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Walt, thanks for the tips! Having owned the reader for years, I have discovered these quirks over time. I am convinced as long as we own these devices, which really do have minds of their own, we will learn something new everyday! I am just glad that most of the problems I run into have already been solved and talked about. Saves a little bit of a headache!
Update on my 505: I have tried EVERYTHING since my original post, meaning, the same ol' stuff! A- obviously I stood on my tippie toes or something, because I got different results.
Remember, I had charged by wall, PSP charger... I had charged by USB to the computer, and it wouldn't hold the charge. That's when I purchased a new battery, installed it, plugged it into the wall with the PSP charger all day, and it still wouldn't hold the charge more than a few hours. I also connected with the USB, at the office, where my computer wouldn't go to sleep at all during the day, and got the same results. It was dead within a few hours.
After I posted here, I tried the wall charger again... same results, held charge for a few hours. (They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results! I am there!) I used the USB to the computer. The red light would come on for a minute or so, then go out. I connected and disconnected several times, and was worried because the amber light and red light were alternating! Obviously, in my situation, that was a good sign. I let it sit for a few minues, and finally the red light was steady. The next time I disconnected, it went into the eternal rotating circle, which is scary, and after a few minutes, the menu came up. That was a long several minutes. I had lost my place in a current book, but that's no biggie. I repeated this connect/disconnect routine a few times that day, and it took a long time for the 505 to get into ready mode each time. GOOD NEWS, it has held the same charge for two days, and still "shows" a full battery. If I can make it through the weekend without a recharge, I consider it a success.
My non-technical conclusion: The 505 needed a reset of some sort (and I had already tried the reset button on the back, wiggling switches, pressing arrows) and all the normal reset techniques were not working. The last time I hooked it to the computer, for some reason, it "connected" differently, and was able to engage and find what it needed? As an average tech minded person, I realize the devices rule us, we do not have control over them!
Garry, A, Walt, Thanks for reading and helping me troubleshoot!
Dawn
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