5 The Main Menu
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5.6 The SD Card menu
5.6.1 Formatting the memory card
The card provided with the instrument is already correctly formatted and
includes pre-installed coarse resolution OSM maps.
NOTICE: Please note that this data and any other data stored on the card will be lost
if you format the card by mistake.
Use the formatting function to prepare newly purchased microSD memory
cards for use with the IDA-3106. The card is formatted using FAT32 with a
block size of 4k.
To format a memory card:
1. Push the memory card into the card slot on the left side of the instrument
and press the SD Card softkey.
2. Press the Format SD Card softkey.
A warning message is displayed, indicating that all data on the
memory card will be erased.
3. Press the OK button to start formatting.
This takes only a few seconds (quick format).
• TS8GUSDC6 Transcend 8 GB, cl 6, µSDHC
• SDSDQ-8192 SanDisk 8 GB, cl 4, µSDHC