Comments on: Waterstones Elonex 511EB Review – Part 2

By: Stooby

Stooby — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:38:58 +0000

Have you tried turning it off and removing the memory card? MIne occassionaly faults and it works if I remove the card, give the slot and the card a quick blow and put it back in.

By: adam charles

adam charles — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:56:15 +0000

when i tern on my etouch 750ET it frezes help

By: MP

MP — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:42:51 +0000

I’ve found a solution for my problem opening larger files. I use winrar to make a zipfile of the epub. Just open the zip, delete the coverpicture and save the epub under a different name…

It was the large size coverpicture causing me problems but if it doesn’t work then just split the book in chapters :)

By: Terence Eden

Terence Eden — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:31:29 +0000

FYI – it looks like there *will* be another firmware update for the 511EB!
http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/08/the-511eb-is-getting-a-firmware-update/

Please, please, please call or email Elonex and ask when they will be releasing it.

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:51:18 +0000

Hi Tina and Jamie,

Firmware update 0.47 is supposed to “resolves some issues when processing very large eBooks”, Terence has a write up here http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/03/elonex-511eb-firmware-update/

I myself had problem with under the dome by Stephen King as this book is over 3000kb. But I believe this update did work.

If you have 0.47 then I’d suggested re-applying.

Regards,
Darren

By: tina

tina — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:11:33 +0000

SNAP
Having the same trouble as Jamie
Can anyone help, brought 2 books that I can not read

By: jamie

jamie — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:06:43 +0000

I’m having the same problem, anything over 3000kb wont open, the reader just stays with the ‘processing’ box on screen, any help would be great.
J..

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Terence Eden has a Blog » Blog Archive » eBook Libraries and DRM — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:43:04 +0000

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By: Stella

Stella — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:36:59 +0000

Well after much thought i’m selling my Elonex 511EB ereader. I’ve always wanted a Kindle but didnt think they would come over here. Now they have, and so i’m going for that one. I never really got over ADE not working on my computer :P Anyway i’s still grateful for the help i recieved here. Thank you. :) xxx

By: pete daly

pete daly — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:52:43 +0000

my public libray has just introduced ebook downloads.I was delighted when I saw this on the website.They use adobe digital editions so I thought it would be straightforward.I’ve tried downloading sample books from the adobe site but get the same message.So I’ve downloaded three books and I had the “no valid licence problem”.
I’ve tried all the advice in these pages and my pc tells me that the downloads have transferred successfully to the ebook reader but I still get the same message.
I’m starting to think that Waterstoneslike all the bad publicity because they’re really trying to make sure the sale of paper books has no competition by selling inferior products.

By: Svein

Svein — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:20:23 +0000

It’s nearly impossible to open http://www.elonex.com. Get only a ” can’t find the server”.
Is that a general problem?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:33:45 +0000

I got my Elonex 511tEB a few days ago

Anyone know where you can get one of these? I’ve not found a source, and for 115 pounds it sounds like something not to be missed.

Jeremy.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:18:16 +0000

Thank you Terence, that helps a lot.

By: Terence Eden

Terence Eden — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:10:21 +0000

Hi Doug,

Don’t worry, you’re not stupid :-)
The 511EB doesn’t have to be on to charge. When it is plugged in to USB, you’ll see the LED in the top left corner turn red. If the device is switched on, the battery symbol will also change to have a little lightening bolt on it.

You can’t delete books from the eReader itself. You need to plug it in to your computer, switch on USB transfer mode and then delete them directly from the memory card.

Hope that helps.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:53:28 +0000

I have just bought a 511EB and have a couple of questions that will probably seem infantile to most of you. First: How do I know my ebook is charging when I plug it into the USB port? Does my 511EB have to be switched on? Second: How do I delete ebooks I have downloaded and no longer require? Please don’t say I’m stupid!

By: Mp

Mp — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:22:00 +0000

I bought my elonex recently and my only problem with the product is that I cant open files around 3000kb.
The reader freezes up and keeps processing when I try to open the files. I have the latest firmware and it is only a few large epubs i have the problem with.

I tried to write to Waterstones about the problem, because I would really like to have the problem fixed but their support don’t seem to care.
Am I the only one having problem with the larger files – and is possible to split the files to smaller pieces?

By: Natalie D

Natalie D — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:59:27 +0000

Hi Scott,

Can I ask where you bought the touch screen version as I can’t find it anywhere.
Thanks
Nat

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:41:06 +0000

Hi all.

I got my Elonex 511tEB a few days ago and I can’t see what all the issues are about? I updated the firmware without a second thought and have loaded it with 60MB PDF’s which open in under 10 seconds. On partial refresh, page changes are pretty much instant, which is unusual even for a partial refresh on an ebook reader. On my big PDF files the page change is as quick as my friends sony reading a text file.

Admittedly I do have the touch screen version, with hand writing recognition, but It was easily the best £115 I ever spent!

I’m an extremely satisfied customer.

By: ju

ju — Sat, 22 May 2010 08:05:31 +0000

HI Stella,
Not sure if this is what your after, But you can change were stuff downloads to in your web browser, What you will have to do weather it’s internet explorer or firefox, you need to go into your settings, and find the download options, there will be a tick box saying something along the lines of..”ask me everytime I download something”. what that will do, is every time now you click a download it will open a window that will ask you were to download that file.

So I think you will be able then to down load your book to anywhere you want to, in your case, look for the ADE folder, which should be in your programs folder.

Hope this is what you need.

Just as an example, I use Firefox, and the way to change download settings there is….
Click preferences, then the general tab, in there you will see downloads, and a box that says “always ask me were to save files.

By: Stella

Stella — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:31:53 +0000

Yes my computer is Windows 7. My account is administrator. It seemed to install ok, i think if i could find a way to turn off the option to choose where to download it would all be fine. When i pressed download then open on my dad’s XP it downloaded it straight away to ADE. And it was so simple. It’s great but i do have concerns of these old computers packing up so to get it to work on mine would be a godsend. Well at least i have a solution until i figure out a way to get it to work :D

By: Jamie Dobson

Jamie Dobson — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:32:22 +0000

A big thanks to everyone who posts on this site, I’ve just got my first ebook and without the valuable information on here I would’ve been struggling to get my ’511EB’ up and running, I’ve followed all the advice and linksand am now left with the only difficult task there is, hunting down all the book downloads i can get and filling up the memory.
So once again, thanks.
Jamie.

By: Evad

Evad — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:06:25 +0000

Presumably your original PC is running Vista or Windows 7. Is your account an administrator account or guest? Sounds like when you installed ADE it hasn’t installed properly. Still at least you have a working solution now :)

By: Stella

Stella — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:29:41 +0000

Hi. Thanks, i did try that but when i found ADE in the browse bit, i clicked on it and it didnt open or anything. BUT i’ve just tried it on my dad’s old XP laptop and the books downloaded perfectly and are now on my eBook! I’m so relieved. I cant believe i’ve spent the last 2 days worrying about it, and using an old computer it’s worked perfectly. So now i guess we will have to look after these old computers for all the books i will buy! I also didnt lose my first book. Yayy :D Thanks guys for replying :)

By: Evad

Evad — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:11:02 +0000

In the box where it asks you to choose where to download the book to, does it display a list of folders on your computer, or does it contain a list of programs? If its a list of programs, does the box have a browse button? If so, pick the browse button and then find the Adobe Digital Editions program (not sure where it gets installed as I’ve never used it). By the way you should not have lost your first boko as Waterstones allow you to download the book up to 3 times I think, if you look in your account, it should be there somewhere. Failing that try re-installing ADE.

By: Stella

Stella — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:33:19 +0000

Hi thanks for the reply. The firmware went in, and Digital Editions is on my eBook menu. But my problem is actually getting a book i bought from the Waterstones site into Adobe Digital Editions. After i’ve bought the book and press ‘download’ it brings the ‘open, save, cancel’ box up but when i click open it brings a box up for me to choose where to download the book to, there is no Adobe Digital Editions to choose from. So is there a way to get ADE in that box so i can choose that file to download the book into? Thanks.

By: pete daly

pete daly — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:08:46 +0000

not sure about this but when you look at the main menu page does it show “Digital Editions”.-I thought I had installed the firmware and this wasn’t showing.When I re-installed it it was showing so double check the installation on the ebook reader- try deleting it and then saving the two files to the memory card again.If it has installed properly it will return you to the main menu after installation.Hope this is helpful if you haven’t already tried it.

By: Stella

Stella — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:59:54 +0000

Hi everyone. Firstly can i say the help here has been great. I got my Elonex eBook yesterday and thanks to reading posts here, i managed to get the firmware download in it. But now i have a bigger problem which is actually really upsetting me, and i hope someone has the answer because i cant find it anywhere.

Ok so i tried to download a book i bought yesterday from Waterstones. I installed Adobe Digital Additions, but when i click ‘download’ it brings the box up with ‘open, save’ cancel’ i choose open and it brings a box up with files for me to choose where to download the book to but it doesnt have ADE in that box, and when i click on browse, it has ADE in their but nothing downloads when you click on that. infact nothing happens. I really dont know what to do. Elonex helpline were useless, they said to ring Adobe. Anyway i think i’ve lost that book from yesterday now. So i tried another one. Still no luck. Anyway i dont know what else to use, or if i can use anything else. I have Windows 7 if that helps anyone in an answer. Thanks for taking the time to read this :)

By: Jeffrey Wilson

Jeffrey Wilson — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:22:47 +0000

Yes I have trouble, my pc is authorised with ADE the books bought from Waterstones appear in a bookshelf, alson on the Elonex 511, but, then a annoying box pops up saying no valid lisence for this book, useless do not buy. Have been in touch with Waterstones, Adobe, and Elonex they all do not want to know, the just send you round in a never ending circle of excuses, the ebook is on sale somebody should take responsibilty for product, I am going to my local Waterstones this morning, somebody is going to have is day spoilt. Jeff

By: pete daly

pete daly — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:55:23 +0000

I’ve just downloaded a pdf ebook of poetry andalthough I can view the text at a good size the format of the lines is spoilt so all the lines run together. Is there anything I can do?

By: pete daly

pete daly — Sun, 09 May 2010 13:21:12 +0000

Hi,
It’s 169 kb.It’s an epub file so it should be ok.If I do a reset I find I can open the freebooks at normal rate and change the font size quickly but of course it’s my own reading choice that I’m interested in.The reading works on the freebooks only but now I’ve heard it I don’t think I’ll be using it again unless it’s for Dr Who and the Daleks when it might enhance certain bits!
Also while fiddling with the reader I tried to find a way of making notes..I pressed shift and the ? key and nothing happened.However, when I went back to it after a few minutes it had opened a little window asking me if I wanted to shut notes down.I clicked cancel thinking it might then open notes or at least leave it open but nothing happened but I wonder if something useful is lurking there and if it isn’t why not if the touch version can have it?