Leapster2 SD card recognition problem Has anybody been able to use a SD card?I have bought two Leapster2 and both didn't work with SD cards.I have tried 16MB and 256MB."LeapFrog Connect" always says "SD card required" Leapster2 SD card recognition problem Has anybody been able to use a SD card?I have bought two Leapster2 and both didn't work with SD cards.I have tried 16MB and 256MB. » Read More Leapster2 SD card recognition problem Has anybody been able to use a SD card?I have bought two Leapster2 and both didn't work with SD cards.I have tried 16MB and 256MB."LeapFrog Connect" always says "SD card required" « Show Less
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I did post a fix for this that has helped many until leap frog gets around to it. I am a parent that has one of these and was not seeing any progress with a fix from leap frog so I took matters into my own hands. I posted my fix here http://jdrwebnow.net/leapster2_fix.html.
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That's great--but it doesn't help me on the Mac! :-/I'm curious why they put a 256mb restriction; have a 1 gb card and it's not recognizing it on the L2 (it's greyed out).
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I just tried a 256mb SD card in my daughter's tonight, and it is not recognizing it either. The connect software says SD card required, and the SD card selection is faded out on the unit like there is no SD card in it. The card is fine though. I am able to view it and format it and save to it from my computer. What's the tech support number for Leapster products?
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Jason's fix works great! Also if you are using a smaller SD card, you can't format as FAT32. However FAT works fine as long as you follow everything else!
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Thank you for your help Jason, I was actually able to get my card working by just opening the unit in My Computer (go figure). My question now is how to exit from the SD card games. The games work fine, but the Home button returns me to the start of the game I am in rather than the main menu. Further presses of the button do nothing. I have to power off and back on (a longer than necessary process) to get back to the main menu. Is this "normal"? Is there a fix?Thanks again. -John
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Hi JasonThanks for your help, but in my case it did not work. The computer disk management shows the SD Card, but reports that there is no media. Therefore there is no option to format the card. Is there another way to get this working? Thanks, Urs
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Hi! I must say you did a great job!!! Thank you very very much! It was so frustrating to see unworking memory. People from Leapfrog did nothing to solve the problem. Thanks again for your kind help regarding SD recognition problem.Another problem is how to remove files. The synchronisation doesn't works. Did you try it?I would appreciate very match your help.Cheers
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I don't see why not. ALL games marked Leappad or Explorer are compatible (as far as I've been told) with Leappad 1 and Leappad 2. Anything that says Leapster 2 is not compatible.
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Yes it does work with Leap pad 2. Its a $20 gift card to use in the Leap Frog App store
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As far as I know, it does not. Both of my grandsons have a Leapster and love it. I am not an expert on what the Leapster is compatible with, so perhaps I should have answered "don't know." Sorry that I'm not more helpful.
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Make sure you have a 32GB or less SD card. I put in a 64GB and it does not recognize it, but I put in a 16GB and it worked fine.
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Mine said 64 gig on the packaging and the sd card itself. Whenever I put the card in a device it registers as 29.9 gigs of.memory not 64. However after only using 2 gigs worth of music on it. An error occurred and now doesn't work at all.my computers won't recognize it either. I never even had the opportunity to listen to music out on it.
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Guy - Thank you for your response. Is it possible that it was the size (64G) as opposed to it being an SDHC? I read that it will only support up to 32G. Also I believe it needs to be formatted to FAT, but I could be wrong. It seems somewhat pointless if it only works with SD cards without the High Capacity as almost all of them are SDHC these days.
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I heard innotab2 have more options then the original innotab. Yes, the original innotab does hold a SD card up to 32gb but I've only tried a 8gb. It just depends on how much their going to use it. I hope this helps.
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I have just received this and was disappointed that the box says it works with cards up to 8 GB, and now I see the product description says the same. However, I have just tested it with a 6w4 GB micro SD card by loading fills = to about 50 GB and then deleting them and it worked fine. I will still be a little cautious. I could not figure out how to contact the seller to ask a question.
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I'm heaving same problem, I can't find what memory card it uses.... Whatever I buy it won't take and will only work with memory card that's 4-5 years old.
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I'm sorry, I couldn't tell you. The back of the box says it works with leapfrog tablets leappad1, leappad2, and leappad ultra; and with leapster explorer and leapstergs. I looked up the explorer and TS and neither look like the one you linked to me. Sorry I couldn't be much more help.
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The GB's determine the storage capacity, not the size of the card itself. The cards are the same size, but 2GB holds more than the 1GB.
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I put a two gig memory card in mine. It was kinda on accident. I bought I 1 gig on ebay and they accientally sent me a 2 gig. So I decide to try it. It works great and have no probs yet.
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I had a 64gb card for it. I don't think it particularly matters on the size of sd card you use. As Long as it is the correct type of card the size shouldn't matter.
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I don't know the specifics of your situation, but in past I had to upgrade my card reader when I bought a new type of CF memory card. This card is listed as UDMA 7, and an older card reader may not be able to handle that standard.
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In case anyone reads this.... I am using this camera with a 64gb Compact Flash card with no problems. (Transcend) I have not tried with a 64gb SDHC card. However, I am using a 32gb SDHC card in at the same time with no problems.
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I have the LeapPad2 and it works great. Just have to plug it in and it charges. I would assume it would work with both models as mine is from last Christmas. My batteries went quick too. You can call Leappad and ask them direct - they were great when I had questions and when my screen cracked after the first week they replaced the whole thing and I bought mine thru Amazon.