[bookport] Re: Dead Bookport: anything I can try
- From: Will Smith <wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:01:24 -0500 (EST)
Try taking the batteries out and leavingthem out for at least 8 or ten
hours or more.
Will
wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Paula Mack wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paula Mack <pmack1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Dec 17, 2004 8:43 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Dead Bookport: anything I can try
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>
> Hi again, so sorry to bother you guys with this. I made a mistake when
> quoting the error message. The last part said "file sytem initialization,
> not "file initialization" as I originally stated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paula
>
> Hi listers,
>
> I am having a serious problem with my Bookport. I just bought it in either
> March or April, but I can't seem to revive it. Here is what is going on.
>
> Last night I was reading, and it said something about the buffer, but then
> kept on reading. When I turned it off, I didn't think much about it.
> However, when I tried to start it again, I kept getting this message, "FS
> card fail; file initialization failed. I tried removing and then replacing
> the battery. I tried formatting the flash card, putting everything on it
> again, even tried another flash card. Then, I tried to reset the Bookport
> with the 2 & B button. It gives the same error, and sometimes also says
> "memory corrupted.
>
> I don't know what else to try and I use it for working with RFB&D books here
> at work as well as for recreation, and I am going to hold things up here at
> work if I have to wait for RFB to send cassettes. Needless to say, i am a
> nervous wreck at this point
>
> I will be glad to call and talk to someone as well, but I thought I'd put the
> problem out on the list just in case there was something that I hadn't
> thought of.
>
> The thing is so new I can't understand it, but I do use it a lot. At this
> point, I'd be glad to buy a new one rather than wait six weeks to get mine
> fixed.
>
> Thanks for listening, and sorry for the harried tone of this email.
>
> Paula..
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