Using a memory card

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

I looked in the FAQ, but it isn't there. Given the map size issue, and the fact that my subscription is up soon, I figure I should install an SD card in my 740 and get the whole of Europe downloaded to it.

Could someone tell me what I should do to make it work as easily as possible? Do I just buy any 4Gb micro-SD card, stick it in the slot, copy the files from one to the other, and then select the big map? Or is there something more to it?

Thanks in advance, Matthew

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

I have found
http://uk.support.tomtom.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2634/?locale=en_GB
which leads to
http://uk.support.tomtom.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9893/?locale=en_GB

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:36 pm Post subject:

For a 740, it should be just case of putting in a micro SD card.
Home should now ask where you want to install the map to - internal memory or card.

Guivre46 · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:35 pm Post subject:

In the "W&CE v850 map released' thread, there is a report that TTCS say there is an issue with loading the whole map on an sd card which they are working to resolve.
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MARViN2003 · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:15 pm Post subject:

I have a GO 930. I moved the US maps onto an SD card and then Home let me install all of W&CE to the internal memory Smile

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

I have here a Duracell "microSDHC" 4GB card in its packaging. On it, it has a warning, that "microSDHC" is not "microSD". Did I buy the wrong thing? Will this work, or should I send it back?

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

Google and Wikipedia tell me that MicroSD goes up to 2GB, and MicroSDHC goes from 4Gb, so it must be okay.

compost · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 18, 2006 Posts: 21

I am using a 4GB SD (Class 6 SDHC) card in my Go 720 and that works without any problem whatsoever.

MrT · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:59 am Post subject:

I use 8GB MicroSDHC in my 940 and also one via an adaptor in my 530.
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matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

Thanks both - I can continue with confidence.

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

One more question then, following on from discovering that to install the bigger map I have to put it in an SD card reader: Am I going to be able to update as usual on the TT740 device, or should I pull the SD card each time? What is the normal mode of operation when you have "two installs"?

Thanks!

JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:52 am Post subject:

When you connect device to PC, home asks you which device you want to connect, SD or internal memory. I think this behaves properly for everything EXCEPT map updates. (I don't really use Home for anything else.) When it comes to maps, even though you have chosen the SD, it still updates the internal memory, or at least, when I updated this week, it told me it was going to update internal memory, and I aborted the install!
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MARViN2003 · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:21 am Post subject:

Maoshare updates are only downloaded for the active map on the unit. I wonder if Map updates are similar.

I use operate my go to switch maps (I have W&CE and US 8.50s on there) and then update my go. I get the Mapshares only for the active map.

So, try try a map update, with the sd card in the slot of your tomtom and with that map active.

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