Curious George Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Two questions; What is the biggest SD card that will work in a Meridian - and how big does it make sense to go. And who has the best prices on SD cards? I love the smell of tupperware in the morning...it smells like victory Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I have a 128-meg card. Others have mention using 256-meg, but I don't think I've heard anything first hand. Anyway, 128-megs is plenty big for me. If you need more, others might could tell you if 256-megs work. Jamie Quote Link to comment
filincdm Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Curious George:Two questions; What is the biggest SD card that will work in a Meridian - and how big does it make sense to go. I got a 128Mb SD card for $35 at Frys ($49 - $15 rebate)$35 - $50 is about the right range. You'll need to modify the ..mapsend.INI file to allow > 64Mb uploads. Change CONV_MEMORY_SIZE=16384 to =32768, I.E. up to 4 32Mb regions. I can upload the entire west coast from San Diego to Anacortes WA in this fashion (from Streets CD) probably less area from Topo. P. L. Root Quote Link to comment
+DeerChaser & Company Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I have 128 in my meigreen. Im using 99mb, FL, AL-GA, TN, and SC with POI loaded as well. ____________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment
01ROVER Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I briefly tried a Meridian Color and used it with Mapsend Topo and a 256mb Sandisk card. It worked just fine, but the software would not let you download a full 256mb file. You have to download in smaller parts to fill the card. Greg Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 My memory says stunod has reported in these forums using a 256 card successfully; I've heard of a handful of successes and no reports of failure. If you get a big 'un, you still may want to avoid honking large files. I've heard one report of someone with a 256 card onto which he had loaded a 200MB file. It wasn't clear if the file was corrupted or it choked the Meridian, but the file itself did not seem to work well even though the card seemed to function properly. Max Often wrong but seldom in doubt Quote Link to comment
EagleI Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Magellan tech support suggested smaller map sizes, say 16mb, will give optimum performance. Larger files take longer to display and refresh when in map screen mode. Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Yup...no problem with 256 MB SD card. And yes, you don't want to try a HUGE file. Even if the Meridian can handle it, it will take forever for MapSend to prepare it. Someone in the yahoo group tried a 200+MB file and MapSend was still crunching on it 24 hours later. I think he finally gave up. "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." Quote Link to comment
Curious George Posted March 5, 2003 Author Share Posted March 5, 2003 Thanks for all the great info guys - now just gotta wait for the courier I love the smell of tupperware in the morning...it smells like victory Quote Link to comment
Clown Knife Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by EagleI:Magellan tech support suggested smaller map sizes, say 16mb, will give optimum performance. Larger files take longer to display and refresh when in map screen mode. I experienced this first hand. I created a 120Mb map and my screen refresh was agonizingly slow. I then made four smaller maps to cover the same area and the screen refresh rate is much faster. It is very easy to switch maps when needed. Imagine life in a cacheless society! Quote Link to comment
+Puzzzler Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 If you're going to use a 128 MB or larger SD card, you'll need to download and install the latest firmware update for your GPSr. Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by EagleI:smaller map sizes will give optimum performance. Larger files take longer to display and refresh when in map screen mode. That's something I hadn't considered, but makes a lot of sense. Also, it's a lot easier to search for addresses with a smaller region. If your region is all of Connecticut, it's a bit tedious looking for Elm St. Jamie Quote Link to comment
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