What is the largest SD card that can be used in the Bolero media unit?

32GB iirc.

Looking at the manuals, there seem to be at least two versions of the Bolero.

 

The version in my car has 3 buttons each side of the screen and the bottom left button is marked "Phone." The version that seems current has 4 buttons and the bottom one on the left is marked "Voice." Which one do you have?

 

From the manuals, the current version seems much more capable than the one I have. It can play more audio formats, including FLAC. Mine can only play MP3 and WMA files. The manual for the current version says it supports SD, SDHC and SDXC cards with file systems including FAT32, exFAT and NTFS so large cards may be possible. The manual for mine makes no statement about which cards are supported. SDHC and SDXC cards both require explicit hardware and software support from whatever device they are put into. The newer SDXC slot will support SDHC cards but probably not the other way round. I don't know if a 32GB SDXC card will work in an SDHC device.

 

If the unit supports cards bigger than 2GB (the maximum capacity of original SD) then it must support at least SDHC. SDHC cards can exist in up to 32GB so this is a very possible limit figure. SDXC cards can technically exist in capacities of up to 2TB so big card support is a possibility.

 

My guess would be that the limit is 32GB with the older (3 button each side) Bolero. WIth the 4-button unit, I think it may be a case of "anything goes."

 

I'd be interested in hearing your findings.

Edited 18 November, 20187 yr by Papfox

Thanks for the replies. I have the 3 button version and I have now bought a 32gb sd card and it's working fine.

FWIW I had the 3 button version of the Bolero and the biggest card that would work without freezing the thing up was indeed a 32gb one.

Unless you're planning on putting the entire contents of iTunes on there at the highest quality sample rate available however, I doubt you'd ever struggle for space with 32 gigs - I had a shedload of music on mine and the card wasn't even half full..

 

Just be aware though that the more you stick on the chip, the longer it'll take to access the files/folders.

 

Glad to hear that yours is working well.