Nuvi 500 data card size

 

For what it's worth, I slammed an 8 GB card in and it's totally happy. Now to find me a whole-lotta POIs!

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8 Gigs?

150,000 points is around 1 MB.

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150,000 points is around 1 MB

It was $23, delivered to my door, tax free.....

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camerabob wrote:

It was $23, delivered to my door, tax free.....

Yeah, but you could have gotten an 8gb class 6 for $16-18, $2 shipping

It IS a class 6...

...and if it didn't work in the Garmin, it would in my camera or my phone. wink

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According To Garmin:

When I bought my 500, I specifically asked Garmin support about the SD card size in the 500:
"Thank you for contacting Garmin International. The largest SD card that you can put on the unit is a 4 gig SD card. It will not hold anything bigger."

As with everything Garmin says you gotta take it with a grain of salt. What they told me about the number of via points and way points was also wrong.

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SD card size

I am not sure about the 500, but on some models Garmin removed the SD size limitation with a firmware update. So, depending on when Garmin told you about the 4 GB limit, it may have been correct at the time.

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Egg on my face

I took out my MicroSD card because I forgot my USB cable and I wanted to swap some files. 'Lo and behold it was the 4GB card. I then checked my phone and the 8GB card was in there. Somehow I did a switcheroo on myself...and I don't even drink! Maybe I should start. razz Sorry for any misinformation.

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