Garmin I3 - Sd Card?

MikeHunter · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 02, 2006 Posts: 6

Hello all, another newbie!

I've ordered an I3 from Comet, will it come with a SD card included? I'm needing it to go away next weekend and want to load the speed cameras positions on.

if it doesn't come with a card, is there enough internal memory to hold the speed cameras too?

Thanks, Mike

mikealder · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:22 am Post subject:

Hello and welcome to the forum.
No i3 is delivered with an SD card, the unit is equipped with a "TransFlash" memory card slot, these cards are tiny (smaller than your finger nail), I would guess yours will come without the card so to load up additional POI etc you may want to purchase a small Transflash card, if you get one from Maplins they are supplied with an SD addaptor, allowing the tiny card to be read/ write via a normal card reader.
The amount of free storage space on the device will hold a number of POI but if you start adding more, then you will soon fill it up, have a read of THIS to get an idea - Mike

Thar · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 29, 2006 Posts: 44

Seems it's the luck of the draw which version you get. Mine, from Comet, came with the microSD/transflash card so I bought an adapter from Maplins which works out cheaper at £4.99 rather than having to fork out £19.99 for a card.

swanson2 · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject:

Hi,

The newer i3's do have built in memory as well as a memory card slot whilst the older models are supplied with a removable microSD/transflash card only, which, I believe, can actually hold more information than the newer i3's with the built in memory - but really there is little to choose between them.

The main thing is that both early and later model can both hold the complete PGPSW speed camera database together with at least another 12,000 POI's, which are in addition to those already installed on your i3.

I think that the most cost effective way of using your i3 is if you are a subscribing member to this site, the dedicated subscriber forum, together with the regularly updated speed camera locations that are included as a free bonus, will both keep your i3 bang up to date at, in my opinion, an extremely reasonable price.

Regards,

Robert Swanson

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MikeHunter · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 02, 2006 Posts: 6

Thanks for your comments folks.

I think for the trip I'm undertaking next week, I'll settle for loading the speed cams up, and will sort out another card for the remaining POI's afterwards.

Very helpful - cheers!

zogman · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject:

my i3 brought two weeks ago (from comet) came with a card....probability is yours will to..
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David_A_James · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 27, 2006 Posts: 13

zogman · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject:

quick survey then...three out of three people who brought a i3 recently from comet had it come with a card....
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David_A_James · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 27, 2006 Posts: 13

nitelife · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject:

Mine had a card, bought from comet in slough, a friend got one in reading and didnt have a card.

luck of the draw...

gallanwood · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 07, 2006 Posts: 1

£99 inc delivery from the Comet web site.. but none left today.
Downloading the safety camera POIs was a doddle.
You can download maps of France free when you register too.
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Thar · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 29, 2006 Posts: 44

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