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cmdahler · 11-27-2010, 08:52 PM

Your problem has nothing to do with authorizations or file formats. You can transfer any number of unauthorized books onto an unauthorized reader just by dragging and dropping; the reader will complain about not being able to read the file when you try to open it, but it will happily accept its transfer. It's like downloading an encrypted book onto your computer from the internet. You won't be able to read the book once you download it, but that doesn't stop you from downloading the file, nor does it affect the speed of the download. It's just 1s and 0s coming down a wire and being recorded on your hard drive; it's when you go to try to interpret those 1s and 0s later on that you may run into trouble.

Your reader is no different. In fact, your computer actually sees your reader as a portable hard drive. When you plug your reader into your computer, look in My Computer on your desktop, and you'll see the reader there as a removable drive. Transfers to and from the reader should be happening at a normal transfer rate regardless of what kind of file you're transferring. The reader and your computer should be hooked up together over a USB2 connection, so a 4 MB file should whip into your reader in about 10 to 20 seconds or so. A 135 MB file might take a few minutes at the most. If you're getting speeds like you describe, something is seriously wrong.

Since you said you have a friend who has a reader as well, the first thing I would try would be to just plug your reader into his computer and see if he can drag-and-drop a couple of files onto your reader. If the transfer rate is normal, then the problem is with your computer. If not, the problem is with your reader. If you can't use anyone else's computer for this test, then I would simply suggest returning the reader and getting a replacement to see if that solves the problem. Do you have an external hard drive that connects to your computer with a USB cable? Do transfers to and from that hard drive appear to go at normal speed? Do you hook up a camera to your computer and download photos from it? Do those transfers appear to be of a normal speed? If any of this is true, then your reader is probably defective.

11-27-2010, 08:52 PM	#17
cmdahler Addict Posts: 292 Karma: 24688 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Your problem has nothing to do with authorizations or file formats. You can transfer any number of unauthorized books onto an unauthorized reader just by dragging and dropping; the reader will complain about not being able to read the file when you try to open it, but it will happily accept its transfer. It's like downloading an encrypted book onto your computer from the internet. You won't be able to read the book once you download it, but that doesn't stop you from downloading the file, nor does it affect the speed of the download. It's just 1s and 0s coming down a wire and being recorded on your hard drive; it's when you go to try to interpret those 1s and 0s later on that you may run into trouble. Your reader is no different. In fact, your computer actually sees your reader as a portable hard drive. When you plug your reader into your computer, look in My Computer on your desktop, and you'll see the reader there as a removable drive. Transfers to and from the reader should be happening at a normal transfer rate regardless of what kind of file you're transferring. The reader and your computer should be hooked up together over a USB2 connection, so a 4 MB file should whip into your reader in about 10 to 20 seconds or so. A 135 MB file might take a few minutes at the most. If you're getting speeds like you describe, something is seriously wrong. Since you said you have a friend who has a reader as well, the first thing I would try would be to just plug your reader into his computer and see if he can drag-and-drop a couple of files onto your reader. If the transfer rate is normal, then the problem is with your computer. If not, the problem is with your reader. If you can't use anyone else's computer for this test, then I would simply suggest returning the reader and getting a replacement to see if that solves the problem. Do you have an external hard drive that connects to your computer with a USB cable? Do transfers to and from that hard drive appear to go at normal speed? Do you hook up a camera to your computer and download photos from it? Do those transfers appear to be of a normal speed? If any of this is true, then your reader is probably defective.