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Momo_Germany · 02-06-2010, 10:49 AM

All my 3 Sony-Readers (PRS-505, PRS-700 and PRS-700) show this kind of problem very often (nearly every time after having been connected with one of my Computers). Nearly every time after (correct, safe) disconnecting the readers freeze at the staring-up-window.

If they don't freeze, they lose their collections or sometimes even some of the ebooks.

I have 2 cards inserted in each of the readers, storing my ebook-files exclusively on the cards, nothing in internal memory anymore.

Sometimes the readers or one of the cards are shown simply as "Error" in Sony's Library.

The only thing which helped so far was formatting the internal memory of the readers by PC and formatting the cards and then re-copying the collections on the cards.

Every time I wanted to add some ebooks I had to go through this procedure...

I've about 500-600 ebooks (mainly epub-Files) on the cards, sorted into 17 collections.

I alredy changed the cards to other company's cards and/or other sizes - didn't help.

The problem appears on my Desktop-PC, on my Windows-Laptop and on my MacBookPro (both on the Mac-Snow-Leopard part as well as on the WindowsXP-Part installed via Parallels Desktop).

Sometimes my collections even get lost simply while reading; reader restarts without any reason I could understand and if it comes to be used at all again then the collections (and sometimes also some of the ebooks) are gone.

Sometimes it happens when I want to add a bookmark or take a look into the Table of Contents.

I think it has something to do with not good internal memory or not good firmware/software.

I use Sony's Software because I strongly want to have my ebooks in collections and inside the collections I want to have the possibility to decide in which order the books appear (not just alphabetically but the ones I want to read next up).

The bottom-line for me is: there must be something wrong with the firmware (or the hardware?) of the Sony-devices and, however, those readers aren't reliable at all to me. It has been really frustrating.

In the meantime I switched to KindleDX, converting all my epubs to mobi-files and I'm completely fine with this new device (and I will be even much more happy as soon as we get the possibility to create folders on the Kindle for sure). For me it's much better than the Sony-devices, so I don't need to solve the problem with the Sony devices anymore and I'm going to sell at least my PRS-600 and PRS-700.

But however for sure I'd be interested to find out what the reason for the problems are and how to solve them. Some of my friends also use the Sony-devices and face the same problems and would love to solve them.

Greetings,
Momo

02-06-2010, 10:49 AM	#28
Momo_Germany Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 14 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Germany Device: Kindle3 (great!!) +DX, Sony PRS-505,-700,-600 (dislike!), iPad	All my 3 Sony-Readers (PRS-505, PRS-700 and PRS-700) show this kind of problem very often (nearly every time after having been connected with one of my Computers). Nearly every time after (correct, safe) disconnecting the readers freeze at the staring-up-window. If they don't freeze, they lose their collections or sometimes even some of the ebooks. I have 2 cards inserted in each of the readers, storing my ebook-files exclusively on the cards, nothing in internal memory anymore. Sometimes the readers or one of the cards are shown simply as "Error" in Sony's Library. The only thing which helped so far was formatting the internal memory of the readers by PC and formatting the cards and then re-copying the collections on the cards. Every time I wanted to add some ebooks I had to go through this procedure... I've about 500-600 ebooks (mainly epub-Files) on the cards, sorted into 17 collections. I alredy changed the cards to other company's cards and/or other sizes - didn't help. The problem appears on my Desktop-PC, on my Windows-Laptop and on my MacBookPro (both on the Mac-Snow-Leopard part as well as on the WindowsXP-Part installed via Parallels Desktop). Sometimes my collections even get lost simply while reading; reader restarts without any reason I could understand and if it comes to be used at all again then the collections (and sometimes also some of the ebooks) are gone. Sometimes it happens when I want to add a bookmark or take a look into the Table of Contents. I think it has something to do with not good internal memory or not good firmware/software. I use Sony's Software because I strongly want to have my ebooks in collections and inside the collections I want to have the possibility to decide in which order the books appear (not just alphabetically but the ones I want to read next up). The bottom-line for me is: there must be something wrong with the firmware (or the hardware?) of the Sony-devices and, however, those readers aren't reliable at all to me. It has been really frustrating. In the meantime I switched to KindleDX, converting all my epubs to mobi-files and I'm completely fine with this new device (and I will be even much more happy as soon as we get the possibility to create folders on the Kindle for sure). For me it's much better than the Sony-devices, so I don't need to solve the problem with the Sony devices anymore and I'm going to sell at least my PRS-600 and PRS-700. But however for sure I'd be interested to find out what the reason for the problems are and how to solve them. Some of my friends also use the Sony-devices and face the same problems and would love to solve them. Greetings, Momo Last edited by Momo_Germany; 02-06-2010 at 10:53 AM.