High Speed 1MB SD cards

DRP · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject:

Hi
Gee Pee
Le us know how it performs, as I have to get an Sd card for a GPS convert (Navman 520). She is leaving the dsision up to me. I would get a PNY, but Ebuyer are also out of stock and have been for a few weeks.
Regards
DRP
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Gee-Pee · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:36 pm Post subject:

Aldridge_Andy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 10, 2006 Posts: 41

Just to let you know I've tried my ICN510 with 1Gb SD Card out in the car today, admittedly for a couple of four mile journeys.

I don't have any problems to report, route calculations, re-route, and just displaying your location seem fine. Boot up from cold is may be a little longer with the European Base Map and Southern Ireland installed.

Warm start, and detecting a GPS Signal are no different to as they were with the original Navman card as far as I can tell.

Many thanks for giving me the encouragement to take the step to get Sat. Nav., and secondly to get a 1Gb card when Navman were only sort of backing 256Mb and may-be 512Mb cards. I have to admit the sales guy at Navman Sales said I wouldn't have a problem with a 1Gb car provided it was of a reputable brand, and reasonable speed.

Andy.

Gee-Pee · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:14 am Post subject:

Well, the card arrived on Saturday - as promised. My original idea of putting the whole of europe on it, though fell a bit flat when I had put the UK, France and Spain on and I realised that it then had about 600Mb already Embarassed

I have now checked the total size of all the european maps on the three CDs and find they come to a massive 1.7Gb - or thereabouts. Rolling Eyes

OK, so I don't use Scandinavia or Spain and Portugal at the moment nor some other bits, so I am about to be selective and install those parts that I do use regularly - Northern France, Belgium, Netherlands, Central Germany, Austria and Northern Italy. Hopefully they should fit Idea

Having installed the UK, France and Spain, I checked the device's functions - it's probably all in the mind but there seemed to be much faster navigation on the machine ie selecting a Favourite - the route was displayed much faster. This faster card should not make any difference to actual navigation on the trip nor sat acquisition..Anyway for a modest sum I have now added to my SD cards - I now have the original Navman 128Mb card with the UK and EU Basemap, a 512 Mb card with selective european routes on it and the bigger high speed
(50X) 1Mb card with the essential bits of europe on it.
The latter two cards can be altered as and when the need arises via my laptop which travels with me.
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Gee-Pee · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

As added interest, I have now installed all the maps I shall use this year on the new card. When the device re-booted after the installation, I noticed a much faster loading of the maps - one advantage, I suppose! Wink

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dizzyfergy · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject:

Hi , just a quick question ,i already have my maps loaded on to a sandisk 512 card , but have a 1 gb sandisk card in my panasonic camcorder .If i loaded the info to the 1 gb card what should i be looking for to alert me to the fact that the card isnt playing ball.

Gee-Pee · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:

keefrto · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject:

Hi I am just about to buy a kingston sd 1gb card, is there any benefit from the speeds you guy's have mentioned being that its going to go in my ttg300?
cheers
Keith
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Aldridge_Andy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 10, 2006 Posts: 41

Evidently the lower speed variety sometimes mean the position cursor on the display is a little behind your actual location, and sometimes the change of direction prompts appear when you're on-top of the road junction.

Supposedly a high speed card alleviates these problems.

Like Pee-Gee I use a Kingston 1Gb Elite Pro High Speed card, and I'm pleased to report "No problems So-Far".

Andy.

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