holiday to America
Oudbier
Posts: 2 [Apprentice Traveler]
Hello , I 'am living in the Netherlands and has installed map : Europe south west. ( life time free update )
In Juli we going on a holiday to Amerika. I see on the tom tom site that you can download the map for north west amerika. for 39 € . But now comes the question. When I download this map , wil I lose my map of Europe ??? Ore will he put it next to te map of Europe on the system ? So when he will override the map , and when I come back from my holiday , do I have to buy my map from Europe again ?? Or do I have than free download ?? and download the map over the map of Amerika ?? Hope that some of you have experience with this,
In Juli we going on a holiday to Amerika. I see on the tom tom site that you can download the map for north west amerika. for 39 € . But now comes the question. When I download this map , wil I lose my map of Europe ??? Ore will he put it next to te map of Europe on the system ? So when he will override the map , and when I come back from my holiday , do I have to buy my map from Europe again ?? Or do I have than free download ?? and download the map over the map of Amerika ?? Hope that some of you have experience with this,
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DougLap
Posts: 8,003 
SuperuserHi @Oudbier
Your Start 50, if that is the TT unit you are talking about, has either 4gb or 8gb of internal memory but has an extra memory card slot on it. If you have not already got any extra memory loaded you will need to purchase a Micro SD class 10 memory card and it is recommended that you get a 16gb or max 32gb Sandisk, Samsung or similar major branded card from a reliable source to avoid fakes..
When you insert the card you should be prompted to format the card on the Start 50 and you should select for maps. If you are not prompted then if you go into Settings, System and you will find an option to Format memory card.
Once you have done this then you can purchase the USA map and it will be loaded on the Extra memory card and when you want to use the map you go into Settings, Maps and when you select that you will be able to switch to the USA map and back again when needed.
If by chance you already have an extra memory card fitted and the Europe map is already loaded on it then what you do depends on how big the card is and whether you have enough space to add the new map. If the Europe map is on the extra memory card and the card is only 8GB then you will need to have a small map added to your account which you can load on your internal memory. This is needed as then you can remove the existing memory card and replace it with a bigger one and then load the Europe and USA maps on it.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Doug8
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Superuser
Your Start 50, if that is the TT unit you are talking about, has either 4gb or 8gb of internal memory but has an extra memory card slot on it. If you have not already got any extra memory loaded you will need to purchase a Micro SD class 10 memory card and it is recommended that you get a 16gb or max 32gb Sandisk, Samsung or similar major branded card from a reliable source to avoid fakes..
When you insert the card you should be prompted to format the card on the Start 50 and you should select for maps. If you are not prompted then if you go into Settings, System and you will find an option to Format memory card.
Once you have done this then you can purchase the USA map and it will be loaded on the Extra memory card and when you want to use the map you go into Settings, Maps and when you select that you will be able to switch to the USA map and back again when needed.
If by chance you already have an extra memory card fitted and the Europe map is already loaded on it then what you do depends on how big the card is and whether you have enough space to add the new map. If the Europe map is on the extra memory card and the card is only 8GB then you will need to have a small map added to your account which you can load on your internal memory. This is needed as then you can remove the existing memory card and replace it with a bigger one and then load the Europe and USA maps on it.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Doug