BCD436HP SD upgrade

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Posting this here did not want to reviving a very old thread! For a simple question?
Here we go What are the advantages to upgrade your SD card to a faster one other then reading/writing process and storage? Thanks in Advance.
 

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Posting this here did not want to reviving a very old thread! For a simple question?
Here we go What are the advantages to upgrade your SD card to a faster one other then reading/writing process and storage? Thanks in Advance.

Speed is not an issue. If you want to upgrade, you should move to a High Endurance SD Card. The High Endurance Card will give you more read and write cycles. So it should last longer.
 

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Speed is not an issue. If you want to upgrade, you should move to a High Endurance SD Card. The High Endurance Card will give you more read and write cycles. So it should last longer.
So its just so the card will last longer ? with card prices there has to be more than that i can get a class 10 for 12 bucks and getting cheaper as i post but thanks for the reply.Now the Endurance Card is 50 lol
 

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It won't scan faster, but the card will last significantly longer than a standard card, because it can handle more writes before failing.
 

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As noted above, the high endurance cards are preferable because they tolerate more read/write cycles. Kinda like being able to buy vehicle tires that will last 150,000 miles instead of 75,000 miles.


Now if you can get a high endurance card that is faster, you could notice a slight benefit. If you have several Favorites Lists that are loaded when you power up the scanner, a faster SD card will hasten the load time. But that's the only benefit to a faster card.
 

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The one I linked is a class 10, which is faster than the scanner itself. So bootup is about as short as it can be.
 

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The best way to keep the scanner fast is to not load it down with a ton of audio files. Clear up the clutter once in a while.
 

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The best way to keep the scanner fast is to not load it down with a ton of audio files. Clear up the clutter once in a while.

Amen to that!! Back when I got my first 436HP, I recorded everything. After a while, I began to notice performance issues with it. Met up with a friend who suggested just what you said. Transferred the audio files to an external hard drive and the scanner started acting like new again.




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Since I do not believe this is in the owners manuals for SD card based scanner maybe the Wiki would be a place to put such information, perhaps under maintaining scanner efficiently or something like that.
 
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