+Psalters C.F.C Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 i have just purchased the mapsource topo.gb v2 and i am currently trying to upload it into my etrex vista hcx. its taking hours that said i have selected the entire country (as i have a 2gig card) is this usual ? or am i doing something very wrong ?. this would not surprise me as just getting the software registered was an ordeal in its self. thanks psalters c.f.c Quote Link to comment
strumble Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 i have just purchased the mapsource topo.gb v2 and i am currently trying to upload it into my etrex vista hcx. its taking hours that said i have selected the entire country (as i have a 2gig card) is this usual ? or am i doing something very wrong ?. this would not surprise me as just getting the software registered was an ordeal in its self. thanks psalters c.f.c It should take 2 to 2.5 hours - longer if you are not using a card reader! Quote Link to comment
rwsmith123 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 i have just purchased the mapsource topo.gb v2 and i am currently trying to upload it into my etrex vista hcx. its taking hours that said i have selected the entire country (as i have a 2gig card) is this usual ? or am i doing something very wrong ?. this would not surprise me as just getting the software registered was an ordeal in its self. thanks psalters c.f.c If the slow part is doing the actual transfer and not building the mapset then getting a cardreader and xfering the maps to the card directly would be a lot quicker. Quote Link to comment
+Psalters C.F.C Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 i have just purchased the mapsource topo.gb v2 and i am currently trying to upload it into my etrex vista hcx. its taking hours that said i have selected the entire country (as i have a 2gig card) is this usual ? or am i doing something very wrong ?. this would not surprise me as just getting the software registered was an ordeal in its self. thanks psalters c.f.c crikey an update if anyone is interested its been going just under 4 hours and its just finished compiling the maps and started sending them to the gps which its states will take a further 2.5 hours. its about now im glad i live on a small over populated rock rather than somewhere the size of the us or canada !!! psalters Quote Link to comment
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