PRS-950 Prevent changing the clock in Europe

ThR · 12-22-2010, 01:50 AM

It is a nice feature

- the prs-950 changes the clock to the current time, when you are connected to the internet. But - for this feature the device uses the time-zone-setting and at this place, customers outside the US have a problem: you can choose between US-time-zones only

. And so I was surprised today in the morning

, that my PRS-950 "lived" in the yesterday, while I am a day further.

The result are two questions

:

1) Is it possible to prevent the device changing the time?
2) Is it possible to set another time zone than the built-in?

for your

grissley · 12-30-2010, 08:27 AM

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Mark Nord · 12-30-2010, 09:20 AM

To my knowledge the porkupan / boroda "russified" fw allows to set any timezone

grissley · 12-30-2010, 09:56 AM

I got the russified firmware and don't see any option for setting a time zone other than US...

PatNY · 12-30-2010, 10:22 AM

grissley, go to Settings>About>TZONE. Keep toggling "TZONE" until your correct time zone comes up (it will appear right to the left under "Optional Settings").

I have the boroda firmware and I can toggle between any of the world's time zones. The boroda firmware is very nice.

grissley · 12-30-2010, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatNY

grissley, go to Settings>About>TZONE.

Dear my -"About" is probably the only set I hadn't even checked...

thx PatNY!

ThR · 12-31-2010, 06:40 AM

Is this alternative firmware "stable", no problems within installing (in the first instance), managing the device with calibre and reading books?
I read much about this firmware but I'm undetermined yet...

PatNY · 12-31-2010, 01:44 PM

I've had the Baroda firmware on my 350 for over a month and have never once had a glitch with using the reader. So I would say it is pretty stable. I use Calibre exclusively to manage my books on the 350.

The only hiccup I had with the Baroda firmware was trying to update it to the newest release. For some reason I kept getting an "access denied" error when running the install script on my Windows XP system. Nothing harmful happened; the install script just wouldn't run to completion. But I booted into safe mode and was then was able to run the script.

On the download page for the Baroda firmware, there is a link to the original firmware for all 3 current readers so you can always put that back if you want to.

The reason I took the plunge was because you can change the default font with this firmware. You don't need to adjust each individual epub and embed fonts in order to get the font you want. I now use either Georgia or Adobe Garamond Pro with my epubs on the 350.

As long as you follow the instructions to a "T" and don't try to do your own alterations to the baroda firmware itself, you should be safe.

PatNY · 12-31-2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grissley

Dear my -"About" is probably the only set I hadn't even checked...

thx PatNY!

The new options you get are pretty well hidden or not obvious when you first install this firmware so it's understandable why you bypassed the timezone feature. At first I couldn't figure out the screenshot feature for the life of me!

eriksnoopy · 01-03-2011, 10:00 AM

have the same problem with the timezone thing, but I'll just have to get used to it, since id rather not install any fw. Maybe i should just get used to doing the math in my head

12-22-2010, 01:50 AM	#1
ThR Tatütatuter Posts: 390 Karma: 3148 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany, Baden, Karlsruhe Device: Aura H2O, Glo HD, Paperwhite, PRS-950	Prevent changing the clock in Europe It is a nice feature - the prs-950 changes the clock to the current time, when you are connected to the internet. But - for this feature the device uses the time-zone-setting and at this place, customers outside the US have a problem: you can choose between US-time-zones only . And so I was surprised today in the morning , that my PRS-950 "lived" in the yesterday, while I am a day further. The result are two questions : 1) Is it possible to prevent the device changing the time? 2) Is it possible to set another time zone than the built-in? for your

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grissley Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 320 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Poland Device: PRS-950sc	up

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Mark Nord 2B \|\| !2B Posts: 851 Karma: 194010 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Austria Device: Sony PRS505/650/T1/tolino vision 5	To my knowledge the porkupan / boroda "russified" fw allows to set any timezone

12-30-2010, 09:56 AM	#4
grissley Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 320 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Poland Device: PRS-950sc	I got the russified firmware and don't see any option for setting a time zone other than US...

12-30-2010, 10:22 AM	#5
PatNY Zennist Posts: 1,022 Karma: 47809468 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350, Nook HD+ & HD	grissley, go to Settings>About>TZONE. Keep toggling "TZONE" until your correct time zone comes up (it will appear right to the left under "Optional Settings"). I have the boroda firmware and I can toggle between any of the world's time zones. The boroda firmware is very nice.

12-31-2010, 06:40 AM	#7
ThR Tatütatuter Posts: 390 Karma: 3148 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany, Baden, Karlsruhe Device: Aura H2O, Glo HD, Paperwhite, PRS-950	Is this alternative firmware "stable", no problems within installing (in the first instance), managing the device with calibre and reading books? I read much about this firmware but I'm undetermined yet...

12-31-2010, 01:44 PM	#8
PatNY Zennist Posts: 1,022 Karma: 47809468 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350, Nook HD+ & HD	I've had the Baroda firmware on my 350 for over a month and have never once had a glitch with using the reader. So I would say it is pretty stable. I use Calibre exclusively to manage my books on the 350. The only hiccup I had with the Baroda firmware was trying to update it to the newest release. For some reason I kept getting an "access denied" error when running the install script on my Windows XP system. Nothing harmful happened; the install script just wouldn't run to completion. But I booted into safe mode and was then was able to run the script. On the download page for the Baroda firmware, there is a link to the original firmware for all 3 current readers so you can always put that back if you want to. The reason I took the plunge was because you can change the default font with this firmware. You don't need to adjust each individual epub and embed fonts in order to get the font you want. I now use either Georgia or Adobe Garamond Pro with my epubs on the 350. As long as you follow the instructions to a "T" and don't try to do your own alterations to the baroda firmware itself, you should be safe.

01-03-2011, 10:00 AM	#10
eriksnoopy Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 19754 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Estonia Device: Sony PRS-950 (broken screen) kobo aura hd	have the same problem with the timezone thing, but I'll just have to get used to it, since id rather not install any fw. Maybe i should just get used to doing the math in my head