GolfGTIforum.co.uk
Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: mcmaddy on 05 July 2013, 22:42
-
Does anyone know if the mk7 will take a micro USB card that fits into an adaptor. You can get 64gb micro SD cards on fleabag for less than 15 quid.
-
Does anyone know if the mk7 will take a micro USB card that fits into an adaptor. You can get 64gb micro SD cards on fleabag for less than 15 quid.
You want a micro USB card and a micro SD card for storage or you want to convert micro SD to standard SD to use it? Plenty of Micro SD to standard SD card adapters, most Sandisks and Kingston Memory cards come with an adapter to make micro SD into standard SD. Best value for money will be a 32Gb class 10 micro SD card, unless you have a colossal music collection at high bitrate (>320kbps) you'll probably not put a dent in a 32Gb card. Keep an eye out on HotUKDeals for SD card deals.
Did we establish whether the MK7 accepts all SD variants like XCSD(64Gb and up), HCSD (up to 32Gb) etc, whether it'll only recognise the first 16/32/64Gb of the respective card etc or any other system limitations?
-
Yes we did.
SD, SDHC, SDXC up to 64gb and I think 128gb... I see no reason why an SD with micro SD wouldn't work, the Nav won't know there is a difference.
-
Yes we did.
SD, SDHC, SDXC up to 64gb and I think 128gb... I see no reason why an SD with micro SD wouldn't work, the Nav won't know there is a difference.
I took mcmaddy to mean that he might find difficulty in obtaining a card adapter - micro SD cards seem to be more and more the norm now, due to mobile phones - maybe he's seen a lot of micro cards (without adapters) and not to many standard sized cards or adapters.
I have a 64Gb SDXC Sandisc Ultra III in my camera that is extremely quick to write under burst mode. It is a micro SD form with an adapter that does not compromise usability or performance - the system will not know the difference, whether used for music or satnav.
-
Do they not usually come with adapters?
-
Do they not usually come with adapters?
Some do and some don't. There's usually less than a quid in it if you choose a variant with adapter. I think the assumption more and more is that smaller is better and so some cards come without.
-
Micro SD with adapter will be fine, and adapters are easy to come by. For mine I bought a really cheap SanDisk Ultra 32GB SDHC to store all my music on. I could stream from my phone but I'd rather just have it all there built in.
-
Just out of interest why would people put music on a memory card rather than their phone?
-
Just out of interest why would people put music on a memory card rather than their phone?
I want all of the music I want at all times in my car with no reliance on anything external. That way, no matter who is in my car and why, music is on tap.
-
Just out of interest why would people put music on a memory card rather than their phone?
I want all of the music I want at all times in my car with no reliance on anything external. That way, no matter who is in my car and why, music is on tap.
Ah fair point I suppose.
-
Just out of interest why would people put music on a memory card rather than their phone?
Because my 16GB iPhone simply isn't big enough to hold all my music so I keep it all on a USB stick.
-
Does the class of SD card matter to the responsiveness (i.e. Class 4, Class 6 or Class 10)?
The cheapest SD cards are Class 4. If I go for the cheapest will their be a noticeable speed difference between Class 4 and Class 10.
I hope I made sense :wink:
Thx
-
I'm not an expert so I may be overuled but I believe the class 10 cards are only really relevant to recording video. i.e. if you are recorded HD video say you don't want to be losing data due to not being able to save it fast enough. Playback of mp3 shouldn't be an issue for class 4.
That said why not just get class 10, doesn't cost much more, especially compared to the car. I picked up 2 class 10 64Gb cards which I use for my DSLR and transferring files around. I can put them in my TV for example to playback video saved on them. Whether I'd have any issue saving or playing back the video on class 4 I don't know but even if you can get 64Gb in class 4 the savings would be small, why have the risk?
-
The car won't take advantage of class 10 speeds, but by buying class 10 you generally get a more reliable card because the best companies are making them, and there isn't that much price difference unless you start going seriously big (64Gb +). Class 10 read/write speeds are mainly required for HD video or a run of burst shots on a decent camera with high resolution.
-
If anyone is interested, My Memory are offering a 32Gb Class 10 SanDisk full size SDHC card for £13.97 delivered. Offer this weekend only though.
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SDHC/MyMemory/MyMemory-32GB-SD-Card-%28SDHC%29---Class-10 (http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SDHC/MyMemory/MyMemory-32GB-SD-Card-%28SDHC%29---Class-10)
-
Got to get my SD card reader looked at as "unable to read SD card 1" "unable to read SD card 2" though sat nav is working fine.
Tried multiple cards I know work fine from standard SD at 1 and 2 GB to 8 and 16GB SDHC and tried all formats FAT FAT32 and exFAT so pretty stumped though I only want it to transfer the DAB logo as very happy with IPod attached to media lead. But regardless of whether use much it should work so will get it sorted.
Will let you all know if it was the reader or something not doing with cards though cannot think what.
-
Can anyone confirm if a microSD card in an adaptor worked in the Golf? Or will I need to get a full size SD card? I'm needing to sort out 50 odd gig of music I wanted to buy a card this week to get it sorted before I get the car.
Cheers
-
Can anyone confirm if a microSD card in an adaptor worked in the Golf? Or will I need to get a full size SD card? I'm needing to sort out 50 odd gig of music I wanted to buy a card this week to get it sorted before I get the car.
Cheers
It works great with adaptor as that is what I use.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2daitkh.jpg)
-
Ha brillant! Thanks very much :smiley: