waxaadna fahmi doontaa qiimeynta hoose ee aan siino qalabkan. Waxaan kugula talineynaa inaad ka iibsatid kaliya dukaamada leh siyaasad celin wanaagsan oo kaliya haddii aad ku haboon tahay baaskiil wadista oo aad u badan magaalooyinka iyo waddooyinka dadweynaha.

Review Mio Cyclo 200 - Is it the best in bicycle navigation?

Are you into cycling? Do you ride yоur bike frequently? Have you considered purсhаsing a GPS device for tracking your rides and gеtting instructions on how to go to one place or another? Do you want a devіce thаt you can mount on your bike and use to navigate through cycling trails? If you do, then you've no doubt encountered products like Miо Cyclo 200, whіch promіses the best experience in bicycle navigation. We tested this device for аbout a week, on several bike rides and, this is what we hаve to say about it:

Unboxing the Mio Cyclo 200

Mio Cyclo 200 comes in a white box with a picture of the device on the front and a description of its main features on the back.

Inside the box you will find the Mio Cyclo 200 bicycle navigation device, the power adapter, a power cable, the bike mount kit, the quick start guide and the warranty.

Now that you know what you get inside the box, let's see what this device has to offer in terms of hardware.

Hardware specifications

Unfortunately there's very little detailed information available about what's inside the Mio Cyclo 200. The official website talks a lot about the software features of this device and very little about the hardware. We know that it has a 3.5 inch touch display with a resolution of 320x480 pixels. The processor is a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU running at 900 MHz, which is also used to power the popular Raspberry Pi 2 micro-computer. The total storage space available is of 4GB. We don't know anything about the amount of RAM or the operating system used on this device and its version. The battery has an unknown capacity and it should be lasting up to 10 hours. The device is also water resistant. But, when we say this, don't think about swimming with it. Mio Cyclo 200 is okay if you have it mounted on your bike and it rains on it. However, it won't probably be OK if you swim with it or drop it in the toilet.

In terms of size, Mio Cyclo 200 is not very big: it has a width of 2.67 inches or 68 mm, a height of 4.48 inches or 114 mm and a depth of 0.73 inches or 18.6 mm. Also, it weighs only 5.15 ounces or 146 grams.

You can find its official specifications here: Mio Cyclo 200 Specifications.

Using the Mio Cyclo 200

Before you start using the Mio Cyclo 200 we highly recommend that you read the manual and get yourself familiarized with the device and how it works. The first step you must take is to charge it for at least 8 hours before you start using it for the very first time. Then, create an account on the MioShare website , download the CycloAgent for your PC and connect the device to the PC.

The CycloAgent application is crucial to a good experience with the Mio Cyclo 200. After you log in with your MioShare account, the app detects your device and starts looking for updates. When we first used it, we had to download 2GB worth of software and map updates.

As you can imagine, downloading and installing them took a while. Once they are done, you can use the application to manage your device, sync data online and so on. The version we received for testing had maps for the following countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and Vatican City. There are different versions of this device sold in different regions with a different list of maps made available. Before buying Mio Cyclo 200, make sure that you check whether it has the maps for the countries that interest you.

Another important part of the software experience is the MioShare website. There you can view and find tracks, upload your own tracks, share your tracks with others and get a detailed view of your cycling history.

Once the device is charged and the software is updated, then you should go ahead and mount it on your bike. Before doing that, make sure that you read the manual, so that you understand the bike mount kit and how it should be used.

You will appreciate that it is not very large, yet it is large enough to see what is displayed on the screen, when riding your bike. Also, the visibility when outdoors is good, unless the sun is very strong. Then you will have some issues seeing what is on the screen, unless you turn the brightness to the maximum which, in turn , reduces the battery life of the device.

The user interface uses large buttons which are easy to press. Also, it is available in 32 languages, which means that the multilingual support is very good.

You can use Mio Cyclo 200 to navigate to a specific address, to a point of interest or point on the map. You can also load tracks that you have uploaded with the CycloAgent and use them for navigation. This is especially useful to people who do mountainbiking who need to navigate unmarked mountain trails.

Other things that you can do with the device is to view your cycling history, access a dashboard with measurements like time, speed, distance, total ascent and descent, calorie consumption and more.

If you look at the price of the Mio Cyclo 200, you might expect it to be a modern device that provides voice navigation and it can also connect to your smartphone or headset via Bluetooth. Unfortunately that is not the case. You can't connect the Mio Cyclo 200 with any other device except your computer, through the USB cable that is provided. Also, from an audio communication perspective, Mio Cyclo 200 communicates with users only through beeps. You get a beep when a turn is coming soon or when you are going the wrong way. However, in order to understand what you have to do, you must look at it. If you are in a busy city, in a place you don't know, you will have to stop often, so that you can see where you have to go. This diminishes the fun of riding a bike and the usefulness of this device. Personally, I would have appreciated some audio instructions, especially when cycling through places that I am not familiar with.

The autonomy of the device is somewhere between 7 and 10 hours, depending on how you use the Mio Cyclo 200 and how you set the brightness of the screen. The autonomy is good, unless you have to ride the whole day. The downside is the fact that the charging time is very long: remember those 8 hours that you are recommended to charge the device before using it for the first time? Unfortunately, that recommendation is based on the fact that this device takes a lot of time to charge. It seems that the charging time is almost equal to the discharging time, which means that we are dealing with a low-quality battery. Today we have fast-charging smartphones. Waiting 8 hours is just frustrating, for a device this small.

Now… getting back to cycling, more specifically cycling in cities: one of the advantages of riding a bike versus driving a car is that you can use public roads alongside sidewalks, cycling lanes, pedestrian roads, parks and so on. For example, I always prefer to bypass a busy intersection that's filled with cars and pedestrians and take a small but fast detour through a park nearby, especially when people are busy getting to work. Riding through the park is a more pleasurable experience and it saves me precious time. Unfortunately, Mio Cyclo 200 is not able to provide navigation instructions unless you are using a public road. Some users won't like that as it diminishes the fun they have when riding their bike. They will feel that they are treated like a car driver, not a cyclist with many choices about how to go through a busy city.

During my testing, I have found the Mio Cyclo 200 device useful mostly to people who ride a lot in cities and on public roads. If you are into mountain biking, you can't use the device to discover trails in your area and ride, as you might have expected. You must do your research at home, using a service like Bike Map, download a track, upload it to the MioShare website, download it onto the Mio Cyclo 200 with CycloAgent and then use the device to navigate the trail. This whole process is too cumbersome and you will get things done faster with your smartphone and good cycling app.

Mio Cyclo 200 uses map data from OpenStreetMap which is OK for finding addresses but not that great if you want to navigate to points of interest. At least here in Romania, OpenStreetMap doesn't have much in terms of contextual data for what is around you. Therefore, in certain countries, you won't be able to use Mio Cyclo 200 to navigate to specific points of interest . You must do your research ahead of time and know the address of where exactly you want to go.

Regarding addresses, there's a very big issue that we discovered, which deserves its own separate discussion, in the next section of this review.

Mio Cyclo 200 doesn't handle non-unicode characters well

The biggest issue of the Mio Cyclo 200 is the database with addresses and the way it handles non-unicode characters. Many non-English languages use characters outside of L atin alphabet. For example, in the Romanian language we have characters like ș. Typically, software applications translate non-unicode characters into their unicode equivalent. In our example, ș would turn into s. People are used to this replacement and, in any modern GPS navigation applications, if you have an address which includes the ș character, and you use s instead of ș, you will find that address and be able to navigate to it.

Unfortunately, the software on the Mio Cyclo 200 doesn't do this replacement. Therefore, if you live in a country which uses special characters in their alphabet, you will see that addresses are misspelled on this device. To give you an example, the address Bulevardul Gheorghe Șincai Nr 9, București (in English this would be: Gheorghe Sincai Boulevard, Nr 9, Bucharest), is stored by Mio Cyclo 200 as Bulevardul Gheorghe incai Nr 9, Bucureti. Basically, it skips non-unicode characters altogether, making the product difficult to use.

In Romania there are many cities and addresses which have non-unicode characters like the letter ș. I have tried several searches for addresses in three cities which have this character and it's always missing.

There are many other languages which use non-unicode characters and this bug means that Mio Cyclo 200 is not a good choice for people whose languages use letters in their alphabet outside of the latin spectrum (Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Romanian or Hebrew are a few examples that come to mind).

Pros and cons

Mio Cyclo 200 is a device full of contrasts, which has the following pluses:

• The user interface on the device is easy to use
• The user interface is available in 32 languages
• The autonomy is good
• Outdoors visibility is good unless the sun is very strong

Unfortunately there are many downsides to this device:

• It's very expensive for what it has to offer
• The software doesn't handle well non-unicode characters, meaning that addresses end up being incorrect in countries which use characters outside of L atin alphabet
• Mio Cyclo 200 treats cyclists like car drivers who have to stick to public roads
• No audio instructions are offered except beeps which indicate that you went the wrong way or a turn is coming soon
• There's no Bluetooth connectivity or any other connectivity offered outside the USB cable that's inside the package
• If you are into mountain biking, the process for adding trails and using the Mio Cyclo 200 for navigation is very cumbersome
• A long battery charging time

Verdict

Mio Cyclo 200 is a niche device, that's easy to use, with good battery life and with diverse multilingual support but with very limited usefulness. First of all, it's not for all cyclists: it's useful mostly to people that ride a lot in cities and on public roads. It's definitely not a good choice for mountain bikers. Also, the device tends to treat cyclists like car drivers who should stick to public roads. The beauty of riding a bike is that you don't have to do that. You can ride through parks and more kinds of roads than a car does. The asking price for it is also very high and it doesn't offer audio instructions and you can't connect it to other devices except for your PC. Consider the very long charging time for the battery and you will understand the low rating that we give this device. We advise you to purchase it only from stores with a good return policy and only if you fit the niche of cyclists who ride a lot in cities and on public roads.

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