[LMB] Cybook tips was re: The worth of Ebook readers OT:

[Martin Bonham]

In a post I read in Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2
"Francis Turner" <francis.turner at gmail.com> wrote in part
>I have consciously charged up by Cybook twice since I bought it ... 
>and I have actually run out of battery power once.
>I have also charged it up as a side effect of copying books on to it of 
>course and it probably gets an hour or so charge each week on average.

Francis probably knows this, but in case there are any Cybook users here who 
want to continue to read books while charging the battery.
(Normally the Cybook goes into USB drive mode when it is connected to external 
power via the usb cable - whether or there is a computer at the other end of 
the usb cable, or just a wall socket mains power to usb adaptor).

If you put the reader into Slideshow mode (via the Advanced Menu) before 
connecting the USB cable, then connect the external power, and then exit 
slideshow mode, you can read while charging the battery (it helps if you use a 
long USB extension cable).

(Slideshow mode exists to turn the reader into a grey scale, very expensive 
digital picture frame, so it is designed to work with external power).


Another Tip for Cybook owners with a Windows computer.
The Mobipocket Desktop Reader is now at version 6.2
The latest seems to have added format conversion to .prc
There is an import button on the toolbar, or you can just drag and drop a file 
(in one of the supported formats, including PDF) into the reader, to get a 
crude but functional conversion into .prc saved to the default directory.


Martin.

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Martin Bonham, Auckland, (Aotearoa) New Zealand.
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