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Toeknee · 10-01-2009, 02:13 PM

I have experienced some USB glitches as well and will have to do some experimenting. My PEZ was only getting power when connected to my laptop with one USB cable. Another USB cable saw it but Windows complained that a USB device malfunctioned. A third USB cable worked and I was able to see the PEZ internal and SD memory as disks in Windows explorer.

My first attempt at moving files around got an error half way through. Unplugging and replugging the USB fixed the problem and the rest of the transfers went fine.

So, I appear to be able to make USB transfers work, but it is a bit hit and miss.

I also appear to have a bit of a problem with reading a book from the SD card. It would randomly lock my PEZ when I turn the page. It only happens with one book and the problem appears to have gone away now that I have moved the book to the PEZ's internal memory. I'm writing it off to flakiness with the SD card. I will try another SD card and see if the problem goes away.

So far, I'm still liking my purchase, but if more minor issues crop up, I may have to consider a swap. I'd hate to be saddled with a lemon.

10-01-2009, 02:13 PM	#27
Toeknee Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Device: Astak EZReader Pro	I have experienced some USB glitches as well and will have to do some experimenting. My PEZ was only getting power when connected to my laptop with one USB cable. Another USB cable saw it but Windows complained that a USB device malfunctioned. A third USB cable worked and I was able to see the PEZ internal and SD memory as disks in Windows explorer. My first attempt at moving files around got an error half way through. Unplugging and replugging the USB fixed the problem and the rest of the transfers went fine. So, I appear to be able to make USB transfers work, but it is a bit hit and miss. I also appear to have a bit of a problem with reading a book from the SD card. It would randomly lock my PEZ when I turn the page. It only happens with one book and the problem appears to have gone away now that I have moved the book to the PEZ's internal memory. I'm writing it off to flakiness with the SD card. I will try another SD card and see if the problem goes away. So far, I'm still liking my purchase, but if more minor issues crop up, I may have to consider a swap. I'd hate to be saddled with a lemon.