Micro SD Card users

I got a 64mb microSD with my Vista CX. I upgraded to a 512mb micro
SD, now i got oodles of space for maps,

I noticed the 64mb card was formatted with fat 12, so i
experimented for different formats, FAT16 was faster, FAT32 was the
fastest.

I've now formatted my 512mb with FAT32 and notice a marked
improvement when panning around the maps,

REMEMBER FORMATTING WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON CARD, so backup first,
im not responsible for your failures.

that's interesting... I thaught FAT32 wasn't supported - and the
devices would be capped 2Gig.
..or will that still hold?

oober wrote:

I bought the 1gb micro sd for my 60CSx not realizing I would not use
half of it. I've got the entire 24k topo national parks in it, only
300mb. Maybe my routes and waypoints will use it up; I'll soon find
out.


kyot wrote:

Walnut3 wrote:

Nope, they won't use any of it since they're stored on internal memory
on the main board.
But if you get the CityNavigator maps you'd be able to use the space -
mainly since they cover so much more area than just the National Parks
and selected recreation areas.

peter wrote:

Saved track are internal memory too but if you have the "Log Track to
Data Card" option turned on it will use the card. Those are *.gpx
files, not a notoriously efficient or compact format,so they can add up
in time. I had one with about 9,400 trackpoints in it and it was a 845
kb file.

Jack