Troubleshooting "Time left in chapter/book" is wrong

MBHunter · 12-05-2014, 08:12 AM

Hi,

I have a problem with my PW1. After some time while reading (especially huge books, like "The Stand" by S. King etc.) my PW1 is going crazy with "Time left in chapter/book"... It shows time 4 or 5 times smaller than I actually need to finish the chapter.

Then I'm using the ";ReadingTimeReset" to set this again, but after some time it's going back to this weird values. And it shows for example 15 minutes, but actually I need 45 to finish the chapter.

I can prevent from this issue by non-stop tracking the "time left in..." and when I notice that it's going to be screwd up (for example after switching to the next page, time left in chapter is changing from "45 minutes" to "13 minutes") I can switch 1 page back, and then go forward, and it should get back to normal. But it's quite hard to pick the exact moment when it's happening.

Can something be done with it?
Thanks in advance!

Mike L · 12-05-2014, 12:00 PM

You are not the only person to notice this kind of problem. We've discussed it in a couple of other threads, most recently here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=225374

Mike

badgoodDeb · 12-06-2014, 12:21 AM

Do any of the Voyages have this problem? That might explain why I thought I was going to finish the book before a reasonable bed time, but ended up going way over!

Maybe I'd better switch back to displaying the page or locate count instead, and stop playing with phony timing! I really miss the progress bar in my K4 and all earlier kindles.

12-05-2014, 08:12 AM	#1
MBHunter Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Kindle PaperWhite	"Time left in chapter/book" is wrong Hi, I have a problem with my PW1. After some time while reading (especially huge books, like "The Stand" by S. King etc.) my PW1 is going crazy with "Time left in chapter/book"... It shows time 4 or 5 times smaller than I actually need to finish the chapter. Then I'm using the ";ReadingTimeReset" to set this again, but after some time it's going back to this weird values. And it shows for example 15 minutes, but actually I need 45 to finish the chapter. I can prevent from this issue by non-stop tracking the "time left in..." and when I notice that it's going to be screwd up (for example after switching to the next page, time left in chapter is changing from "45 minutes" to "13 minutes") I can switch 1 page back, and then go forward, and it should get back to normal. But it's quite hard to pick the exact moment when it's happening. Can something be done with it? Thanks in advance!

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12-05-2014, 12:00 PM	#2
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	You are not the only person to notice this kind of problem. We've discussed it in a couple of other threads, most recently here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=225374 Mike

12-06-2014, 12:21 AM	#3
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,539 Karma: 64201357 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Do any of the Voyages have this problem? That might explain why I thought I was going to finish the book before a reasonable bed time, but ended up going way over! Maybe I'd better switch back to displaying the page or locate count instead, and stop playing with phony timing! I really miss the progress bar in my K4 and all earlier kindles.

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