alexp999 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, Guzzilazz said: Hmm, not as unreliable as SD, especially if you use an SSD... It's all the same NAND, SSD or SD card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzzilazz Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, alexp999 said: It's all the same NAND, SSD or SD card. ...but not spinning rust... I have had more issues with SD and Micro SD, even decent quality ones... I think mechanically, SSD is much more robust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 SD is the same solid flash storage as SSDs, only mechanical HDDs have moving parts. Even Sync 1 and 2 has some sort of NAND, which stores the software, it's just with Sync 3, they've obviously fitted a larger chip, big enough to take the maps too. A bit like the NAND chips you get in phones. No different to microSD, just depends on the quality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf1 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Says in the manual to update sync 3 via wifi. You just set it to automatically update in the settings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avi Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Philf1 said: Says in the manual to update sync 3 via wifi. You just set it to automatically update in the settings AFAIK that applies to the core Sync 3 system updates but not map data updates for navigation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Andy_M Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 On 1/27/2017 at 3:59 PM, alexp999 said: SD is the same solid flash storage as SSDs, only mechanical HDDs have moving parts. Even Sync 1 and 2 has some sort of NAND, which stores the software, it's just with Sync 3, they've obviously fitted a larger chip, big enough to take the maps too. A bit like the NAND chips you get in phones. No different to microSD, just depends on the quality. And by god does the quality and manufacturer matter! Cheapo knock off SDs are next to useless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0D0 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 On 27/01/2017 at 3:09 PM, alexp999 said: There's no HDD on Sync 3, it would be unreliable. Seems you update via USB. Probably get it at the same price as the old SD cards and it just updates its internal database. It has to have some sort of hard drive, probably ssd type. If not were is all the info stored? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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