From SE PA Magellan owner SD card question

mikeypa · 09-27-2009, 5:21 PM

Hi new to the forum, not new to GPS use. Have owned several GPS units in the last 4 years. First one was a Magellan Maesto 4000, stole off the dash of my semi in Wash DC. (wish I could have caught him in the act.) Second was another Magellan Maestro 4000 that had dc power plug problem internally that frustrated me soooo bad. It finally would not accept any power connection and died a slow lingering death. I recently purchased a refurbed Magellan 4250. Seems to be ok.
I do have a question. I received the free Spring 09 map undate on a SD card from Magellan and am trying to figure out how to get it to work on a back up SD card. I can back up the info on the Magellan factory one to a blank SD but can't get the backup to run in my unit. Is there a secret code or something on the factory one? Help. It would be nice to have a back up should I need it.

dav · 09-29-2009, 12:26 AM

Hi mikeypa! Welcome to the site

Every SD card made has a unique ID built into. So, Magellan could be making it so it will only run from that card. But, I have absolutely no idea whether they do.

Maybe someone who has succeeded with what you want to do will wander along...

Good luck.

Remag1234 · 09-18-2010, 10:33 AM

Call Magellan Tech Support and ask them.

09-27-2009, 5:21 PM	#1
mikeypa Join Date: Sep 27 2009 Location: Lancaster PA Posts: 2	From SE PA Magellan owner SD card question Hi new to the forum, not new to GPS use. Have owned several GPS units in the last 4 years. First one was a Magellan Maesto 4000, stole off the dash of my semi in Wash DC. (wish I could have caught him in the act.) Second was another Magellan Maestro 4000 that had dc power plug problem internally that frustrated me soooo bad. It finally would not accept any power connection and died a slow lingering death. I recently purchased a refurbed Magellan 4250. Seems to be ok. I do have a question. I received the free Spring 09 map undate on a SD card from Magellan and am trying to figure out how to get it to work on a back up SD card. I can back up the info on the Magellan factory one to a blank SD but can't get the backup to run in my unit. Is there a secret code or something on the factory one? Help. It would be nice to have a back up should I need it.

09-29-2009, 12:26 AM	#2
dav Moderator Join Date: Jan 04 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,243	Re: From SE PA Magellan owner SD card question Hi mikeypa! Welcome to the site Every SD card made has a unique ID built into. So, Magellan could be making it so it will only run from that card. But, I have absolutely no idea whether they do. Maybe someone who has succeeded with what you want to do will wander along... Good luck.

09-18-2010, 10:33 AM	#3
Remag1234 Join Date: Sep 18 2010 Location: Whitestone, NY Posts: 7	Re: From SE PA Magellan owner SD card question Call Magellan Tech Support and ask them.

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