PRS-600 PRS600 Is it dead ?

nickygrist · 07-04-2010, 03:47 PM

bought for wife's 40th only had a week, she turned it onto standby earlier on now nothing won't turn on not even reconized when plugged into pc usb, any ideas tried reseting but still no joy

please help

PS JUST NOTICED THE RED INDICATOR LIGHT IS FLASHING ORANGE

MSJim · 07-04-2010, 04:23 PM

I don't know about the flashing orange light, but many strange problems reported here have been due to a low battery level. Try giving it a full charge, at least four hours, and preferably with a wall charger. You'll find many posts advising against using the USB cable for charging.

If you are limited to using the USB cable, you'll need to give it even more time and be sure the computer doesn't go into sleep mode. That'll shut down power to the USB port and actually discharge your reader battery rather than charging it.

If the reader battery is very low, it may take an hour on the USB cable to even get the red light to come on. Unfortunately, due to the way the reader needs to communicate with the host PC via the USB cable, you may not be able to get the battery to charge if it is completely discharged. The reader needs a little power to start things off. In this case, a wall charger is the only remedy.

I hope this helps.

vxf · 07-04-2010, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickygrist

bought for wife's 40th only had a week, she turned it onto standby earlier on now nothing won't turn on not even reconized when plugged into pc usb, any ideas tried reseting but still no joy

please help

PS JUST NOTICED THE RED INDICATOR LIGHT IS FLASHING ORANGE

It likely is a battery issue. Give it a long charge - with the wall charger, if available.

Rumpelteazer · 07-04-2010, 06:51 PM

Just to add:
get a wallcharger with a round barrel. Using a wall charger with USB plug won't work. Chargers for PSP also work and are a lot cheaper than the official one for the eReader.

astra · 07-05-2010, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Just to add:
get a wallcharger with a round barrel. Using a wall charger with USB plug won't work. Chargers for PSP also work and are a lot cheaper than the official one for the eReader.

I second that.

nickygrist · 07-05-2010, 09:35 AM

Thanks finally got it sorted after randomly pressing reset and power button, I will stick to charging with psp wall charger in future.

Thanks for all advise

07-04-2010, 03:47 PM	#1
nickygrist Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Sony PRS-600	PRS600 Is it dead ? bought for wife's 40th only had a week, she turned it onto standby earlier on now nothing won't turn on not even reconized when plugged into pc usb, any ideas tried reseting but still no joy please help PS JUST NOTICED THE RED INDICATOR LIGHT IS FLASHING ORANGE Last edited by nickygrist; 07-04-2010 at 03:51 PM.

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MSJim Bookworm Posts: 104 Karma: 26 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Central Georgia, USA Device: PRS-600, Nook STR	I don't know about the flashing orange light, but many strange problems reported here have been due to a low battery level. Try giving it a full charge, at least four hours, and preferably with a wall charger. You'll find many posts advising against using the USB cable for charging. If you are limited to using the USB cable, you'll need to give it even more time and be sure the computer doesn't go into sleep mode. That'll shut down power to the USB port and actually discharge your reader battery rather than charging it. If the reader battery is very low, it may take an hour on the USB cable to even get the red light to come on. Unfortunately, due to the way the reader needs to communicate with the host PC via the USB cable, you may not be able to get the battery to charge if it is completely discharged. The reader needs a little power to start things off. In this case, a wall charger is the only remedy. I hope this helps.

07-04-2010, 06:51 PM	#4
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Just to add: get a wallcharger with a round barrel. Using a wall charger with USB plug won't work. Chargers for PSP also work and are a lot cheaper than the official one for the eReader.

07-05-2010, 09:35 AM	#6
nickygrist Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Sony PRS-600	Thanks finally got it sorted after randomly pressing reset and power button, I will stick to charging with psp wall charger in future. Thanks for all advise

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