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AmandaPup · 12-10-2009, 04:31 PM

I have a double problem with my Sony 505. First it got put aside for a while and the battery completely drained. I set it up to recharge but forgot about it so it appeared to have died rather than recharged. With a bit of help from Sony, I was able to get it going again. But the tech did recommend that I just partially recharge it, let it drain part way and recharge, etc for a while. Unfortunately it seems to take very little time to [apparently] recharge. This isn't a major issue because I still don't use it as much as I might and if it appears to had discharged the battery I can find something else to read. I tried to find something comparable to the tech's suggestion in my manual so I could have specific steps to follow but could not. Any suggestions on what I should do? Possibly I have screwed up the battery entirely and it doesn't much matter?

Second issue: most the stuff I have on my device is from Gutenberg Project. I haven't invested in any $ ebooks for the same reason I haven't bought any dead tree books. Although there are some books I might want to read and reread or refer to, there are not many. Mostly I borrow from the library.

But there is one author I do consider rereadable (Terry Pratchett) and I thought I might start collecting his books in eFormat. I ended up buying one in the Adobe Digital Editions format. As instructed, I downloaded ADE and was able to install it on my Mac, but have not figured out how to install it on the Sony.

I found the ADE not particularly helpful - can't even seem to figure out how to dump the test book which I downloaded to make sure I could read the format. I admit that although decades ago, I enjoyed poking around new software trying to find out what tricks it could do, I now just want the app to do what I was told it would do.

I did some exploring for information on the Adobe forums, but I didn't find anything that seemed useful. Someone mentioned that the ADE did not recognize the Sony which would appear to be my problem and someone else said he used Caliber. I also use Caliber but Caliber does not recognize the *.ascm files.

Thanks for any suggestions on either issue.

AmandaPup

12-10-2009, 04:31 PM	#1
AmandaPup Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	What can I do about ... I have a double problem with my Sony 505. First it got put aside for a while and the battery completely drained. I set it up to recharge but forgot about it so it appeared to have died rather than recharged. With a bit of help from Sony, I was able to get it going again. But the tech did recommend that I just partially recharge it, let it drain part way and recharge, etc for a while. Unfortunately it seems to take very little time to [apparently] recharge. This isn't a major issue because I still don't use it as much as I might and if it appears to had discharged the battery I can find something else to read. I tried to find something comparable to the tech's suggestion in my manual so I could have specific steps to follow but could not. Any suggestions on what I should do? Possibly I have screwed up the battery entirely and it doesn't much matter? Second issue: most the stuff I have on my device is from Gutenberg Project. I haven't invested in any $ ebooks for the same reason I haven't bought any dead tree books. Although there are some books I might want to read and reread or refer to, there are not many. Mostly I borrow from the library. But there is one author I do consider rereadable (Terry Pratchett) and I thought I might start collecting his books in eFormat. I ended up buying one in the Adobe Digital Editions format. As instructed, I downloaded ADE and was able to install it on my Mac, but have not figured out how to install it on the Sony. I found the ADE not particularly helpful - can't even seem to figure out how to dump the test book which I downloaded to make sure I could read the format. I admit that although decades ago, I enjoyed poking around new software trying to find out what tricks it could do, I now just want the app to do what I was told it would do. I did some exploring for information on the Adobe forums, but I didn't find anything that seemed useful. Someone mentioned that the ADE did not recognize the Sony which would appear to be my problem and someone else said he used Caliber. I also use Caliber but Caliber does not recognize the *.ascm files. Thanks for any suggestions on either issue. AmandaPup