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JustPassinThru
Canada
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 Posted - 26 juin 2012 : 19:27:58
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I've read thru postings but so far haven't found the answer I'm looking for so I'll try to ask here. I just recently bought a Nuvi 2555LM(no "T") and as part of the set-up process updated the software and most current map.
From what I understand this 2555 has a 4GB built-in internal memory so will this be sufficient for my future map updates or will I need a microSD card at some point. If so: (1) would a 4GB or 8GB card be enough (2) what Class would you recommend as I see there are different ones ie: 2,4,10? (3) would a SD or SDHC be compatable in my Nuvi 2555 and (4) is there a particular 'brand' that is recommended and reliable.
I have to apologize for the probably dumb questions but fact is I'm technically challenged and want to be sure and get the correct card the first time. Thanks.
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NanaimoRick
Canada
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Posted - 26 juin 2012 : 19:43:47
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Welcome to our forum.
You will probably have plenty of room on a 4gb Nuvi for map North American map updates and shouldn't really need to use an SD card for a long time. 
If you were to purchase an SD card then any size up to 16GB would work in your Nuvi, and most people probably use a 8GB card as it's big enough for a full map update with lots of room left for POI files and anything else you want to put on it. A 4GB will be fine but with the low price of these things now, you may want to go bigger. Class doesn't really matter as that basically only comes into play when writing to the card. With the Nuvi you will normally only be reading from it so any class should do. I personally use class 2, 4 and 6 class cards and can't tell the difference when using them on the GPS. You can use either SD or SDHC cards on the Nuvi but since all SDHC cards should come preformatted in the FAT32 format and the SD card don't necessarily, you can save yourself some format time by using SDHC cards. Brand doesn' really seem to matter all that much, although I'd be skeptical of very low prices cards on e-Bay, which I have found are prone to failing quickly. |
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JustPassinThru
Canada
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Posted - 26 juin 2012 : 20:51:17
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| There's the answers I was looking for. Thank you. |
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JimD
USA
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Posted - 29 juin 2012 : 18:37:27
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I agree with what Rick said but I will add a couple points. First, I use an 8gB but I put a lot of music on it. My older nuvis have MP3 playback. On my 885t, I also put the large junction view file on it because it does not have space on it for the large file, even with the languages I can't understand removed.
That's my last comment, if you are worried about size, you may want to just delete language files you will never use from the nuvi. You can free up space that should account for future increases in map size, at least for quite awhile. I don't think I got a gigabyte this way but I'm pretty sure I got back several hundred megabytes by deleting language files that were not English.
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JustPassinThru
Canada
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Posted - 29 juin 2012 : 20:27:10
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Thanks Jim. The only reason I am considering adding a microSD card is for future map updates from Garmin as I figure the internal memory will fill-up eventually.
Good point with regards to deleting the not needed languages, every little bit would help in freeing-up more space to put off the inevitable.
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