Thread: Charging the Sony Reader with an EEE
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Old 06-02-2008, 11:31 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by mogui View Post
When the reader is plugged into the USB port of a PC, the Connect software must be running on the PC in order to turn on the USB voltage supply to charge the reader. The indication that this is working is the little red light above the power switch on the reader.
This is not the case. I have charged my PRS-500 via USB on PCs that did not have the Sony software or drivers installed and it worked perfectly well.

Also, I have seen users here that have charged their 505's prior to installing any of the software.

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