PRS-600 Strange quirk with PRS-600

HarryT · 10-12-2009, 12:16 PM

Had a funny with my PRS-600 today.

I read for a long session last night (during which everything was fine), so the battery was on 3 bars when I turned the machine on this morning.

I thought my eyesight must be going. Every item of text on the page was "doubled", with a second, fainter, image of the text item about 2mm to the right of the original. Worst still, when I turned the page, it wasn't cleared, so the screen rapidly became completely unreadable.

I went back to the library and opened another book. No difference.
I fully shut the machine down, and rebooted. No difference.

"Oh dear, how jolly annoying", I thought (or words to that effect).

Finally, I connected the machine to my PC for 5 minutes. Disconnected it again. Everything back to normal and it's been fine since.

Very strange. Anyone had something similar happen?

kezza · 10-13-2009, 08:03 PM

Never had this problem. I've had some pretty bad ghosting when reading in very cold conditions, but nothing like what you describe, and I get the impression you weren't out in the cold when all this happened.

Sounds like you may have a defective e-ink screen. I'd call sony about a replacement if it happens again.

DrMoze · 10-14-2009, 10:05 AM

Sounds more like a processor problem than a defective screen. But at least there's an easy fix if it happens again!

10-12-2009, 12:16 PM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Strange quirk with PRS-600 Had a funny with my PRS-600 today. I read for a long session last night (during which everything was fine), so the battery was on 3 bars when I turned the machine on this morning. I thought my eyesight must be going. Every item of text on the page was "doubled", with a second, fainter, image of the text item about 2mm to the right of the original. Worst still, when I turned the page, it wasn't cleared, so the screen rapidly became completely unreadable. I went back to the library and opened another book. No difference. I fully shut the machine down, and rebooted. No difference. "Oh dear, how jolly annoying", I thought (or words to that effect). Finally, I connected the machine to my PC for 5 minutes. Disconnected it again. Everything back to normal and it's been fine since. Very strange. Anyone had something similar happen?

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10-13-2009, 08:03 PM	#2
kezza Lowlife of the Party Posts: 266 Karma: 4038 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: seattle Device: nook, iphone	Never had this problem. I've had some pretty bad ghosting when reading in very cold conditions, but nothing like what you describe, and I get the impression you weren't out in the cold when all this happened. Sounds like you may have a defective e-ink screen. I'd call sony about a replacement if it happens again.

10-14-2009, 10:05 AM	#3
DrMoze Booknut Posts: 858 Karma: 2852 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida! Device: Sony Reader 500/505/300/350, Nook Glowlight Plus (6")	Sounds more like a processor problem than a defective screen. But at least there's an easy fix if it happens again!

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