Your New Cybook--Confidential

momghoti · 05-21-2008, 01:43 PM

I've been reading this forum for a while, and there are a few things I would have *dearly* loved to know when I first got my cybook, so I thought I'd put them in one place.

1--ALWAYS use the Safely Remove Hardware button when removing the cybook or the SD card from the computer, and wait for it to say it's safe. If you don't, the computer may not be done transferring info onto the flash memory and that can cause corrupt files. (This may not prevent corrupt files, but not doing it...)

2--Make a back up of the service files, in case somehow they get erased from the cybook. I'd say do it immediately and put it on a DVD so it can't get erased or corrupted. Otherwise, you'll have to wait for Bookeen to help you instead of reading

.

3--Reformat the SD card to FAT32, the file system in the cybook, if it isn't already. This seems to help the cybook work with the SD card.

4--The SD card is inserted with the contacts facing the front.

5--The power bar is not accurate for the first several(I don't know how many) charges; it has to calibrate itself. Just be aware that at '40%' the power may be almost gone.

6--When the battery is out, the screen remains on the page it lost power on. It takes power for the cybook to *change* screens, not stay on them, so you won't be able to turn the page, go to the library or anything. Just charge it for a while and it'll be fine.

7--Pushing the reset directly shuts off the device, it doesn't clear the screen. Visibly, it turns off the LED. Turning the cybook back on will cycle the firmware.

8--If the cybook is having problems, try taking out the SD card; some cybooks only like certain cards. It's unclear what the problem is or why they like one card and not another.

I hope this makes using a cybook easier. Does anyone else have things they would have liked to know at the beginning?

Nate the great · 05-21-2008, 01:57 PM

I keep trying to put books on my Cybook, but after the 5th book or so they fall over. Does anyone have an idea how I can get the books to stay on my Cybook? I was thinking duct tape.

Also, I tried to add a dictionary but after I put it on the Cybook I can't see the screen anymore. Can someone help me?

pilotbob · 05-21-2008, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Can someone help me?

Apparently you are beyond help.

BOb

momghoti · 05-21-2008, 02:01 PM

<*snort*>

delphidb96 · 05-21-2008, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I keep trying to put books on my Cybook, but after the 5th book or so they fall over. Does anyone have an idea how I can get the books to stay on my Cybook? I was thinking duct tape.

Also, I tried to add a dictionary but after I put it on the Cybook I can't see the screen anymore. Can someone help me?

Duct tape *always* helps. As does fabricating a set of front and back supports to keep it in the upright position. You might want to build a "shelving unit" which mounts to the top via a plug for the SD card slot.

Derek

Taylor514ce · 05-21-2008, 02:12 PM

True story, back in one of my incarnations as a young geek at a dedicated computer retailer (remember those: Entre, Computerland?). I explain to the kind lady that a hard drive can hold up to 20 3.5" discs worth of information.

Cut to a week later - Bob the hardware tech, with a huge grin, showing me 2 discs jammed into the disc drive and the service ticket, "customer claims hard drive is full and doesn't hold claimed 20 discs".

Quote:

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Duct tape *always* helps. As does fabricating a set of front and back supports to keep it in the upright position. You might want to build a "shelving unit" which mounts to the top via a plug for the SD card slot.

Derek

I thought I saw somewhere that Bookeen already sold a sturdy metal Cybook frame. They obviously anticipated this issue.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-21-2008, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I keep trying to put books on my Cybook, but after the 5th book or so they fall over. Does anyone have an idea how I can get the books to stay on my Cybook? I was thinking duct tape.

Also, I tried to add a dictionary but after I put it on the Cybook I can't see the screen anymore. Can someone help me?

Quote:

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Duct tape *always* helps. As does fabricating a set of front and back supports to keep it in the upright position. You might want to build a "shelving unit" which mounts to the top via a plug for the SD card slot.

Derek

maybe you could post an instructable about that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Cut to a week later - Bob the hardware tech, with a huge grin, showing me 2 discs jammed into the disc drive and the service ticket, "customer claims hard drive is full and doesn't hold claimed 20 discs".

what was the name of that error again ? a PEBCAM ?

DaleDe · 05-21-2008, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by momghoti

I've been reading this forum for a while, and there are a few things I would have *dearly* loved to know when I first got my cybook, so I thought I'd put them in one place.

I hope this makes using a cybook easier. Does anyone else have things they would have liked to know at the beginning?

The one place to put things is in the wiki and then tell people to check there. It doesn't get stale and is easy to update and reference. there is already a wiki page in two languages to contain this data.

Dale

delphidb96 · 05-21-2008, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

maybe you could post an instructable about that.

what was the name of that error again ? a PEBCAM ?

PEBKAC. Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.

Derek

zelda_pinwheel · 05-21-2008, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delphidb96

PEBKAC. Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.

Derek

right, that's the one i meant.

GeoffC · 05-24-2008, 10:18 AM

Just for one tiny moment there, I thought I was in the Lounge...

Perhaps just slightly better than PEBKAB.

"Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Brain".

delphidb96 · 05-24-2008, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Just for one tiny moment there, I thought I was in the Lounge...

Perhaps just slightly better than PEBKAB.

"Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Brain".

Suppose you *could* go with that, but the sound of PEBKAC (PEHbuhkaaKUH) is so revolting, whilst your version invokes visions of some sort of pedi-cab taxi.

Derek

Patricia · 05-24-2008, 07:51 PM

I thought it was PICNIC: problem in chair; not in computer.

pilotbob · 05-24-2008, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

I thought it was PICNIC: problem in chair; not in computer.

That's another one. PEBKAC, PICNIC and ID10T are the most popular problems that most software has.

BOb

zelda_pinwheel · 05-24-2008, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

I thought it was PICNIC: problem in chair; not in computer.

heh... i didn't know that one.

05-21-2008, 01:43 PM	#1
momghoti Zealot Posts: 121 Karma: 1000021 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hook, UK Device: Cybook Bookeen	Your New Cybook--Confidential I've been reading this forum for a while, and there are a few things I would have dearly loved to know when I first got my cybook, so I thought I'd put them in one place. 1--ALWAYS use the Safely Remove Hardware button when removing the cybook or the SD card from the computer, and wait for it to say it's safe. If you don't, the computer may not be done transferring info onto the flash memory and that can cause corrupt files. (This may not prevent corrupt files, but not doing it...) 2--Make a back up of the service files, in case somehow they get erased from the cybook. I'd say do it immediately and put it on a DVD so it can't get erased or corrupted. Otherwise, you'll have to wait for Bookeen to help you instead of reading. 3--Reformat the SD card to FAT32, the file system in the cybook, if it isn't already. This seems to help the cybook work with the SD card. 4--The SD card is inserted with the contacts facing the front. 5--The power bar is not accurate for the first several(I don't know how many) charges; it has to calibrate itself. Just be aware that at '40%' the power may be almost gone. 6--When the battery is out, the screen remains on the page it lost power on. It takes power for the cybook to change screens, not stay on them, so you won't be able to turn the page, go to the library or anything. Just charge it for a while and it'll be fine. 7--Pushing the reset directly shuts off the device, it doesn't clear the screen. Visibly, it turns off the LED. Turning the cybook back on will cycle the firmware. 8--If the cybook is having problems, try taking out the SD card; some cybooks only like certain cards. It's unclear what the problem is or why they like one card and not another. I hope this makes using a cybook easier. Does anyone else have things they would have liked to know at the beginning?

05-24-2008, 10:18 AM	#11
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Just for one tiny moment there, I thought I was in the Lounge... Perhaps just slightly better than PEBKAB. "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Brain". Last edited by GeoffC; 05-24-2008 at 10:20 AM.

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05-21-2008, 01:57 PM	#2
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I keep trying to put books on my Cybook, but after the 5th book or so they fall over. Does anyone have an idea how I can get the books to stay on my Cybook? I was thinking duct tape. Also, I tried to add a dictionary but after I put it on the Cybook I can't see the screen anymore. Can someone help me?

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momghoti Zealot Posts: 121 Karma: 1000021 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hook, UK Device: Cybook Bookeen	<snort>

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I thought it was PICNIC: problem in chair; not in computer.