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allovertheglobe · 10-12-2008, 06:48 PM

As far as I understand, the reader MUST STAY ON for charging. If you shut it down as you wrote in your post, it wasn't charged at all. (P.13 of the user manual, in the table: Turned Off | Not Charging | No LED) (as must the computer you hook it up to, and if it goes into sleep mode, I'm not sure it would provide power to the USB port for the reader to charge - one reason I use a wall charger)

I had a scare like that yesterday, as I wrote earlier, and it turned out that the reader wasn't receiving power through my own fault.

Hook it up again, wait for a while (maybe 10 min.) and if nothing happens, try a reset (keep pushing the pen in for a little longer, count to ten...) then wait a few more minutes and if necessary, try another reset. If it doesn't come back on after that, you may indeed have a problem.

Worst comes to worst, I wouldn't hesitate to contact Jeff from eReader Outfitters. He seems to be pretty responsive, and though I don't know if he will arrange for your repair, I'm sure he can at least explain to you the best course of action since he should be in direct contact with iRex.

10-12-2008, 06:48 PM	#17
allovertheglobe Grumpy Old Man Posts: 267 Karma: 30194 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: L.A., Euro ex-pat Device: Kobo, Nook Classic,Color,ST/Glow, iRex DR1000, Sony 505, REB1100&1200	As far as I understand, the reader MUST STAY ON for charging. If you shut it down as you wrote in your post, it wasn't charged at all. (P.13 of the user manual, in the table: Turned Off \| Not Charging \| No LED) (as must the computer you hook it up to, and if it goes into sleep mode, I'm not sure it would provide power to the USB port for the reader to charge - one reason I use a wall charger) I had a scare like that yesterday, as I wrote earlier, and it turned out that the reader wasn't receiving power through my own fault. Hook it up again, wait for a while (maybe 10 min.) and if nothing happens, try a reset (keep pushing the pen in for a little longer, count to ten...) then wait a few more minutes and if necessary, try another reset. If it doesn't come back on after that, you may indeed have a problem. Worst comes to worst, I wouldn't hesitate to contact Jeff from eReader Outfitters. He seems to be pretty responsive, and though I don't know if he will arrange for your repair, I'm sure he can at least explain to you the best course of action since he should be in direct contact with iRex. Last edited by allovertheglobe; 10-12-2008 at 06:53 PM.