CF or SD

Petekk · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2004 Posts: 137

Currently using TT2 on a Dell X5 with the data on a CF card (borrowed from my Digital Camera)

Need to buy a card to the X5 so can use either CF or SD?

Is one an advantage over the other?

CF is cheaper, but SD is smaller, fits in the X5 neater and leaves the CF slot for other uses?

any recommendations?

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject:

CF is not just cheaper but also faster and generally more reliable. If you really need to get a SD then make sure it's not a SanDisk from China. Those have a very bad reputation. SD cards need to be taken care of permanently - make sure it is defragmented.
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Darren · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:59 pm Post subject:

I have both SD and CF loaded in my 2210 but I choose to store my map data on the CF because it is faster and has never given me any problems.

Unless you have other plans for the CF slot i.e. WiFi etc then go for the largest storage card you can afford and let price dictate whether it is CF or SD. And as Lutz has said, where SD are concerned, avoid any Sandisk cards or any that are marked as having been manufactured in 'PRC' (Peoples Republic of China) or just 'China' as these appear to cause the majority of problems.
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IanRimmer · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:29 am Post subject:

Im sure ive read in the forums (posted by a mod) that sd is better because it uses less power......

Im confused

Cheers Ian

Darren · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:35 am Post subject:

It may have a lower power drain but we're talking very small savings here, certainly not going to make more than a few minutes difference on a full charge!

Unless this is an important requirement I wouldn't let it drive your purchasing decision Thumbs Up

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nicknick · Regular Visitor Joined: 03/02/2003 17:18:53 Posts: 154

On the X5 the SD slot is not SDIO so you can only use it for memory.

I use a 256Mb SD card (Lexar) which has the TT2 maps on it, and then a CF Pretec GPS receiver. This seems to work without problems with TT2
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psionman · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 3:04 pm Post subject:

I use an X5 with Kolux CF GPS and maps on SDcard. No problems.

When buying an SD card look here http://freespace.virgin.net/jon.crawford/index.htm

psionman · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 3:05 pm Post subject:

Sorry, meant Holux

Doghead · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:29 pm Post subject:

I've got the TomTom UK map installed on both SD and CF cards.

Just wondered if there is an easy way to see which one the TomTom program is drawing the maps from / or to change default?

Running a Dell Axim X5.

Darren · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:11 pm Post subject:

Remove one of the cards and see if TT throws up an error?
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nicknick · Regular Visitor Joined: 03/02/2003 17:18:53 Posts: 154

There is no real way, as it will take the maps from either.

CF is lower in the priority order when installing, so I would guess that.

I suppose you could time the TT start up with only one in and then with the other and the see what the time is with both installed.
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lbendlin · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:22 am Post subject:

There is an easy way to find that out. Get yourself a registry editor and check the registry. It will tell you the path to the map, and there you can see if it is the CF or SD card.
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lostnfound · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 25, 2003 Posts: 29

You could checkout the POIs or create a new POI type. The POIs are stored in the map folder so look to see which of the map folders holds the newly created type.

marshall · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:53 pm Post subject:

hi all
Picking up on the Sandisk sd cards made in China
I have today sent my 256mb sd card back for a full refund
from great Digital deals.

It was a sandisk and I could not format it with my card reader and the reader would not recognise it.

It also played havoc with my PDA and camera

Alas I did not see the above posting until after
I had purchased the card .

I think the moral must be to read more forum postings. Idea

Regards

nicknick · Regular Visitor Joined: 03/02/2003 17:18:53 Posts: 154

Marshall,

Just got myself a 512Mb SD card, and had shortlisted myself to just Panasonic or Simpletech (because of all the issues with non-Japanese makes).

In the end got a Panasonic from EBay. The 256Mb Panasonics ones are much more prevelant and you can find good (non-Ebay) prices

Simpletech 256Mb is £70 from Clove

Panasonic is (allegedly £54 from valuemedia - but also says it is an Integral), and £54 on Ebay
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