PRS 650 Locked Solid

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:55:12 GMT

Don't despair Maddy!

If the red light was on during charging, it probably is charged - particularly if it said charging complete.

What I didn't say is that after I'd charged mine, when it started up it still showed the previous screen that it had locked up on (can't remember what that said now). Anyhow, I forced it to reset by using a paperclip in the reset button next to the power socket and it was fine. I'm guessing that's what you need to do (see earlier in thread for instructions on doing a reset). Notice you need to press the button, then use the power slider, pressing the button alone doesn't reboot it.

Putting books on it is a pain, but it does work! I had problems using my mac and ended up downloading the book on the PC and then dragging it to the reader on the mac. Once you've downloaded the reader file, open reader library, then drag it into the drag it into 'library' (in the left pane). If the reader is connected, it should appear below that. Drag the book(s) title from the right pane into the reader and you're done.

Good luck! It's worth persevering, the reader is really good!

Laurence

PRS 650 Locked Solid

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:58:21 GMT

OK, I had exactly the same problem. A brand new reader, wouldn't charge from (Apple) USB mains adapter, Mac, or PC. After it had powered down, charging light would only come on for a few minutes before it would boot and give the charging stopped message. Lots of resets later, no joy. If I removed USB, would boot, then tell me battery discharged and switch off. After reading this thread, was ready to take it back - but did some other searching and found a better solution!

Turns out that if completely run down, the e reader won't charge from a standard USB or via PC/Mac. Not sure why, but the (optional, not supplied with reader) charger does work. I don't have one of those and didn't want to buy one, but I do have a Sony USB charger for the PS3 remotes - and that worked fine! Not sure what the difference is between Sony chargers and the others I tried, but it did the trick.

I hope this helps someone else, I've wasted 2 hours of boxing day trying to solve this!

Sony: Elenco messaggi

PRS 650 Locked Solid

PRS 650 Locked Solid