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artelahe · 07-17-2009, 06:50 AM

I was given a PRS 505 Christmas before last, and love it. I had problems charging it from my PC (for one, it would be attached all night and either not charge or only partially charge as the red light was still on 12 hours later). Eventually I lost the usb connector, looked at the Sony site to replace it, picked up a PRS 505 wall charger instead, and have never looked back. Here are some advantages:
Recharges in less than 4 hours
Can be read while charging! (the downside to the USB charging was you not only had to wait forever, but while you waited, you were unable to read anything on the reader).

The unit is not overly expensive from Sony. By now, you may be able to find one on ebay for even less.

07-17-2009, 06:50 AM	#2
artelahe Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony eReader PRS505	I was given a PRS 505 Christmas before last, and love it. I had problems charging it from my PC (for one, it would be attached all night and either not charge or only partially charge as the red light was still on 12 hours later). Eventually I lost the usb connector, looked at the Sony site to replace it, picked up a PRS 505 wall charger instead, and have never looked back. Here are some advantages: Recharges in less than 4 hours Can be read while charging! (the downside to the USB charging was you not only had to wait forever, but while you waited, you were unable to read anything on the reader). The unit is not overly expensive from Sony. By now, you may be able to find one on ebay for even less.