Tomtom 510 and SD upgrade

[Cyrano]

Have the 510 with Great Britain map. Purchased the Western Europe DVD. I'd initially thought about loading France (summer holiday) but existing card has no space.

What size of card should I buy? How do I get all my downloaded POI's onto new card?

Probably a daft question, but forgive a newbie If I only load France on new card rather than Western Europe I presume I will have to swap between cards )GH and France)

[mikealder]

Welcome to the forum, I would suggest you start by having a read through some of the links provided from This Page.
With the DVD you have a number of map choices, the full street level
Europe map will require a 1GB card and you can fit POI etc in addition to the map, or you have the option to install a Plus map which contains the named country PLUS all major roads of Europe - for example the France Plus map option gives you the chance to use the device on major roads in the UK then obtain full street level navigation while in France.

Or you can get a large card (1 or 2GB) and fit multiple maps on the same card, simply selecting the map you want as your journey progresses, with the cost of memory cards at an all time low, I would recommend a good quality (read/ write speed needs to be good) and put the full Europe map on the card, I wouldn't recommend multiple cards for use on the road - they are small and there is a high chance you could loose a card in the car.

For POI installation again if you follow the link above there are pages detailing how to install Speed Camera POI, the same guides apply for other POI files, they are put onto the device in the exact same way. Don't go downloading every POI possible, your unit has a limit of 100 Custom POI files if you exceed this certain POI files will disappear. To reduce the custom POI categories loaded try using the consolidated download, for example do you need every fuel stop listed by fuel supplier when the single file containing ALL fuel stops gives you the same data, just not split by supplier - I don't bother what goes into the tank, I just need to know where to get it from - Mike

[Cyrano]

Thanks for the tips regarding consolidating POI's. I'll have a look at the link and also read past posts regarding best SD cards. I agree memory prices are at some of their lowest. Just need to consider whether 1GB or 2GB would be best

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