misteraceman Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Browsing the literature on the new x series of Garmin units talks about the new memory card. I just want to know if it is a "Garmin" card or a Secure Digital Card. In other words, can you use any SD card in the unit or does it have to be a "priority" Garmin Card which appear to be sold in 128 mb and I think it was 256 mb. Quote Link to comment
CenTexDodger Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Browsing the literature on the new x series of Garmin units talks about the new memory card. I just want to know if it is a "Garmin" card or a Secure Digital Card. In other words, can you use any SD card in the unit or does it have to be a "priority" Garmin Card which appear to be sold in 128 mb and I think it was 256 mb. It is a "Micro SD" card. It is not a proprietary card. AFAIK the biggest available are 512 mb, but 1 and 2 gig cards are supposed to be forthcoming. Quote Link to comment
+alienscape Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 (edited) ALRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited February 12, 2006 by alienscape Quote Link to comment
misteraceman Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 Browsing the literature on the new x series of Garmin units talks about the new memory card. I just want to know if it is a "Garmin" card or a Secure Digital Card. In other words, can you use any SD card in the unit or does it have to be a "priority" Garmin Card which appear to be sold in 128 mb and I think it was 256 mb. It is a "Micro SD" card. It is not a proprietary card. AFAIK the biggest available are 512 mb, but 1 and 2 gig cards are supposed to be forthcoming. Quote Link to comment
misteraceman Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 I don't want to belabour the point, but what is a "micro SD card". I have SD cards in my Palm Pilot and in my Magellan Gold Meridian and in my MP3 player. Will these work? If not, then I have never seen a "micro SD card anywhere" and don't know what it is, and I was out looking today and there are SD cards in 128, 256, 512, 1 gig and I hear 2 gi but nobody knows what "micro SD cards" are. Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) CLICK HERE to see Micro SD (AKA: TransFlash) - - - - or just look below - - - - Edited February 13, 2006 by Neo_Geo Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) Those cards will not work in the x series. The Garmin x units take a smaller SD card, variously called a Mini SD, Micro SD, TransFlash or T-Flash card. You can find out about them here, but the linked site is in New Zealand, and I am not suggesting you buy from them. Edit: Dang it, NG. I should have thought about Wikipedia. Edited February 13, 2006 by Sputnik 57 Quote Link to comment
+SAPD Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I don't want to belabour the point, but what is a "micro SD card". I have SD cards in my Palm Pilot and in my Magellan Gold Meridian and in my MP3 player. Will these work? If not, then I have never seen a "micro SD card anywhere" and don't know what it is, and I was out looking today and there are SD cards in 128, 256, 512, 1 gig and I hear 2 gi but nobody knows what "micro SD cards" are. A "micro SD card" is about the size of a fingernail and they are not the same as the SD cards you already have in your Palm Pilot or MP3 player. I have not seen any for sale locally but they are avaliable online; the largest I have seen is 512 MB but I have heard that 1 GB are on the way. Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Edit: Dang it, NG. I should have thought about Wikipedia. It's becoming one of my favorite Web sites Quote Link to comment
misteraceman Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 Thank you Sputnik 57. Just a simple answer was what I wanted. Thanks Neo Geo for the input as well. I have a 60Cs and was wondering about getting the 60Csx, and nobody here seems to know anything about the new x series. Thanks to all for bearing with me. Quote Link to comment
Vlad Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 uhhh, don't mistake micro sd for mini sd - they are different. in order of size they go first SD, then miniSD, then microSD (aka transflash) - which is the one an "x" series uses. Quote Link to comment
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