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[Closed] Garmin 800. Can I copy my Trail Bundle maps for a friend.

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A friend of mine is after a Garmin Edge 800.
The best deal I've seen is [url= http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_844071_langId_-1_categoryId_165741 ]£300 at Halfords[/url].
Or there's the bare device for [url= http://www.handtec.co.uk/garmin-edge-800-black-white-010-00899-01.html ]£235 at Handtec[/url].

I've already got the Trail Bundle, so if she went for the cheaper deal, is there any reason, apart from it probably being illegal, why I can't copy my SD card to use in her device ?


 
Posted : 17/03/2013 7:44 pm
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Anyone telling you how to do this could be done for aiding and abetting a crime.


 
Posted : 17/03/2013 7:50 pm
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Of course they could, it was foolish of me to ask.
So, if I was worried about losing my SD card, could I make myself a back up copy ?
Could I then temporarily put that copy in a friends Garmin 800, just to verify that it works ?


 
Posted : 17/03/2013 7:58 pm
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Garmin maps are "married" to the SD card so you can make a back up copy but it will only work on that particular SD card. However...


 
Posted : 17/03/2013 8:12 pm
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A bit of searching on https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=255&pID=71454 turns this up under Card Requirements...

[i]"This product may be unlocked and used on 1 compatible device. If you want to use this same map on subsequent units, you must purchase a new map for each device."[/i]

Tell me more about "However..."


 
Posted : 17/03/2013 8:26 pm
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Open Street Maps are free...

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download


 
Posted : 17/03/2013 8:34 pm
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Feel free to email me


 
Posted : 17/03/2013 8:41 pm
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Thanks cnud. I've given my friend a link to this thread so she can email you if she hasn't already sorted it out.


 
Posted : 17/03/2013 8:45 pm

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