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Belfaborac · 05-23-2010, 02:13 AM

Thanks a lot for the quick responses folks.

The reader does indeed handle my 8GB SDHC card, so the problem doesn't lie there, as evidenced by the fact that it does in fact work with a small number of books loaded on the card. I also know I've read that SDHC cards up to 32GB is supported, although that's just a silly size when considering how many books it would hold. To be honest a 1GB card would have done me just as well, but I just got the 8GB one without particularly thinking about it.

That card is formatted as FAT32, so presumably that's not the problem either, but thanks for the heads up about FAT16 anyway. I'll keep that in mind for the future.

Placing a .noscan file in root did nothing unfortunately, so for now at least I have just turned off card scanning. If I create a logical folder structure on the card then the browse folders function in PRS+ should let me navigate around easily enough. Not a perfect solution really, but close enough.

Thanks again guys, I appreciate the input and assistance.

- Bel

PS - the 2GB limit that's mentioned presumably comes down to SD cards not supporting more than 2GB anyway. Above 2GB it's an SDHC card I believe, which currently runs up to 32GB and which the 505 *technically* supports.

05-23-2010, 02:13 AM	#5
Belfaborac Wizard Posts: 1,498 Karma: 5199835 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Norway Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-950	Thanks a lot for the quick responses folks. The reader does indeed handle my 8GB SDHC card, so the problem doesn't lie there, as evidenced by the fact that it does in fact work with a small number of books loaded on the card. I also know I've read that SDHC cards up to 32GB is supported, although that's just a silly size when considering how many books it would hold. To be honest a 1GB card would have done me just as well, but I just got the 8GB one without particularly thinking about it. That card is formatted as FAT32, so presumably that's not the problem either, but thanks for the heads up about FAT16 anyway. I'll keep that in mind for the future. Placing a .noscan file in root did nothing unfortunately, so for now at least I have just turned off card scanning. If I create a logical folder structure on the card then the browse folders function in PRS+ should let me navigate around easily enough. Not a perfect solution really, but close enough. Thanks again guys, I appreciate the input and assistance. - Bel PS - the 2GB limit that's mentioned presumably comes down to SD cards not supporting more than 2GB anyway. Above 2GB it's an SDHC card I believe, which currently runs up to 32GB and which the 505 technically supports.