What is the best location to have your data

baratas

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 1690

What is the best location to have your data

What is the best location to have your data?
Is it on the Garmin or SD card?

william.beck

GPS: 1490T

Maps sets

I have both a 1400 and a 760, On both units I run the topo (two sets) maps from a SD card. From memory when I set the 760 up there was not enough space and I just followed the same structure with the 1400, Wanted to leave room on the device for POI and other files.

william.beck

GPS: 1490T

SD Card

When the maps are running off the SD card I can not detect and speed difference in loading, tracking etc than if I were using the main Garmin map

allan.jeal

GPS: Garmin Driveassist 50 LMT

Using SD cards

I have just finished a long session on the phone with Garmin support to correct problems with my 3790T. The conclusion was that I should remove the SD card entirely and do a reset [view map, tap "speed", hold down "speedometer dial" then wait ... wait ... (maps did not disappear). Reload POI, Routes, Waypoints etc.
Original problem was that routes & waypoints were being saved to SD card but device ONLY looks in internal memory. Take it for what its worth.

christineandpeters

GPS: Garmin 2595 LMT

2595 MMC 4GB

My 2595LMT has a MMC 4Gb and so far runs all files on it very well

allan.jeal

GPS: Garmin Driveassist 50 LMT

Using the SD card

I dont doubt for a second that you can use the SD for maps, routes etc. But I cannot find any way to tell my Garmin 3790 that it should look on the SD card for data. I am also puzzled why the Garmin support told me to discard the SD card because the 3790 doesn't use it. It all makes me think that maybe the 3790 is different??
Merry Christmas

johmazz2006

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 765, Garmin 3950LMT, Garmin 2455LMT, Navman40, Garmin StreetPilot 3

Using sd card

I only use the SD card for photo's and music files etc and have never had any problems with the 765

life.by

GPS: COMAND SYSTEM; Garmin Nuvi 3790T

data

I install all of datas except music and photos to the unit, because it will be more fast to load the data from the unit itself.

anant.er

GPS: Nuvi 2595LMT

Re: What is the best location to have your data

baratas wrote:

What is the best location to have your data?
Is it on the Garmin or SD card?

I would prefer a 4GB MMC card

johmazz2006

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 765, Garmin 3950LMT, Garmin 2455LMT, Navman40, Garmin StreetPilot 3

Re: What is the best location to have your data

anant.er wrote:

baratas wrote:

What is the best location to have your data?
Is it on the Garmin or SD card?

I would prefer a 4GB MMC card

Don't ungerstand why you would rather put your maps and POI's on a data card rather than in the GPS unit where it has faster access to it.
Put your music / photo's and other useless info on the card and let the GPS have faster access to what it is there for, directing you to a destination. Wink

life.by

GPS: COMAND SYSTEM; Garmin Nuvi 3790T

Re: What is the best location to have your data

anant.er wrote:

baratas wrote:

What is the best location to have your data?
Is it on the Garmin or SD card?

I would prefer a 4GB MMC card

You put all of data to the memory card, then what is put on the unit? If nothing, the big space left is too waste.

coulterk4

GPS: garmin

Memory cards

Can you use a memory card with the custom poi on it in another Garmin GPS

johmazz2006

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 765, Garmin 3950LMT, Garmin 2455LMT, Navman40, Garmin StreetPilot 3

Re: Memory cards

coulterk4 wrote:

Can you use a memory card with the custom poi on it in another Garmin GPS

Good idea, but, after putting some photos on a card in the new 3590, they were very slow to display, so think it may be better to instal to internal memory. 4gig cards are only a few dollars these days so I use separate cards for each GPS.

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