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Old 10-28-2009, 10:15 PM   #46
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Thanks for the info Robert. I'll wait until the black is back in stock then seeing as the date isn't too far away. Though unfortunately they won't be on sale then anymore but oh well.
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really when is price going and and to what?
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Thanks for the info Robert. I'll wait until the black is back in stock then seeing as the date isn't too far away. Though unfortunately they won't be on sale then anymore but oh well.
Is the price of the PP going up come the third shipment?
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Old 10-29-2009, 12:13 AM   #49
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I was under the impression from Astak's website and something I read on here somewhere that their products were on sale at the moment. Normally the PP is $229 but currently on sale for $199. I thought this sale was ending at the end of October.
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Old 10-29-2009, 12:13 AM   #50
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Is the price of the PP going up come the third shipment?
If it does, I hope it will drop again for a pre Christmas sale....
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I often find it quicker to pop out an SD card and pop it into my computer (laptop inbuilt slot), than to hunt down a cable and connect up the device itself (MP3 player for example).

Also, I intend to have more than one SD card, so I'll just swap SD card to access a whole bunch of new stuff which I may have downloaded to the card earlier.
jusmee, thank you for the response.

But Robertb made it sound like there was some technical reason that the USB interface was slower, and I was wondering why that is?
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jusmee, thank you for the response.

But Robertb made it sound like there was some technical reason that the USB interface was slower, and I was wondering why that is?
Some Windows computers (like mine) have problems with the PEz USB connection.
Like it fails.
So, the SD reader method is 100% better
I ran a simple test on all my SD cards to see what speed I was getting in the reader (timed a transfer of a 300MB MP3 file): 5.7 - 11.2 MBps
300MB is a good test size, as it will fit in the main storage on the PEz (as shipped).
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Old 10-29-2009, 10:37 AM   #53
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Some Windows computers (like mine) have problems with the PEz USB connection.
Like it fails.
So, the SD reader method is 100% better
Same failure here.
I just force USB to the slower USB1.1 standard and it succeeds. I would use the SD card method if the PocketPRO had any file management capability, like the older OpenInkpot had, to move books from the SD card to on board storage. I do not like leaving an SD card in my PocketPRO, so my alternative is to use the USB1.1 standard to put books on the PocketPRO.
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Same failure here.
I just force USB to the slower USB1.1 standard and it succeeds. I would use the SD card method if the PocketPRO had any file management capability, like the older OpenInkpot had, to move books from the SD card to on board storage. I do not like leaving an SD card in my PocketPRO, so my alternative is to use the USB1.1 standard to put books on the PocketPRO.
Dave_S: are you forcing USB1.1 on the PEz or your computer? How please (I can't find a setting for that in the M$ USB driver).

RobertB: could we get the a firmware change to allow a setting to allow the user to Force USB1.1 (even if they fix the problem. and it is their problem as none of the many USB2 storage devices I use has this problem).
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Old 10-29-2009, 11:51 AM   #55
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Dave_S: are you forcing USB1.1 on the PEz or your computer? How please (I can't find a setting for that in the M$ USB driver).
The only way I found to force USB1.1 on the computer was by doing it in the BIOS. That has the drawback of forcing all the USB ports to USB1.1 My method of forcing USB1.1 for just a set of ports was to put a USB1.1 hub on one of the ports.
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could we get the a firmware change to allow a setting to allow the user to Force USB1.1 (even if they fix the problem. and it is their problem as none of the many USB2 storage devices I use has this problem).
I agree. This is a problem either with the V5's hardware or software, and Jinke needs to fix it. A USB 1.1 mode via the settings would be an acceptable work-around.
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Some Windows computers (like mine) have problems with the PEz USB connection.
Like it fails.
So, the SD reader method is 100% better
I ran a simple test on all my SD cards to see what speed I was getting in the reader (timed a transfer of a 300MB MP3 file): 5.7 - 11.2 MBps
300MB is a good test size, as it will fit in the main storage on the PEz (as shipped).
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Please remember that the fastest way to get purchased or downloaded eBooks into the Pocket PRO will always be to use a card reader/writer and put it onto the SD card. That is a breeze to do and very inexpensive.
Looking at the context of his post, it didn't sound (to me) like there were any qualifications on his statement. So when he says "always", he meant to say "always when the USB connection is limited to USB1.1 speeds"?
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I agree. This is a problem either with the V5's hardware or software, and Jinke needs to fix it. A USB 1.1 mode via the settings would be an acceptable work-around.
Or just force it to USB 1.1 until they get it fixed. It is likely they can also throttle the speed to control the transfer to an acceptable level. They need to fix this.

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I just transferred several large files, through the usb cable to the PEZ.

I didn't have any problems, as I have had NO PROBLEMS at all on any aspects of the PEZ.

One of the earlier posts reminded us that the USB port that you use on your computer needs to be the direct port, not an extension, AND some of the computers use internal extensions to the front or back of the unit.
Before you cry foul that it is all PEZs having problems, check to make sure it's not your computer's ports. It seems only a handful of people have this problem, and by deduction reasoning, it is more likely your computer's hardware or software (i.e., firewall) problem than the firmware of the PEZ which works for everyone else.

I empathize to your problem, but please don't demand a change to something that is working, just because you are having problems.


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I just transferred several large files, through the usb cable to the PEZ.

I didn't have any problems, as I have had NO PROBLEMS at all on any aspects of the PEZ.
You didn't have a problem with paint?

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One of the earlier posts reminded us that the USB port that you use on your computer needs to be the direct port, not an extension, AND some of the computers use internal extensions to the front or back of the unit. ...
Could you provide a link? I searched for extension and didn't get any hits. What is an extension, do you mean a hub?
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