Thread: SD card for sony 505
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Old 11-16-2009, 12:59 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by prudence View Post
Hi

I bought my sony 505 from ebay and am really pleased with it.

Just wanted to ask about the SD card. There are two different sized card slots in the reader but I am not sure which SD card to get online and what size to go for. Also do I need an adapter for the card to be able to plug into the computer?

Sorry if the question sounds stupid but I'm not sure where to start for the ereader.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Sue
Each slot is for a different type of memory card. The following is per the instruction book:
  • The left memory card slot is for a Memory Stick Duo memory card, and it supports both Memory Stick Duo cards and Memory Stick PRO Duo cards.
  • The right memory card slot is for an SD Memory Card, and it supports both SD Memory Cards and miniSD Cards (the miniSD Card will require an adaptor).
The instruction book does give a warning that you can damage a memory card slot if you attempt to insert the wrong type of card into the slot.

Although I didn't find anything in the instruction book specifically indicating the maximum memory card size the reader supports, it says that it performs an operation check on Memory Stick Duo cards up to 8GB and on SD Memory cards up to 2GB.

I've been using a 1GB SD memory card in my reader and have not had any problems. When the time comes that I need to add more storage to my reader, rather that getting a larger SD memory card, I will likely take advantage of the open Memory Stick slot to add additional storage.

When I want to load files directly on an SD memory card (instead of through a device like my reader or a PDA), I've had to use an adaptor that plugs into one of my computer's USB ports. I'm a Windows user and my SD memory card appears as a lettered drive.

I hope that helps.
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