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| H. Muller 2006-04-15, 2:48 am |
| I have used a Legend C for quite a while and am considering getting a
Legend CX for the extra storage capacity of the microSD cards.
Can any of you CX users advise whether this unit has any memory management
capability.
That is can you determine what gets stored to the 24MB base memory and what
gets stored to the microSD card or does it work like the Legend C were all
data written to the GPS overwrites all existing data and essentially writes
to all available space.
If the Legend CX or the PC software had the ability to manage the memory you
could store you more frequently used data and maps on the 24MB and then
change out you custom written cards as you travels demanded.
Thanks for your help and Input
Harold Muller
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| Phil Wheeler 2006-04-15, 2:48 am |
| H. Muller wrote:
> I have used a Legend C for quite a while and am considering getting a
> Legend CX for the extra storage capacity of the microSD cards.
> Can any of you CX users advise whether this unit has any memory management
> capability.
> That is can you determine what gets stored to the 24MB base memory and what
> gets stored to the microSD card or does it work like the Legend C were all
> data written to the GPS overwrites all existing data and essentially writes
> to all available space.
> If the Legend CX or the PC software had the ability to manage the memory you
> could store you more frequently used data and maps on the 24MB and then
> change out you custom written cards as you travels demanded.
>
I don't believe the Legend Cx has 24M of base memory.
My 60Cx came with a 64M MicroSD card, which took the place of the 56M of
base memory in my 60C.
There is some internal memory, but I don't know how much. It's used for
such things as tracks, waypoints and such .. I believe .. but not for maps.
Phil
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| >I have used a Legend C for quite a while and am considering getting a
>Legend CX for the extra storage capacity of the microSD cards.
>Can any of you CX users advise whether this unit has any memory management
>capability.
>That is can you determine what gets stored to the 24MB base memory and what
>gets stored to the microSD card or does it work like the Legend C were all
>data written to the GPS overwrites all existing data and essentially writes
>to all available space.
>If the Legend CX or the PC software had the ability to manage the memory you
>could store you more frequently used data and maps on the 24MB and then
>change out you custom written cards as you travels demanded.
>
>Thanks for your help and Input
>Harold Muller
>
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I have a Cx and an iQue 3600. You can manage memory on the 3600 -- I
am not aware of anything you can do with the memory on the CX other
than get mapsource to load things into it. And there is no
flexibility there - any time you change any of your maps, you will
have to create a new mapset and download the whole thing into the card
again. (You can download routes, waypoints, and tracks independently).
Once the maps are loaded you can selectively turn them on and off or
whole sets on and off (like topo, city select, etc). You want to do
that if any of them overlap since the contours will disappear if it
overlaps with a city select map.
Based upon the current prices, the sweet spot for card right now would
be the 512 MB card. I have loaded city select and topo for all of
Texas and west to LA (incl. all new mexico, arizona, and nevada). And
I still have room to spare. But be prepared for VERY LONG download
times.
Joel
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