PRS-300 Random reset in middle of book

suecsi · 05-04-2010, 09:47 AM

I'm enjoying the increased portability of the PRS300 but there is an annoying issue I have noted lately - I'll be happily reading and I press to advance the page and the screen goes blank. I press to advance the page again - as I have the font set to large, so it isn't that unusual on a short page to get what appears to be a blank page, but is actually just the bottom of the page you were reading. But then it comes back to the 'Reader' page as if you have done a reset (I don't see this otherwise as I use the slider at the top and never power it fully off via the menu).

It then comes back with a history about 2 books ago, so I have to recall where I was in the current book.

I'm trying to work out whether it is only in this book it has been doing it, I guess I will have to wait and find out. The current book is an EPUB that has no DRM - is there something in the book that is causing it?

I don't remember my PRS505 ever doing this.

grooks · 05-04-2010, 10:52 AM

It is possibly bad code in the ePub which is causing the reboot. Did you get this ebook from a retailer or did you make the ePub yourself?

You can try to convert the file to LRF then see if it reboots where the ePub was rebooting.

4nefertiti · 05-04-2010, 12:36 PM

It sounds like the coding in the book that is causing your problem.You may also want to try another book to confirm this.

suecsi · 05-04-2010, 01:36 PM

I think I'll try the conversion to LRF and see what happens - they are *cough* released EPUBS but I have had EPUBS ok from the same retailer. I have other books in the series so I'll see if they do it too.

suecsi · 05-05-2010, 04:38 AM

I tried converting to LRF and I read the remainder of the book in LRF. It reset itself twice again during about 4 hours of reading last night.

I'm going to keep an eye on it - maybe it was a dodgy book (after all that it was a bit stereotype horror - you could tell what was going to happen, it was if they had taken the standard horror movie script).

I did like the option I tried with the conversion to minimise the margins to 1.0 point though rather than the default of 5.0 - it filled the screen nicely.

sideburnt · 05-06-2010, 11:49 AM

I had the same problems with a few custom epubs that I converted from LIT format, they looked ugly as sin and kept resetting in the same manner. In the end I converted to RTF in word and read this way. Still ugly but a lot more readable.

05-04-2010, 09:47 AM	#1
suecsi Rock Chick Posts: 429 Karma: 4965 Join Date: May 2009 Location: near Heathrow Device: Kindle 2i, Kindle DX, Kindle 3G	Random reset in middle of book I'm enjoying the increased portability of the PRS300 but there is an annoying issue I have noted lately - I'll be happily reading and I press to advance the page and the screen goes blank. I press to advance the page again - as I have the font set to large, so it isn't that unusual on a short page to get what appears to be a blank page, but is actually just the bottom of the page you were reading. But then it comes back to the 'Reader' page as if you have done a reset (I don't see this otherwise as I use the slider at the top and never power it fully off via the menu). It then comes back with a history about 2 books ago, so I have to recall where I was in the current book. I'm trying to work out whether it is only in this book it has been doing it, I guess I will have to wait and find out. The current book is an EPUB that has no DRM - is there something in the book that is causing it? I don't remember my PRS505 ever doing this.

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05-04-2010, 10:52 AM	#2
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	It is possibly bad code in the ePub which is causing the reboot. Did you get this ebook from a retailer or did you make the ePub yourself? You can try to convert the file to LRF then see if it reboots where the ePub was rebooting.

05-04-2010, 12:36 PM	#3
4nefertiti Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 352 Join Date: May 2009 Location: VA Device: Sony PRS900 (daily edition), blackberry	It sounds like the coding in the book that is causing your problem.You may also want to try another book to confirm this.

05-04-2010, 01:36 PM	#4
suecsi Rock Chick Posts: 429 Karma: 4965 Join Date: May 2009 Location: near Heathrow Device: Kindle 2i, Kindle DX, Kindle 3G	I think I'll try the conversion to LRF and see what happens - they are cough released EPUBS but I have had EPUBS ok from the same retailer. I have other books in the series so I'll see if they do it too.

05-05-2010, 04:38 AM	#5
suecsi Rock Chick Posts: 429 Karma: 4965 Join Date: May 2009 Location: near Heathrow Device: Kindle 2i, Kindle DX, Kindle 3G	I tried converting to LRF and I read the remainder of the book in LRF. It reset itself twice again during about 4 hours of reading last night. I'm going to keep an eye on it - maybe it was a dodgy book (after all that it was a bit stereotype horror - you could tell what was going to happen, it was if they had taken the standard horror movie script). I did like the option I tried with the conversion to minimise the margins to 1.0 point though rather than the default of 5.0 - it filled the screen nicely.

05-06-2010, 11:49 AM	#6
sideburnt Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 46 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony prs-505	I had the same problems with a few custom epubs that I converted from LIT format, they looked ugly as sin and kept resetting in the same manner. In the end I converted to RTF in word and read this way. Still ugly but a lot more readable.

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