TomTom 500 and 512mb sd card problem

Gazatteer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 14

Hello

I have just purchased a 512mb card for my TomTom 500. The problem is TomTom does not recognise the 512mb sd card and it shows a red X.

Does anyone have any ideas what the problem is?

Please help.

Regards

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject:

Could we have a little more detail please. Like what you've done/tried to do, etc.

Any information, however slight, will help to get you up and running.;)
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Gazatteer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 14

Sorry about that.

Well, I have not done much.

I wanted to install some POI. The first thing I did was backed up my tomtom files from 256mb sd card to PC.

Then inserted my new 512mb sd card but somehow this sd card is not recognised.

That's all

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

Have you copied the backup onto the new card?
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NukeThemAll · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject:

I don't know if this helps - or indeed makes any difference - but my new 1 Gb SD card arrived formatted as FAT16; I immediately re-formatted as FAT32. Dragging files/folders from PC to card (using a card reader) worked no problems.
With USB2 card readers so cheap (eg 7dayShop and many other retailers) 'manual' backup/restore is very easy and convenient

Gazatteer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 14

Any help/suggestions are appreciated.

I formatted the 512mb sd card and then copied the backup files. Inserted the sd card into tomtom and this is when it gives you the removal sign and red x.

Oldboy · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:14 am Post subject:

Have you tried installing the Program, download V5.440 from TomTom, onto the blank SD Card and then just Copy/Paste the Map Folder?

Any added Voices, etc. can be sorted out once it is working.
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