tomtom go 300 "Which SD Card to fit"

ned1

Hi all,
waitng for my new tomtom go 300 to come and on reading up on them it seems that if I wish to put more information on (say speed cameras) I will need a bigger card.
I have seen them on ebay fully loaded at about £40 !!,
what I would like to know is, can I use a blank sd memory card and load all my new software on from my tomtom and add the speed camera bit.
also can you tell me which cards fit as I have seen a TOSHIBA 512MB SD CARD part # SD-M5125R2W on ebay for about £15 would this be ok.

Thanks
ned

PJEvans · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 13, 2005 Posts: 109

If all you want to do is add the speed camers POIs then they will fit on the original SD card.

I wouldn't bother with the cards from Ebay, you can download the speed camera POIs and spoken warnings FREE from this site.

If you do want a bigger SD card have a look at this

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/
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Kingston 512Mb card just over £20 including delivery and they come with a lifetime guarantee.

ned1 · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:51 am Post subject:

Thanks PJ,
If the speed camera will fit on the card,why do people fit bigger cards, because at £20 I may as well get one now so if I need more space later on I have it.
also Is it simple to put the information on a new card !!
Thanks Ned

PJEvans · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 13, 2005 Posts: 109

Ned

I only bought a bigger SD card as I bought the map of France so rather than switch cards it was easier to have everything on one card.

It's easy to transfer everything to a new SD card. When you get the TTG make a back up copy of the SD card to your computer before you do anything else (very important in case anything goes wrong at a later date) Then you just put the new card in the TTG, format it, then transfer the copy you made onto the new SD card.

When you make a Back up copy of your SD card, don't rely on the back up facility on the setup CD, create a new folder then copy/paste everything across

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

A new bigger card is easy.

Connect GO to PC with USB
Open GO as "removable Drive" in My Computer. (or it may mount on the desktop automatically on some systems).
Make a backup folder on the PC.
Select all the files in the GO window and drag them to the backup folder.
Wait for blue card on GO screen to stop flashing. (about 5 mins or so)
Put new card in GO.
Drag all the files from the backup folder to the GO window.
Wait for blue card to stop flashing (another 5 mins or so)
Eject GO from drive menu.
Wait for GO to restart.
Job done.
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sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

Snap!!
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TTGO 700 (dead)
iPhone 3GS + TT holder
iPhone 5 (hers!)
Western Europe Map
Eastern Europe Map
Kenwood DNX-4210DAB with Garmin maps

ned1 · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that,
But what's this below mean
8O

TTGO (Classic)
5.100(5158/050510) OS:832
GPS v1.21, Boot 2.11
GB/F/D/A/CH/Benelux v398
MRE v314

spot · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 45

Hi
For what its worth I have recently been through the same exercise as you.

I obtained a new Toshiba 512 card from BuzzMemory located in HongKong by bidding on ebay. Whilst the card can be bid for about £14 the P&P and insurance is another £11. The delivery was superb (4 days) - check out the ebay reports. The card was good, genuine japanese stock.

The downloads to the card were relatively easy, and I was really grateful for the support of members of this forum, the extra capacity is worthwhile to allow for future contingencies.

The other advice to follow the link to the UK supplier, as above posting , is a great idea because users of this forum apparently get a discount.

Hope you have as much fun as I did today, "navigating" around and about.
Cheers
Spot

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

This bit??

Model:                   TTGO (Classic)
System version:     5.100(5158/050510) OS:832
Firmware Version:  GPS v1.21, Boot 2.11
Map Versions:        GB/F/D/A/CH/Benelux v398
                             MRE v314

ned1 · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject:

yes that bit. Thanks for all your help CoPilot

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matt748 · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 23, 2005 Posts: 36

Just ordered a Kingston 512 SD card from mymemory.co.uk (thanks for the link PJ Evans) as I want to add the benelux map soon. £22 inc.postage seems good to me.

ned1 · Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject:

Hi, I have also ordered a Kingston 512 SD card from mymemory.co.uk.
Thanks PJ Wink

mazza · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject:

I pondered the idea of buying a 512mb but I won't need one yet, so bought a Kingston 256mb Pro High Speed from epcbuyer for £18.88 incl VAT and delivery...not bad for card that can read at 10mbps

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