550T

[+andyakashrek]

Just bought a used Garmin 550T,as an update from my vista hcx. £120 unit is in very good condition. I have looked in the set up files and found firmware 3.90 was loaded which placed it around 2010. 2 photos of someones back garden were stored and 1 track, all dated 25/12/2010 so it was possibly a xmas pressie, no other data. It appears to have had very little if any use. I have updated the firmware to 5.50 as this has had good reports, there are newer builds but users have downgraded to the version I loaded. Came with a world basemap, European recreation map and a birds eye demo. Also I loaded talkytoasters map and added an 8gb sd card.

After a very brief look at it I have to say it's a definite step up, the paperless aspect of it is very good. I'll use it alongside my hcx this weekend and see how they compare for accuracy.

Can i move the already loaded maps to the sd card? Loaded talkytoasters maps to sd card.

Edited March 20, 2014 by andyakashrek

[+Timpat]

It should read the maps in either internal or card memory. Be sure they go in the Garmin folder. Not sure why you'd want to move them, but you can.

[+andyakashrek]

No problem reading, enabling or disabling maps, I just wanted to put them all on the sd card into one folder. I can then clone the card and keep a backup in case of file corruption.

[+Lord Cadogan]

Just a point, they will load faster from the internal memory, so I have read.

 

I also think that BaseCamp keeps a copy on your PC. Someone else could probably confirm that.

Edited March 21, 2014 by Lord Cadogan