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Old 02-21-2010, 03:13 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Davimee View Post
Robert, I hope you have better luck with Car Toys than I did!

To be honest, the whole situation has made me a little hesitant to order an ebook reader right now. I know I wouldn't have any trouble ordering from www.theezreader.com, but I guess I'm just a little uneasy, especially given the number of people who are having difficulties with their Pocket Pros lately... I've shown this forum to my husband and told him about the quality of customer service I've seen here, and he's encouraging me to go ahead and order. So I will probably order sometime this weekend. Hopefully I'll get one that is in good working order and I won't have any trouble with it. Assuming I order this weekend, once it comes I'll charge it for a good 8-12 hours, and hopefully that will be sure everything goes smoothly. I've got a question, though. While it's charging, I realize I won't be able to connect it to my computer, but can I install the firmware upgrade and books with the SD card, or is it best to wait until it's completed it's charge cycle?

Thanks!
You can charge it while it's attached to the computer, but it might take a bit longer than if you plug it into the wall. If you want to start playing with your new toy right away, press any other key on the PEz when you connect. The computer will not see the PEz or SD card if you do this, so you'd have to use a card reader to load books.

Make sure you've charged it for at least 10-12 hours before you try to update the firmware. We're told that running out of power in the middle of the upgrade is a really bad thing. You have to install the firmware with the SD card. The Astak firmware doesn't have any way to move books from card to reader, so where you load them is where they'll stay.
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