User Manual73Formatting your Memory CardFormatting the memory card maximizes the free space on the memory card and optimizes thespeed of reading and writing files from/onto the memory card.Warning:Formatting will erase ALL data on the memory card. Note that your Navig8r can always berestored on your memory card using the CD(s), but you may want to backup other data (e.g.,photographs or MP3s) that you have stored on the memory card.1. Insert your memory card into the memory card reader & writer.2. Connect your memory card reader & writer to a USB port of your PC.3. Open (double-click) My Computer on your PC. The corresponding memory cardappears in the Devices with Removable Storage section as “Removable Disk”. Makesure this is the correct memory card (e.g., disconnect the memory card reader & writerand verify that the disk disappears from the list; next, reconnect your memory card reader& writer).4. Click on the right button of the mouse on the identified Removable Disk and choose"Format..." Select “FAT” (not “FAT32”) under "File system" and click Start. Take goodnotice of the contents of the warning message. If you agree, click OK. The memory cardwill be formatted, erasing ALL data on it!5. The “Format Complete” dialog appears after 10 seconds. Click OK, then click Close.