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Help me with Pandigital Novel reader?
I bought a cheap Pandigital Novel PRD06E20WWH8 reader a while back
because I though my invalid wife would use it, but she refused. Now she seems half-interested. So I have charged up the reader's battery, and now I want to download something from my desktop as an experiment. I know nothing about these readers. I sought a user manual on Google, but did not find any. Can I get help? I have downloaded and saved a .epub short book, called it 'test.epub'. I have made a USB connection 'tween the reader and the desktop. I have the Pandigital reader turned on. No entry comes up in Windows Explorer as I expected it would. There is a site: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/downl...vel-26968.html for downloading music, and it says an entry should come up in desktop windows explorer when I connect the reader when the reader is turned on.. Should 'PD_Novel' show in windows explorer? As a side issue, I have downloaded and installed a 'Adobe Digital Editions' version 2.0.67..... and have established an Adobe ID with my email address and a password thinking that would help. BTW, I am using XP SP3. Grandpa |
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Help me with Pandigital Novel reader?
On 5/24/2013 3:16 PM, wrote:
I bought a cheap Pandigital Novel PRD06E20WWH8 reader a while back because I though my invalid wife would use it, but she refused. Now she seems half-interested. So I have charged up the reader's battery, and now I want to download something from my desktop as an experiment. I know nothing about these readers. I sought a user manual on Google, but did not find any. Can I get help? I have downloaded and saved a .epub short book, called it 'test.epub'. I have made a USB connection 'tween the reader and the desktop. I have the Pandigital reader turned on. No entry comes up in Windows Explorer as I expected it would. There is a site: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/downl...vel-26968.html for downloading music, and it says an entry should come up in desktop windows explorer when I connect the reader when the reader is turned on.. Should 'PD_Novel' show in windows explorer? As a side issue, I have downloaded and installed a 'Adobe Digital Editions' version 2.0.67..... and have established an Adobe ID with my email address and a password thinking that would help. BTW, I am using XP SP3. Grandpa The web site is here. http://pandigital.net/ On the support section of the site downloads of user guides are available. http://www.pandigital.net/?PageID=391 |
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Help me with Pandigital Novel reader?
"Pen" wrote in message ... On 5/24/2013 3:16 PM, wrote: I bought a cheap Pandigital Novel PRD06E20WWH8 reader a while back because I though my invalid wife would use it, but she refused. Now she seems half-interested. So I have charged up the reader's battery, and now I want to download something from my desktop as an experiment. I know nothing about these readers. I sought a user manual on Google, but did not find any. Can I get help? I have downloaded and saved a .epub short book, called it 'test.epub'. I have made a USB connection 'tween the reader and the desktop. I have the Pandigital reader turned on. No entry comes up in Windows Explorer as I expected it would. There is a site: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/downl...vel-26968.html for downloading music, and it says an entry should come up in desktop windows explorer when I connect the reader when the reader is turned on.. Should 'PD_Novel' show in windows explorer? As a side issue, I have downloaded and installed a 'Adobe Digital Editions' version 2.0.67..... and have established an Adobe ID with my email address and a password thinking that would help. BTW, I am using XP SP3. Grandpa The web site is here. http://pandigital.net/ On the support section of the site downloads of user guides are available. http://www.pandigital.net/?PageID=391 My Pandigital 9" Novel was rather sensitive to USB port selection. Make sure you're using one of the rear panel "direct to the motherboard" ports. Front panel ports are often flakey. Chris |
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Help me with Pandigital Novel reader?
On Fri, 24 May 2013 16:09:10 -0400, Pen wrote:
The web site is here. http://pandigital.net/ On the support section of the site downloads of user guides are available. http://www.pandigital.net/?PageID=391 I have the 6" model, probably the cheapo. I did not, and still do not, see any manual or quick start guide on this site. Maybe I am blind? Thanks for your response. Grandpa |
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Help me with Pandigital Novel reader?
On Fri, 24 May 2013 16:20:05 -0400, "Chris S."
wrote: My Pandigital 9" Novel was rather sensitive to USB port selection. Make sure you're using one of the rear panel "direct to the motherboard" ports. Front panel ports are often flakey. Chris Thanks Chris - I tried a rear USB and voila! it worked. The desktop recognized the reader in its XP windows explorer. I then was able to do the familiar copy/paste to get the ebook over into the reader. But I still can't operate the reader to do much. I cannot even find said ebook on the reader, although I will bet it is there. I really need a user manual or some such. None seems to be available. I think I will next look for such a manual for some of the more modern versions of this reader to see if anything useful is forthcoming. Thanks again Grandpa |
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Help me with Pandigital Novel reader?
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I bought a cheap Pandigital Novel PRD06E20WWH8 reader a while back because I though my invalid wife would use it, but she refused. Now she seems half-interested. So I have charged up the reader's battery, and now I want to download something from my desktop as an experiment. I know nothing about these readers. I sought a user manual on Google, but did not find any. Can I get help? I have downloaded and saved a .epub short book, called it 'test.epub'. I have made a USB connection 'tween the reader and the desktop. I have the Pandigital reader turned on. No entry comes up in Windows Explorer as I expected it would. There is a site: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/downl...vel-26968.html for downloading music, and it says an entry should come up in desktop windows explorer when I connect the reader when the reader is turned on.. Should 'PD_Novel' show in windows explorer? As a side issue, I have downloaded and installed a 'Adobe Digital Editions' version 2.0.67..... and have established an Adobe ID with my email address and a password thinking that would help. BTW, I am using XP SP3. Grandpa Their documentation is delightfully devoid of "product identification". While their web site list several different devices of this type, I can't tell whether this manual is for you device or not. http://www.pandigital.net/userfiles/...4_09-27-10.pdf In any case, on page 54 and 55: "Connect to Windows PC Windows Explorer opens with the list all drives connected to your computer; the pandigital novel drive is listed as "PD_Novel". To copy files into your pandigital novel, select and drag the desired files into the appropriate pre-assigned folder based on file type. Disconnect It is important to always perform a "Safely Remove" [on the PC end] before disconnecting the USB cable from the pandigital novel and computer. After disconnecting the USB cable from your pandigital novel, the device shuts down and automatically restarts, which may take up to 20 seconds. Please wait and allow the Home screen to be displayed again." To me, these behavioral quirks are indicative of "USB Mass Storage Mode", which requires no special driver. The alternative protocol is MTP, which requires a Windows Media Player update, to get the required driver. So as near as I can tell, there is nothing to prevent the USB method from working - by using the bog standard Mass Storage Class, I expect fewest problems. To test, get a copy of UVCView. See "UVCView.x86.exe" on the right, for the 32 bit Windows version. http://web.archive.org/web/200708170...VCViewdwn.mspx Plug the Novel, into the computer directly, not a hub. This is purely so the device can be viewed in UVCView. UVCView shows a display of all the motherboard ports. Run UVCView.x86.exe. Then, plug in the Novel. Note whether a new entry appears in UVCView. That should be the Novel, and you will see a display of config information. Just seeing the device appear in that tool, is enough for now. If you know where to find the VID and PID, you can look up USB device identification into here. This database is not the official one - people "donate" identifications to it, so not every possible device is listed. Only one significant entry is present for Pandigital (in the Google Android section). http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids If no change occurs in UVCView, then for some reason the Novel isn't responding from its end of the cable. Make sure the cable is not damaged, that the Novel is charged sufficiently, that sort of thing. And "Chris" is right, in that the "best" ports are the ones on the back of the computer, in the I/O plate area. Due to the quality of cabling, and front adapters, sometimes the front USB connectors are a bit on the flaky side. The rear ports don't use cables, while the front ports do. The rear ports use controlled impedance tracks in the motherboard itself. Everything is high quality, in that electrical path. And that's why, when items don't work, you're directed to that I/O plate area. Paul |
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