597ci HD DI sd card

[KDAVID1]

will a sandisk sdhd 8gb card work in this unit.

[KDAVID1]

cancel this--answered in another post(i guess im too excited about the new unit)

[rnvinc]

will a sandisk sdhd 8gb card work in this unit.

Kdavid... Which model Sandisk card did you get...??

I have heard reports that the newest version Sandisk Extreme Pro can possibly cause problems in the unit...

Rickie

[KDAVID1]

Kdavid... Which model Sandisk card did you get...??

I have heard reports that the newest version Sandisk Extreme Pro can possibly cause problems in the unit...

Rickie

I've got a sandik sdhc 8gb card (not the extreme one)--just posted another question--unit ask to update from 5xxx to 6xxx--I say yes--then gives me a sd card read error?

[Cane Pole]

If the card has a write protect switch, move it up and down a couple of times. Be sure to leave it in up position. Up being toward the contact pins.

[KDAVID1]

yeah--it was up--getting frustrated now--I guess I should get a new card--what type do you recomend

[Cane Pole]

Format the card then reinstall update try again before you spend money.

I have the Sandisk Extreme III 4gig. Never filled it up with records or snapshots. Had it in a HB997 and now HDS8.

Speed is kinda important when taking snapshots. The higher the SD speed, the faster the snapshot record time, the less the screen is frozen during snapshot record.

[Humminbird_Greg]

Let’s test the SDHC memory card you have now before you go and buy another one. We need to make sure that the unit will write to and read from the memory card without problems. An easy way to check this is by making a Screen Snapshot. The boat does not have to be in the water for this. After making the Screen Snapshot go to the Snapshot and Recording View and see if you can view the image you just made. If you can than the unit has successfully wrote to and read from the memory card. Of course if it does this it should work for the software update…

If it worked for the above, try formatting the memory card using the HumminbirdPC program (right click on the SD card icon and select to fully format the memory card), than download a fresh copy of the software update file to it from the Humminbird web site and try it again.

If it fails, try a new SD memory card. We recommend the SanDisk brand but any size SD or SDHC memory card will work.

[Cane Pole]

I use the SD.org formatter. Sandisk is a board member of this organization. The SD .org has hundreds of manufacturer as members. You do what you want.

[Humminbird_Greg]

I use the SD.org formatter. Sandisk is a board member of this organization. The SD .org has hundreds of manufacturer as members. You do what you want.

Cane Pole,
I have been told that the HumminbirdPC software has this same formatter incorporated into it.