SD Cards for Seat media System E

[RobM]

Guys and gals... what class of SD card are you using?

 

[Dazex]

Not sure without checking but nowt special and they work a treat,

 

[RobM]

I tried a Play.com own brand SD card in the loan Exeo I had and that worked, but just wondered if any should be avoided. Guess I'll stick with what I know, cheers

 

[RobM]

Well I ended up buying a couple of these: http://www.play.com/Electronics/Ele...d-16GB-SDHC-Class-10-Memory-Card/Product.html

All loaded up and ready for Monday when the car gets delivered

I went for this option over and above the iPod as, like others have said, it's just too limited. I have bought an iPod dock extension cable and an adapter that allows it to charge my iPhone, so that's my backup plan should I need it.

 

[RobM]

No need for the backup plan in the end, the cards I linked to above work perfectly

 

[whaleyp]

Which 32Gig FAT format should I use (default allocation size?)

I spent an age selecting folders from my MP3 collection, copied them to the 'out of the box' 32Gig SD card (~£20 off ebay - brand new!!).

When I plugged it in to the car it said it was corrupt

I wonder if anybody know what block size/allocation size to use for the FAT32 format on a 32Gig card?

Here's the compatibility chart (it's at the end) (had to change the '/' to '\' as I cannot post URL's as a noob)

www seat at\countries\at\files\seat_exeo_multimedia_2011.pdf

Mine is 'Class 6'.

en wikipedia org\wiki\Secure_Digital

So is faster than the 'class 4' mentioned in the specs.

I'm assuming I should therefore be OK?

 

[Dark Andrew]

Unfortunately the internet is awash with fake memory cards, it may well be that yours turns out to be one of these. This article may be of some help: http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/fake-capacity-32gb-sd-card/
The going rate for a class 6 32GB SDHC card seems to be at least £40 so if yours was half that price I'd definitely be more than just a little suspicious.

 

[RobM]

£20 for a 32GB SD card is way too cheap and eBay is way too dangerous when it comes to fake SD cards. Put those two thoughts together and I think Dark Andrew has it spot on.

It's also worth noting that it's not particularly difficult to make an SD card report a much larger capacity than it actually is, so when you insert it into your computer, everything looks fine and dandy.

 

[whaleyp]

Ouch

Well.... it looks like you were correct.

The memory card is a fake - the seller has vanished off ebay and removed the item. Paypal will (hopefully) protect me and give me a refund but it's not the end of the world if not.

Thanks for the pointer - I'll buy the play.com ones listed above and learn my lesson.

 

[RobM]

I'm sure it wont make you feel any better, but you're far from the first and certainly not the last person to be scammed with these

Fingers crossed for a quick resolution for you.

 

[sportbilly]

thumbs up for this thread - going to order a 32GB SDHC now !