Santa got me a Iriver Story - what next

[clanelliott]

Hi James_Wilde
Thanks for all your time and info, i would have got no where on my own. i will wait for the next tweek of calibre before doing anything with calibre, just in case i screw things up for myself, which i am good at. chris

[Bass Rock]

I got the same model from the same shop and returned it today as I could not get it to authenticate with Digital Editions as per the instructions. Poor online support unlike other items purchased so decided not to persevere.

Originally Posted by clanelliott

I am totally new to ebooks and require help and tips as well as a lot of understanding from you all. (its the model with Wi-Fi from Costco £82 inc VAT)
I have a few questions, i am sorry if the have already been answered before but i could not find the answers. .
1) Calibre installed and i have downloaded 3 books to a folder on my desktop and they are showing in the main library section. Using the wizzard i cannot see iriver as a selection, what should i select?
2) is it better to put books on to a SD card rather than the internal memory?
3) suggestions for protecting the unit

Many thanks
Chris

[Bass Rock]

Having now read the whole thread I am amazed at the effort being put in to try and get things working on your IRiver Story. In contrast to my IRiver experience I got a Skycaddie Golf GPS which on Christmas Day(!) as a result of similar 'synchronisation problems' a human (called Vince) from their online support fixed the problem for me remotely - albeit I then paid the annual subscription charge but that whas what I had to do in any event so no extra charge. What a difference in reduced time wasted and stress levels. Customer service indeed. Perhaps these Ereader companies should offer a similar service given the apparent number of bugs arising from reading these fora! Maybe I should just ask my wife to wait until next year until all this settles down.

Originally Posted by clanelliott

I am totally new to ebooks and require help and tips as well as a lot of understanding from you all. (its the model with Wi-Fi from Costco £82 inc VAT)
I have a few questions, i am sorry if the have already been answered before but i could not find the answers. .
1) Calibre installed and i have downloaded 3 books to a folder on my desktop and they are showing in the main library section. Using the wizzard i cannot see iriver as a selection, what should i select?
2) is it better to put books on to a SD card rather than the internal memory?
3) suggestions for protecting the unit

Many thanks
Chris

[James_Wilde]

Originally Posted by Bass Rock

I got the same model from the same shop and returned it today as I could not get it to authenticate with Digital Editions as per the instructions. Poor online support unlike other items purchased so decided not to persevere.

There's actually a fix for this on the ADE site. Apparently a number of different non-mainstream readers can have a problem authenticating, but it's only the first connection that's the problem.

Don't ask me what the fix is - I've forgotten. But then I don't need it any more. It's a key combination to press, something like Ctrl-E, when the two machines are connected.

[clanelliott]

with the latest update of calibre (0.7.36), calibre can now see my device.
So it's a big thanks to you all.
chris