Us 5 Camp Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 What are Garmin Data Cards.... are they truly proprietary or are they compatible with an aftermarket card (i.e. lower cost) Also, are the USB card writers required? I assume the GPS's standard serial port would work, albiet at a much slower download speed... Thanks again... "Never have a philosophy which supports a lack of courage..." Quote Link to comment
+juanbob Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 I was unable to find a 'generic' datacard for my Garmin unit when I was buying, so I just popped for the garmin one. Maybe Garmin has a lock on it, or maybe I just don't search as well as I could. As for transfers...you can transfer just fine right from computer to datacard over the serial connection. It is, however, SLOW. I have a 64MB card and it would take 3hrs or so to up mapsource data to fill it. Juanbob Quote Link to comment
+DougsBrat Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Juanbob:I was unable to find a 'generic' datacard for my Garmin unit when I was buying Juanbob check on ebay, I have seen genuine garmin's and a aftermarket card's aftermarket use a ribbon to remove the card, where gramin has a retractable handle. No matter where you go... There you are! NTGA member Quote Link to comment
codetalker Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 I've seen some aftermarket cards at www.gpsmemory.com I have absolutely no experience with this company so I can't comment on them. Quote Link to comment
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