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| Mio C520 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Mio
Category: CE
List Price: $399.95
Buy New: $201.97
You Save: $197.98 (50%)
New (25) Used (2) from $195.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  126 reviews
Sales Rank: 4612
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 3.1 x 0.8
MPN: 526216470101
Model: 526216470101
UPC: 841881002437
EAN: 0841881002437
ASIN: B000MWNJPE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Mio doesn't take care of customers November 2, 2007
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
Be very careful about installing the mount on the windshield. Mine fell off, the screen impacted the gear shift and cracked. Mio is denying warranty repair. They tell me I installed it incorrectly. They are willing to spend $133 to send the suction cup mount to Germany for testing, but they are unwilling to make a customer happy.
I guess you get what you pay for.
GPS MIO C520 Review November 2, 2007
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
Product worked great for 1 week then the Map software somehow got corrupt and the system stopped working. Sent unit back for refund.
 Great feature set, but GPS functionality not that good October 30, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've owned my C520 for almost 3 months and I am in the process of returning it. The unit looks good, and it was lots of bell and whistles, and easily hackable with custom buttons, skins, parameters, etc. However, the GPS navigation aspect is not well executed. I have the latest version of the software (I believe its the July release) and I've found the routing algorithm is not that great (I live in LA). It will take you from point A to B, but the route it picks (using economical or fast) or pretty dumb sometimes. Many times it will tell you to turn right and then left at like 4 times in a row instead of just "go straight for 4 blocks and then turn right) (imaging a stair like route instead of a right angle). Another time it kept telling me to get off the freeway and drive on a street parallel to the freeway and then take other surface streets to get on a second intersecting freeway instead of the faster and easier route of just maintaining my position on the freeway I was already on and then connect to the second freeway. Moreover, if you don't follow the unit's direction it will restart (it happen to me today like 4 times within 2 hours).
Good
- Gets GPS signal very quickly (less than 30 secs)
- Nice looking
- Lots of functions, including TTS (text to speech)
- Split screen is nice
- Easily hackable to add more skins, buttons, functions, etc
- BT, video player, MP3 player, calculator, MS Outlook sync
Bad
- Interface is not intuitive, although you'll eventually get it
- Poor routing engine
- TTS is hard to understand sometimes.
- Does not tell you side of the road of your destination
- Reboots by itself from time to time
- Hard to get BT to work reliable
I personally think routing engine is the most important part of a GPS, and this unit usually gives pretty dumb routes.
 Decent October 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This unit does has a lot of functions, including bluetooth, and the ability to play many other files.
Compare to my old Garmin Street Pilot i5, I like the large, touch screen of Mio C520. The screen on the C520 is bright enough to read during the day but not too bright during the night, which is a plus. It is also easier to type in an address on the C520 compare to the i5.
The only complain I have about the C520 is that it doesn't give very good driving directions. Sometimes, I don't know why C520 makes me go in a roundabout ways instead of the most direct route. Other than that, I can't find anything else not to like about this unit.
 Great GPS unit could use minor software tweak October 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an absolulty great unit that offers a ton of features for the price when comapred to units form Garmin, Magellan, and TomTom. The screen is crystal clear and huge and being that it runs on Windows you can play videos, mp3's, etc... on it. The only complaint is the interface is not as intutive as units from Garmin or Lowerance. It takes a little bit of 'playing' to figure it out. Found my c520 here: www.gear5.com
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