StreetPilot i5 - Using MicroSD Card

If you have a micro SD card reader, I'm pretty sure POI loader will let you save POIs to the card if it's in the reader when you start POI loader. (It works this way with regular SD cards.)

However, I don't know if i5 can read POIs from the microSD card. On C330/C340, POIs can only be loaded into the GPS via USB cable. I don't know if i5 has a similar limitation.

Please keep us updated on what you find.

JM

Correction on the c3xx you can load what ever you want on the sd card. You will not be able to use them on you gps, but it will let you load them. I think the i series would be the same. So if you by any chance load stuff on the sd card and nothing shows up on your gps, don't get scared, it needs to be up-loaded into the units internal memory.

Have an i5. Have read that POI's can be read from the SD. Will try in about a week. I am attempting to keep all my POIs on a SD instead of flashing my i5. It just seem les risky.

I think on the i5 the microSD slot is for adding a different map such as Europe. On the i2 and i3 the microSD is what we use for mapping and poi's that are added. I just bought a 1 gig microSD card with SD adapter for for my i3 for $11.50 after rebate (what a deal!) and loaded the contiguous US with 100 megs or so to spare.

Ray

Raybonz,

Where'd you get that great deal?

-ocelot

Happy New Year....

The i2, i3, i5, and C320 will need a sd card to load the maps and POI files. 1 gig should be sufficient for all the maps for NA download and poi files. I noticed that if you have too much poi files, it will slow your gps reponse time.

I forget the name of the file but the the poi file will be combined into the main file that holds the maps etc, which was about 900+ megs.

In order for the POI files to be added you will need the POI loader loaded on your computer / laptop (free from Garmin). Once you start the POI loader, you will need to connect the i2,i3,i5, or C320 to the computer via the micro usb cable. Then you will need to follow direction and select the directory that the poi files are in (all of the poi files that you want to download has to be in the same directory).

Good luck.

Cheers.

forgot...

you can get sd cards cheap from ebay or microcenter.com

microcenter has 1 gig for 15 and 2 gig for 22 (no rebate).

Just to ensure clarity for other readers -- The i2/i3/i5 models use micro SD cards, which are physically smaller than the standard SD cards used in models like C320. On i5, maps are preloaded in the GPS.

JM

Got it at Buy.com after using google checkout and $10.00 manufacturers rebate. Just couldn't pass it up.

Ray

I have a c340.....
I also have a spare SD card laying around
What can I do with the SD card?

Can I load POI to the SD card then take
it to my Garmin and load them up?
I am aware that it can't read POI's directly from the card.
Can I just copy them over to the internal memory?

The idea to have poi on the sd card would be in my view, if you wanted to have these files available to you when you are not at the computer that you regularly use for these files. Or if you want to have them handy to give to someone else. At this point the sd card will be used as a storage place for these files, nothing more.

Oops forgot that the i-series uses the micro SD cards.

Another correction is that the i-5 has the NA maps preloaded (hard drive?), similar to the C330 and C340.

Cheers.