SD Card for HDS

Anybody know what the recommended size for an SD card in an HDS 8 and HDS 7 is? I had a number of 2 GB cards that I used in my LCX 15. I am thinking the amount of data being recorded with the HDS is much more than with the LCX as the amount of time I can record has dropped dramatically. Is there a maximum size that can be used also?

I think 32 GB is the max.

go with the biggest card you can, nothing worse than not enough space when you need to save something

I agree getting the largest card is the best. The largest the LCX could handle was 2 GB. When I used a 4 GB, the functioning of the unit slowed to a crawl.

Just looking to see what size others are using with good results.

Thanks.

At Sampson’s class friday I believe he said on the new gen2 use which ever card,was the best buy,8G right now and up to 32G,the new HDS has 80G memory!
Stan

The HDS internal memory is 80 MB; 8 GB cards are the best bang for the dollar today and are large enough.

Doc,
How long can you record with an 8 GB card?

I haven’t tested it. I am out of town and can’t check. I will figure it out when I get home.

My 8 GB in the HDS shows 24 hours of recording time for recording all channels which means it is recording sonar, DownScan and side scan.

Thank you. I will have to look again to see what I was getting with my card, but at least I have some sort of benchmark.

Just an update. I figured out what was wrong. I was recording the sonar log (all channels) to the internal memory rather than the SD card. I didn’t even know the HDS 8 had internal memory. I switched it to the SD card and have recording time available of over 2 days. Should be sufficient to say the least.

Thanks for everyone’s input.