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jlg432 · 11-24-2010, 12:59 AM

The "Recent Reading List(RRL)" is the same on both the JB and the ALP. You can chose to wipe out the whole list or just target individual selections (when you have the RRL opened).

After I have added/removed e-books or want to checkout formatting changes I will open the individual e-books. This makes my RRL somewhat cluttered so I do clear it after I have been playing around checking out various e-books.

Clearing the RRL does not cause you to lose your "Last Page read" entry of any e-book you have opened. You can still go to those e-books via the folder tree and any e-book that had been opened in the past will open to it's last location on closing. The RRL can be a reminder of which books one has read completely as well as which ones are in progress without having to remember their location. If you access an e-book via the RRL you will be returned to the RRL on exiting that e-book. Any e-books that no longer reside in your reader but had been opened at one time prior to a RRL wipeout will still show up in the list but it will have an X next to it. You can do an individual "Clear e-book entry" to remove it from the RRL. A "reset" does not delete the RRL but a "Restore Default" does, in fact the "Restore Default" also gets rid of Bookmarks and "Last Page viewed" on any opened e-book. The "Restore Default" also restores user settings back to factory specs.

So use caution when doing a "Restore Default".

I assume that these various list (RRL, Bookmark list and last page location of opened e-books) should be stored in non-volatile memory. This means that losing power should not cause the lists to be lost. If I understand you correctly Ken the JBL does suffer from this loss occasionally. I was under the impression that the various tables are stored in static memory. I have never let my devices go to the point where the internal battery has completely gone dead.

John

11-24-2010, 12:59 AM	#11
jlg432 Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 15786 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: jetBook, ALP, Pandigital 7"Color(Black+ White), Kyros MID7015a	The "Recent Reading List(RRL)" is the same on both the JB and the ALP. You can chose to wipe out the whole list or just target individual selections (when you have the RRL opened). After I have added/removed e-books or want to checkout formatting changes I will open the individual e-books. This makes my RRL somewhat cluttered so I do clear it after I have been playing around checking out various e-books. Clearing the RRL does not cause you to lose your "Last Page read" entry of any e-book you have opened. You can still go to those e-books via the folder tree and any e-book that had been opened in the past will open to it's last location on closing. The RRL can be a reminder of which books one has read completely as well as which ones are in progress without having to remember their location. If you access an e-book via the RRL you will be returned to the RRL on exiting that e-book. Any e-books that no longer reside in your reader but had been opened at one time prior to a RRL wipeout will still show up in the list but it will have an X next to it. You can do an individual "Clear e-book entry" to remove it from the RRL. A "reset" does not delete the RRL but a "Restore Default" does, in fact the "Restore Default" also gets rid of Bookmarks and "Last Page viewed" on any opened e-book. The "Restore Default" also restores user settings back to factory specs. So use caution when doing a "Restore Default". I assume that these various list (RRL, Bookmark list and last page location of opened e-books) should be stored in non-volatile memory. This means that losing power should not cause the lists to be lost. If I understand you correctly Ken the JBL does suffer from this loss occasionally. I was under the impression that the various tables are stored in static memory. I have never let my devices go to the point where the internal battery has completely gone dead. John Last edited by jlg432; 11-24-2010 at 01:10 AM.