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Old SDHC card w/ Italy map doesn't fit my new Nuvi 50 LM HELP!!!!!!!!!

Former Member over 11 years ago

Bought an SDHC 3 yrs ago and purchased a Map of Italy from Garmin for $80.00. Worked fine.
Old GPS died, bought a Nuvi 50 LM. Old sdhc card does not fit into slot on side of Nuvi.

I am not a tech guy (Obviously!)

Is there an easy way to transfer the info(map) from the older (larger) card to a Micro sd card?

How is this done? Who can do it? Where can i find this service if it exists?

Thanx in advance as I'm leaving for Italy next Weds.

John

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

Sorry but you can't IF the card came pre-installed on the card by Garmin, as the maps on cards like that are locked to the card, but I'm not sure from your post that it did?

And the bad news continues. If you bought a download from Garmin and installed it onto the card it will be locked to the original GPS, so you can't use it in your new one either.

You really only have 2 options, buy a new map or use a map based on Open Street Mapping (OSM) from sites like http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Checking the obvious:
Is the SD card actually a MicroSD card in an adapter? If so, you can just slide the MicroSD card out, and use it in the new Garmin.
This is how most Garmins maps on memory cards are sold.

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

Definitely worth checking, good point if Garmin did supply the card. Given that he says he bought the card and purchased the map my assumption was he didn't.

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

Then I refer you to one of my earlier answers ... you'll need to either buy the maps again from Garmin or use OSM ones.

Incidentally it's now available through Garmin for $70 and you might even get it cheaper elsewhere :)

(Edit: just looked on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Navigator-Detailed-Greece-microSD/dp/B000BS2V44 only $42)