2610 memory chips..

[rocks]

Hi Guys..
One for the techies..

The memory units the Gamrin Uses.. are these specific to the Garmin.. or are they generic flash cards?

Cheers.. rocks..

 

[GSAde]

Generic yes but.....

Rocks

If you look in the manual it says something like " some manufacturers cards produce interference which stops the unit functioning..........." From personal experience the "Viking" brand sold by 7dayshop.com does exactly that. So probably best to stick with the brand that's in it now (mine came with a Sandisk card)

Ade

 

[Greg Masters]

The 2610 use regular CompactFlash (CF) cards of type I or type II.

I use a 1Gb card, but I don't think that there is any limit on the size. Avoid Microdrive units as they don't like the vibes.

Greg

 

[rocks]

Thanks

Thanks guys..
I was just getting settled. I had finally decided which unit to get and was going to save my pennies for the 6210.. as long as it took 1gig flash cards.. which i can get cheaply.

BUT then.. PC world dropped the price on the quest.. arhh..

But. not sure on the inbuilt lithium.. they do die after a while, especially after being charged only partially a lot.
Hmm oh well.. i think i am going to hold out for the 6210..

Got to start saving the pennies now.. just hope someone does a good christmass deal..

Thanks once more..

 

[Rabbitson]

Is pcworld really cheaper than www.sportextreme.com or www.aspidshop.com/export ?

Just interested.

 

[PanEuropean]

In principle, you want to buy the least expensive (= simplest specification) card you can that has been manufactured by a 'name brand' company.

You don't want or need the 'high speed' cards that are made for digital cameras and are capable of recording at very high speeds.

There are 3 different levels of industry specification for CF cards, and the decision about what level to purchase for any particular device depends on how frequently, and at what speed, the device needs to write to the card. Because the GPSR never writes to the card (it only reads from it), the simplest / least expensive / lowest specification card is more than satisfactory. Just buy one that has a recognized brand name, so you have some assurance that the company that produced it has some quality control in place.

Before someone points out that "hey, the GPSR writes to the card when you load map segments" - yes, this is true, but the USB 1.1 interface that is used to get the map segments from the computer to the GPSR is limited, at its maximum throughput, to about 10% of the write speed capability of the slowest specification card.

PanEuropean

 

[rocks]

Once..more..

Thankyou Pan..
Your certainly a man of much knowledge of these GPS's..
I think like Bakerman.. having reviewed what i really want from the unit.. i will get a 6210... and for work.. a cheap handled.

Ebuyer.. have these for £34..
LINK

 

[arthursc]

Compact Flash Ultra II

I use 2GB Compact flash ultra II 66MHz there are some 100Mhz out there. These have huge increase in read and write times. They are designed for Professional Digi cams.

They make recalculating routes Fast..Very fast.

 

[gasman]

Rocks
Is it the 2610 you mean ?
I got a Viking 1GB CF card from sportextreme and it works fine in my 2610.

 

[samwise]

Before someone points out that "hey, the GPSR writes to the card when you load map segments" - yes, this is true, but the USB 1.1 interface that is used to get the map segments from the computer to the GPSR is limited, at its maximum throughput, to about 10% of the write speed capability of the slowest specification card.

PanEuropean

Wonder why Garmin decided to use USB1.1 for the 2610 as the USB2.0 standard came out before the 2610 was launched? I can understand not using the FireWire standard as not all computers would have the connection, but not many computers don't have a USB port and a USB2.0 connection would allow greater speed for the map segment loading.

 

[Greg Masters]

Wonder why Garmin decided to use USB1.1 for the 2610 as the USB2.0 standard came out before the 2610 was launched? I can understand not using the FireWire standard as not all computers would have the connection, but not many computers don't have a USB port and a USB2.0 connection would allow greater speed for the map segment loading.

Maps are loaded onto the CF card - use a USB2.0 hi-speed card reader!

QED

Greg

 

[PanEuropean]

Samwise:

The benefit of going to USB 2.0 simply did not justify the cost. Besides, there are a lot of other issues involved with USB 2.0 compliance - cables, for one. As Greg pointed out, if you want to load maps quickly onto a large capacity CF card, buy a PCMCIA CF card adapter for about USD $13 or so - this will greatly speed up your map transfer speeds, far more than getting faster CF cards ever will.

As for ArthurSC's comments - not sure why he posted that, his comment is totally inaccurate, and not at all consistent with the facts. Route recalculation is done by the processor, reading data from the CF card has very little to do with route recalculation. The GPSR never, under any circumstances, writes to the card when the GPSR is in use for navigation.

PanEuropean