PRS-600 How Many books can you get on a PRS 600 - Page 2

dclavey · 10-01-2009, 11:31 AM

I think I have fixed it - Horray

Give the PRS-600 a major heart attack, by deleting all the files except the actual books and MP3's (Background reading music)

Basically after analysing the "READER" and "SDCARD" virtual disks on my PC (I run XP)

1. I backed up the two Disks to my PC

2. On "READER" I deleted all information except that found in \database\media

3. On "SDCARD" I deleted all information except that found in \Sony Reader\books and \Sony Reader\audio.

4. My next post USB comms was the usual 12 mins.

5. The next post USB comms was 30 secs.

Success .....

Conclusion ... move the files on manually and don't use fancy Sony screwup

software

I will try some large amounts of books tonight ... just because I can ... thanks for all the comments Guys and Girls they pointed out to me that there was something wrong with my machine ...

MSJim · 10-01-2009, 01:20 PM

I have 96 ePub books in main memory, and 13 ePubs on an SD card (1 GB). From the time I pull the USB plug, it takes ~7 seconds to display the dimmed main menu with activity arrows, and another 10 seconds before the arrows go away. A total of 17 seconds from plug pull to usability.
It doesn't seem to make a difference whether I've changed the content of the reader or not. BTW I'm using Calibre for reader support.

dclavey · 10-01-2009, 02:34 PM

Yes I'm using Calibra to get my daily paper. And convert Lit's into ePubs. Love it. Fantastic piece of software.

I will try an experiment of 1000's of books tonight ... onto a 16Gig SD Card

Here we go ....

dclavey · 10-02-2009, 10:08 AM

This one gets odder and odder

Put on 600 ePub's onto the SD Card

- If I use Sony eBook Library software - It takes 12 mins between each USB insert before I can read any book.

- If I delete all the indexes (Cache) on SD Card - It takes 12 mins to rebuild indexes and then Just 3 mins before I can read any book - Success.

Conclusion - Sony software sucks at building its own indexes (Cache)

Add a 1000 lrf books to my 600 ePub's onto the SD Card = 1600 books

- It takes 1 hour and 1 min to rebuild the indexes

- It takes 33 mins to before I can read any book - Huh some success.

Conclusion - There is no way you can put 13,000 Books on the device (As sony adverts say) because it takes too long to enter the software after you have used the USB (even when you don't do anything with USB than recharge the book.)

dordale · 10-02-2009, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dclavey

Conclusion - There is no way you can put 13,000 Books on the device (As sony adverts say) because it takes too long to enter the software after you have used the USB (even when you don't do anything with USB than recharge the book.)

If you have an AC charger for the reader (either PSP or the Reader specific one) that plugs into the round yellow port on the reader, you could conceivably do this. You can use the Reader while charging via AC, so I'm sure the reader would re-build its databases while charging as well.

dordale

dclavey · 10-03-2009, 04:21 AM

Good idea,

I tried 2000 ePub's last night but the 600 ran out of power before the index was built.

I here by give up! Because I like to get the daily papers using calibra and there is No way I am waiting 4 hours before I can read them !!!!!!!!!!!!

I will write a letter of complaint to Sony.

HarryT · 10-03-2009, 04:52 AM

If you're using Calibre to catalogue all your books, could you not simply keep a few dozen books on your Reader at a time? I know it's a nuisance, not being able to have thousand, but it doesn't make the device unusable.

Crowl · 10-03-2009, 05:05 AM

Where do they actually state 13,000 books anyway as a matter of interest, on the sonystyle.co.uk site they mention 100s of ebooks or 1000s of ebooks with optional memory cards.

dclavey · 10-03-2009, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crowl

Where do they actually state 13,000 books anyway as a matter of interest, on the sonystyle.co.uk site they mention 100s of ebooks or 1000s of ebooks with optional memory cards.

Sony site:

Quote:

Built-in 512MB memory easily stores up to 350 eBook titles, so you can carry all your favourite novels on-the-go. Add more memory with MS Duo (up to 16GB) and SD card (up to 16GB) slots for up to 13,000 eBook titles - practically an entire library

And it is true you could have 13,000 eBooks on the devices as long as you then never did USB comms again. So say you went away for a couple of weeks you could load up with the library, wait 12 hours for it to reindex. Then use it happily charging the device with the power supply not the USB.

Why would you want to do this? - because you can. (I'm a Guy)

The fly in the ointment is that I like to download a daily paper, and I can't get the papers onto the device without causing a reindex ...

dclavey · 10-12-2009, 06:14 AM

Seems the 505 has the same problem see here

Just exchanging my machine, according to Sony Support my machine is faulty.

shineofleo · 10-15-2009, 04:07 AM

This is obviously a design flaw.

The 16G memory card support means highly possibly huge number of books in it. But it is ridiculous to re-index it each time the card is inserted.

At least there should be some switch or options to turn all these 'auto' stuff off. Sony should look into it.

10-12-2009, 06:14 AM	#25
dclavey ePub Junky Posts: 65 Karma: 34 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dunstable Device: Black Sony Touch PRS-600, iPad	Seems the 505 has the same problem see here Just exchanging my machine, according to Sony Support my machine is faulty. Last edited by dclavey; 10-13-2009 at 03:54 PM.

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10-01-2009, 11:31 AM	#16
dclavey ePub Junky Posts: 65 Karma: 34 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dunstable Device: Black Sony Touch PRS-600, iPad	I think I have fixed it - Horray Give the PRS-600 a major heart attack, by deleting all the files except the actual books and MP3's (Background reading music) Basically after analysing the "READER" and "SDCARD" virtual disks on my PC (I run XP) 1. I backed up the two Disks to my PC 2. On "READER" I deleted all information except that found in \database\media 3. On "SDCARD" I deleted all information except that found in \Sony Reader\books and \Sony Reader\audio. 4. My next post USB comms was the usual 12 mins. 5. The next post USB comms was 30 secs. Success ..... Conclusion ... move the files on manually and don't use fancy Sony screwup software I will try some large amounts of books tonight ... just because I can ... thanks for all the comments Guys and Girls they pointed out to me that there was something wrong with my machine ...

10-01-2009, 01:20 PM	#17
MSJim Bookworm Posts: 104 Karma: 26 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Central Georgia, USA Device: PRS-600, Nook STR	I have 96 ePub books in main memory, and 13 ePubs on an SD card (1 GB). From the time I pull the USB plug, it takes ~7 seconds to display the dimmed main menu with activity arrows, and another 10 seconds before the arrows go away. A total of 17 seconds from plug pull to usability. It doesn't seem to make a difference whether I've changed the content of the reader or not. BTW I'm using Calibre for reader support.

10-01-2009, 02:34 PM	#18
dclavey ePub Junky Posts: 65 Karma: 34 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dunstable Device: Black Sony Touch PRS-600, iPad	Yes I'm using Calibra to get my daily paper. And convert Lit's into ePubs. Love it. Fantastic piece of software. I will try an experiment of 1000's of books tonight ... onto a 16Gig SD Card Here we go ....

10-02-2009, 10:08 AM	#19
dclavey ePub Junky Posts: 65 Karma: 34 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dunstable Device: Black Sony Touch PRS-600, iPad	This one gets odder and odder Put on 600 ePub's onto the SD Card - If I use Sony eBook Library software - It takes 12 mins between each USB insert before I can read any book. - If I delete all the indexes (Cache) on SD Card - It takes 12 mins to rebuild indexes and then Just 3 mins before I can read any book - Success. Conclusion - Sony software sucks at building its own indexes (Cache) Add a 1000 lrf books to my 600 ePub's onto the SD Card = 1600 books - It takes 1 hour and 1 min to rebuild the indexes - It takes 33 mins to before I can read any book - Huh some success. Conclusion - There is no way you can put 13,000 Books on the device (As sony adverts say) because it takes too long to enter the software after you have used the USB (even when you don't do anything with USB than recharge the book.)

10-03-2009, 04:21 AM	#21
dclavey ePub Junky Posts: 65 Karma: 34 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dunstable Device: Black Sony Touch PRS-600, iPad	Good idea, I tried 2000 ePub's last night but the 600 ran out of power before the index was built. I here by give up! Because I like to get the daily papers using calibra and there is No way I am waiting 4 hours before I can read them !!!!!!!!!!!! I will write a letter of complaint to Sony.

10-03-2009, 04:52 AM	#22
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you're using Calibre to catalogue all your books, could you not simply keep a few dozen books on your Reader at a time? I know it's a nuisance, not being able to have thousand, but it doesn't make the device unusable.

10-03-2009, 05:05 AM	#23
Crowl Wizard Posts: 1,340 Karma: 1160346 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Southport, GB Device: Kindle Voyage, PW Signature edition	Where do they actually state 13,000 books anyway as a matter of interest, on the sonystyle.co.uk site they mention 100s of ebooks or 1000s of ebooks with optional memory cards.

10-15-2009, 04:07 AM	#26
shineofleo Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: sony prs-600	This is obviously a design flaw. The 16G memory card support means highly possibly huge number of books in it. But it is ridiculous to re-index it each time the card is inserted. At least there should be some switch or options to turn all these 'auto' stuff off. Sony should look into it.