[sirmaru]

I just received my Sony PRS 505 and learned a few tricks by experimentation.

1. If one buys the NIV Bible, do NOT try to click on the footnotes. If you do, it will format the internal disk and a new sync from the PC to the Reader will then be required. When formatting that way, it takes a Reset to stop the process. This is a firmware bug and, hopefully, it will be fixed on the next firmware upgrade.

2. Sound is only available using the headphone jack on the bottom. There is no speaker inside the unit.

3. If reading a PDF file using eBook Library, one gets a better view using the External Viewer icon on the bottom which activates Adobe Reader.

4. When one is done using the Reader connected to eBook Library, click the icon next to the reader before disconnecting the USB cable and it will close the hardware to prevent damage to the files on the Reader Internal Memory. Thus, using the Safe Remove Hardware icon on the Taskbar is unnecessary.

5. The books are contained in \My Documents\My Books\eBook Library.

6. The indices are contained in \Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Sony Corporation\eBook Library\Database

7. Page locations can by synchronized by having the font size the same for the Reader and eBook Library. Then one can use the slider on the right of the eBook Library screen to jump to a specific page and type in the page number on the Reader screen and then <Enter>.

8. If one is going to purchase a new Reader or PC, one should first unregister the units at the Connect Sony eBook Store.

9. There is 203 Mb free for data on the Reader Internal Memory if all books, pictures and music are deleted. Each purchased book appears to take up about 5 to 10 Mb. Thus, without any memory cards added there is room for about 25 books. The disk size is actually 210 Mb with about 7 Mb being used for housekeeping files. However, one should not add more than about 15 books since some of the disk must be reserved for temporary files which are built in the \Cache directory there. Otherwise page turning and other tasks could be slowed down.

10. Large fonts on the Reader in Portrait Mode is the same size as Small fonts on the eBook Library screen using a 24" HD LCD Monitor set at 1024 x 768 pixel resolution.