Which is the limitation to the SD/microSD card size for Garmin devices ?

**Neil** · 19th March 2012, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by Giomen

That is a pity!!!
I did not have the possibility to buy a card with memory size less 8Gb for a long times.

Yeh...my 1, 2 & 4 GB cards are old ones, but i think you can still buy 4 GB here not that i would unless they were a buck apiece!

But god hear me, I do not see Garmin comment above and do not have a problem with this huge card

Do you mean you have successfully tried a 64GB in a Nuvi? If so, Giomen, please don't give me the bad news that it runs fine in your 3xxx and then joyfully tell me that my 1300 will fold like a deckchair in a typhoon, 'coz you'll just get my 'i-like-to-torture-myself' tirade again.

**Giomen** · 20th March 2012, 12:17 AM

8Gb is much cheaper for me than 1, 2 & 4 GB cards!!!
I put this cards in any device from Garmin proclamation above with a little exclusion (but in secret place I have a pair of not SDHC 4 GB card that work fine with device supported only 2Gb card). No problem!

As seemed it is mystics?

**Neil** · 20th March 2012, 12:57 AM

Yeah, yeah... 4's & 8's not much different in price here, no point buying smaller than 8GB imo.

But what about the 64GB card? Did you try one in your 3xxx??

**dutchbird** · 20th March 2012, 10:27 AM

Can I use a Kingston 16Gb class 4 on an Etrex 30?

**Neil** · 20th March 2012, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by dutchbird

Can I use a Kingston 16Gb class 4 on an Etrex 30?

Depends on who you believe:
The Germans, who say 8GB SDHC: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

The Americans, who say 32GB Standard Speed (what ever that means):
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]Click on the image if you want to enlarge it.

or me, who says 'just go for it, if you can format a 64GB in FAT32 stick it in and let us know'.

**duck42** · 5th June 2012, 05:52 PM

Zumo 660 FW 4.50 with Lexar 32GB Class 10 microSD works without problems since 4 weeks.

**pierfel** · 9th June 2012, 05:44 PM

I use an Oegon 300 with a 16 gb card . No problems.

**Neil** · 9th June 2012, 11:39 PM

The couple of recent posts above reminded me of my musings about size/speed limits for microsd in US1300 and my [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] to get Giomen to 'fess up whether he had bought and tried a 64GB card in his 3xxx's. I can confirm that a Sandisk 32GB Class 4 runs as nicely as my RiDATA 16GB Class 10, however, having been unable to get the Asp outta Gioman's pocket, i've sprung about $70 for a Sandisk 64GB microSDXC (Class 6) but i am saddened to find that it won't work in my 1300 even with only a single small map on it. Curiously, it shows up in the diagnostics menu with the CID and correct size indicated. Maybe with future fw upgrades for the 1xxx series it will work...... Anyone tried one with newer devices like 2xxx, 3xxx or even maybe 30/40/50?

**Giomen** · 10th June 2012, 12:51 AM

Giomen wrote: a any SDHC card! SDXC is not for Garmin today!

**Neil** · 10th June 2012, 02:22 AM

Yes you did say SDHC, and by definition an SDXC (32GB upwards to 2TB) is not an SDHC (maximum 32GB), so i knew that for 1xxx it's sdhc not sdxc. My 'sadness' is quite fake and i was totally unsurprised by 1300 being unable to read the data on it. Thought you would 'catch the irony', Sport! But the fact that it is able to be 'read' on the Data Card Test Page i did not expect and that gives me hope that future fw upgrades will enable 1xxx series to also read the data on sdxc cards.

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