Nomoreheroes
The Moral Majority
 Offline
Posts: 15343
|
 |
« on: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 10:40:19 » |
|
Is it easy to copy them? If so, how?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
|
|
|
Batch
Not a Batch
Offline
Posts: 57001
|
|
« Reply #1 on: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 11:28:42 » |
|
Copy them to use in the same device because the old one is getting knackered?
Or copy them to put in a different device?
I've done it on an old tomtom, but the website I got the 'instructions' seems long gone. There was some fucking about updating bits of the satnav engine to make it compatible with the maps I wanted to use, then there was the crack program needed to make the maps work with my particular unit serial....
Guess it depends on make, age of unit and..well..its a tricky Q to answer.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Nomoreheroes
The Moral Majority
Offline
Posts: 15343
|
|
« Reply #2 on: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 14:14:38 » |
|
I was thinking of creating a second SD card to use on a different unit in another car.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
|
|
|
Posh Red
Posh by name, Posh by nature
Offline
Posts: 7849
|
|
« Reply #3 on: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 14:40:53 » |
|
I've got a Mazda 3 from 2011 and it has an inbuilt Sat Nav with an SD card.
Long story, but the card stopped working & they wanted nearly £400 to replace it.
They didn't seem to understand the irony of a new Sat Nav costing significantly less
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Nomoreheroes
The Moral Majority
Offline
Posts: 15343
|
|
« Reply #4 on: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 16:23:13 » |
|
I was quoted £195 from Suzuki. I can see stuff on Ebay for £35-45. I wondered whether it was just a case of buying an SD card, downloading a free program, copying the Suzuki one to the SD card, which would make the whole thing cheaper than £35.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
|
|
|
McGurk's Missus
Has An Unhealthy Obsession With Bleach
Offline
Posts: 10422
Has A Hardon For McGurk
|
|
« Reply #5 on: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 16:41:52 » |
|
I was quoted £195 from Suzuki. I can see stuff on Ebay for £35-45. I wondered whether it was just a case of buying an SD card, downloading a free program, copying the Suzuki one to the SD card, which would make the whole thing cheaper than £35.
Don't take my word for it but if you have a writeable SD (most are aren't they?) then if the software is available you can just download it onto said storage device. The "program" isn't going to be too complex, after all it's just a bunch of map data that you can get anywhere really. c£200 is ridiculous but many will pay, unfortunately. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
'Incessant Nonsense'
______________________________________________________________
'I'm gonna tell you the secret.
There's a threat, you end it and you don't feel ashamed about enjoying it.
You smell the gunpowder and you see the blood, you know what that means?
It means you're alive. You've won.
You take the heads so that you don't ever forget.'
|
|
|
Batch
Not a Batch
Offline
Posts: 57001
|
|
« Reply #6 on: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 16:58:34 » |
|
Ah, built in satnav. I see. Gawd knows then. Doubt it will just work, but more likely there will be some advice on how to resolve it on t'internet.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Nomoreheroes
The Moral Majority
Offline
Posts: 15343
|
|
« Reply #7 on: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 17:09:08 » |
|
Thanks Guys. Google is showing me its not that simple!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
|
|
|
Simon Pieman
Original Wanker
Offline
Posts: 36320
|
|
« Reply #8 on: Monday, March 19, 2018, 09:06:43 » |
|
Usually the licence is linked to the CID of the card itself so you can't copy the contents onto another card.
There are tools to create a 'gold card' which may work, but I think you have to format the card you're reading from first which means it probably isn't worth the risk of trying as it may not even work.
£35 on ebay isn't too bad.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Nomoreheroes
The Moral Majority
Offline
Posts: 15343
|
|
« Reply #9 on: Monday, March 19, 2018, 16:11:15 » |
|
Usually the licence is linked to the CID of the card itself so you can't copy the contents onto another card.
There are tools to create a 'gold card' which may work, but I think you have to format the card you're reading from first which means it probably isn't worth the risk of trying as it may not even work.
£35 on ebay isn't too bad.
That was my conclusion too. Many thanks. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
|
|
|
|
