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I did an upgrade 5.40 last night so we will see if This fixes the problem. I was running several maps on top of each other at the same time so that may be the problem with the track. Thanks

I bought a Montana 650T some months ago and I have been gradually setting it up with maps and creating profiles etc.... I use it for hunting and will turn it on and let it run as I drive or hike around. I turn on the track so I can see a trail of where I have been and I refer back to the unit often, zooming and panning and changing screens. I have noticed two glitches. 1. occasionally (possibly when I lose satellites momentarily) the screen will freeze. It twill stop showing my current position or that I am still moving and I have to reboot to correct it. 2. This bug surfaced this last weekend. with the Track ON I will be traveling and showing a track then it will reset and the track will disappear with a new track resuming from where I left off. This could pose a problem since I usually don't way-point my vehicle, simply just track back. I have looked in the track log and the track is gone. What the heck is going on?

Ok...here is the conclusion. I bought a new 32gb class 10 card for under $30 and without formatting it worked perfectly. My old sd was a fake. Lesson learned kids...never EVER buy a sd card off ebay....they are all fake

Nope...no virus...plugged it into my puter at work and got the same results. I bought a new 32gb sd at lunch today I will report later

yeahbut.....I have read a little about counterfeit sd cards. They take a smaller card like a 2gb and spoof it into behaving like a 32gb then paint new labels on it and sell it for a higher price. It will function fine and normal until you hit the original size limit then you get errors and corruption.

I bought for myself at christtmas....just now getting to setting it up...I think I lost this one

I tried a different sd in the gps and it worked fine. I noticed that from handling the sd, the lettering is smearing...pretty sure I got a fake chip

I cannot se Drive L: when it is in the GPS, all I see is the GPS itself. When I boot up the GPS with the SD in it I get a message to format but it fails to format. I downloaded the Ridgecrop formatter and it still did the same thing. I bought the SD on Ebay and it was in OEM packaging but I am thinking it may be counterfeit. I have a old 128mb micro SD and when I plug it in tt he GPS I can see that drive fine. I dont have time to screw with this...gonna buy another chip tomorrow

I don't have another gps. I tried the sd card directly in my pc and it works fine

Yes...Samsung class 10 32GB micro SDHC When I put it in the PC it works fine. I can format, write and delete Put it in the Montana and it thinks it needs formatted but It wont allow due to write protected.

The default was FAT 32 The other choices were NTSF and exFAT

I bought a new Montana 650t and a micro 32gb sd card and recently got around to setting it up. I inserted the sd card in the gps and when i sync to the PC it gives me the message that it needs to be formatted. when I try to format it tells me it's write protected. I have removed the card, put it in an adapter and tried formatting it directly on the PC and it formats easy. I can even write files to it and delete them wile in the PC. I put it back in the garmin and I get the message again....WHAT THE HECK???

Good info On my old 60CSx I has a 2gb card and I had maps for nearly everywhere I could possibly go so except I had to dump so cal when I needed to load Alaska. Now the maps I will be getting are 24k opposed to my old 100k. I assume that since they have more detail they are larger files. I do believe 16gb would be far bigger than I would ever use...but...that is the exact same thing I said about the 20mb hard drive on my 286 computer back in the day

Good info On my old 60CSx I has a 2gb card and I had maps for nearly everywhere I could possibly go so except I had to dump so cal when I needed to load Alaska. Now the maps I will be getting are 24k opposed to my old 100k. I assume that since they have more detail they are larger files. I do believe 16gb would be far bigger than I would ever use...but...that is the exact same thing I said about the 20mb hard drive on my 286 computer back in the day

I am sure this info is buried in the forum somewhere but I couldnt find it...asking again Santa brought me a Montana 650T and I have been shopping for a SD card for it. It will take a 64gb but I am looking for a 32 because that fits the budget better and is plenty big enough. My question is about the SDHC card speed. Standard SDHC cards are class 4 and preimum cards are class 10. This makes a difference for a digital camera because the slower class speed card will write slower but will this make a difference on a GPS? The only thing I can imagine is that it would take a extra second to pull up a map image when moving the cursor around. Anyone have any opinions?

Perfect, eBay has 32gb cards for about $20, I will go that way.

I just got my new Montana 650T. It was a Craigslist find and I picked it up for $450 plus postage. It is new in the box and has never been started. I am looking at the things I need to buy for it. The power cradle things seems like a good thing. My question is about the MicroSD card. I read the Montana Wiki and it says it will take a 64GB SDHC card. Some other discussions talk about what class the card needs to be. My old 60CSX has a 2GB card and that is nearly enough for me, a 4GB card would be fine. Is the 64 GB card overkill? Should I just get the biggest so I have room to grow? What class or brand does it need to be? Opinions?

Comes with everything that shipped in the box when new including: USB cables Waypoint manager CD Manuals ++++ includes Mapsource TOPO 3 disc set for entire USA including Alaska and Hawaii ++++ also includes a 2 GB MicroSD chip with topos of most of the west loaded on it Unit shows some pocket wear but functions perfectly. Never dropped or dunked. $300 with free shipping to anywhere

I have owned a half dozen GPS's and not once has one failed and I needed a backup so I suppose that's not a good argument for keeping it. I am having a lot of hesitation about selling it because it's such a solid machine but I need the money to offset the cost of the Montana...

I will do that. Now I need to sell off my 60CSx quick

Your story sounds like mine. I love my old 60CSx but the small screen gives my eyes fits. I found a great deal on a Montana 650T today. It is a private sale but it's new in an unopened box for $450. I am jumping on it.

no idea what your issue is, dont really care. However, I do know a couple things about internet forums as I have been kicking around in various ones for about 15 years. Every forum has a smart arse who tries to stir the mud and every forum has a self appointed Great and powerful OZ who believe that they are bigger better stronger faster etc... In some forums these potholes in the road to cyber happiness are moderators, which is a problem. A few constants remain. The ones who act like they know everything eventually prove they do not. The ones who stir the mud eventually get some on them. and if they are mods then they usually end up moderating an empty forum. When you switch off the computer, they all cease to exist. Enter any forum with a measure of apathy and leave a happier person...sometimes easier said than done

Omg...I'm all tingly I can't wait to get one of these

Atlas...question... with a Montana...can I install "nw topos" on my device as a basemap and then install the "washington hunting units" as a layer visible on top of the topo but only when in a custom "hunting" profile?

Repeated thank, atlas