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mlbspike · 12-27-2006, 02:06 PM

Put a 1 gb memory stick in mine. Had been amazed at the battery life prior to that. Noticed that seemed to be getting near 1500 pages per charge, afterwards. Left the reader (fully charged) on the shelf while I read some dead-tree books, unavailable for the reader. When I turned it on a week later, it was down to 0 bars. Charged it overnight, and decided to try the same thing again, as a test. 5 days, and its down to 2 bars ... and may well hit 0 again after the 7 day period. I've proven to myself there is a problem, so I think I'll pass on the entire 7 day test, pull the stick, recharge tonight, and start another test ... don't like not using my reader for long periods of time, but fortunately I have a fair backlog of books to catch up on ... and I'm in the midst of crunch at work, so ... as good a time as any. I'll post again later, on the results of this latest test. Love the reader, btw ... don't like the idea of shipping it off ... even for repair/replacement.

12-27-2006, 02:06 PM	#5
mlbspike Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 12 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego Device: Sony PRS500, PRS505	Drain - Memory stick Put a 1 gb memory stick in mine. Had been amazed at the battery life prior to that. Noticed that seemed to be getting near 1500 pages per charge, afterwards. Left the reader (fully charged) on the shelf while I read some dead-tree books, unavailable for the reader. When I turned it on a week later, it was down to 0 bars. Charged it overnight, and decided to try the same thing again, as a test. 5 days, and its down to 2 bars ... and may well hit 0 again after the 7 day period. I've proven to myself there is a problem, so I think I'll pass on the entire 7 day test, pull the stick, recharge tonight, and start another test ... don't like not using my reader for long periods of time, but fortunately I have a fair backlog of books to catch up on ... and I'm in the midst of crunch at work, so ... as good a time as any. I'll post again later, on the results of this latest test. Love the reader, btw ... don't like the idea of shipping it off ... even for repair/replacement. Last edited by mlbspike; 12-29-2006 at 06:23 PM.