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Tazzers · 07-19-2010, 04:25 AM

Oh bloke. I'm not sure what is going on. It would appear that the DC wall charger doesn't want to know but the USB wall charger is showing me a red charging light one minute but not the next. There's no rhyme or reason to the symptoms. Currently it is in the 'off' status and showing a red charging light with the USB wall charger. However I have seen a red charging light when the device is in standby before now. It should also be noted I think that the only reason it is in the off position right now is that even though I had seen a full charge on the battery meter earlier, as soon as I switched to standby, when I switched it back on I got an immediate battery low warning.

I switched it back to standby and when I tried to start it again it had packed up completely. So I checked out the specs of my LG mobile phone USB wall charger it is 5.1V DC 0.7A. The DC-in socket on the reader is stamped 5.2V so I shouldn't be overdoing it. Also the DC wall charger is 1A so I thought why not give it a go. And lo although I did at first have a red charging light it has now gone off but the reader recognises that it is plugged into a USB cable even though it is not plugged into my laptop.

Like I said. I don't know what is going on.

07-19-2010, 04:25 AM	#7
Tazzers Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Sony PRS600	Oh bloke. I'm not sure what is going on. It would appear that the DC wall charger doesn't want to know but the USB wall charger is showing me a red charging light one minute but not the next. There's no rhyme or reason to the symptoms. Currently it is in the 'off' status and showing a red charging light with the USB wall charger. However I have seen a red charging light when the device is in standby before now. It should also be noted I think that the only reason it is in the off position right now is that even though I had seen a full charge on the battery meter earlier, as soon as I switched to standby, when I switched it back on I got an immediate battery low warning. I switched it back to standby and when I tried to start it again it had packed up completely. So I checked out the specs of my LG mobile phone USB wall charger it is 5.1V DC 0.7A. The DC-in socket on the reader is stamped 5.2V so I shouldn't be overdoing it. Also the DC wall charger is 1A so I thought why not give it a go. And lo although I did at first have a red charging light it has now gone off but the reader recognises that it is plugged into a USB cable even though it is not plugged into my laptop. Like I said. I don't know what is going on. Last edited by Tazzers; 07-19-2010 at 04:29 AM.