New Sony PRS-300 And PRS-600 Reader Devices Appear In Service Manuals

on July 30th, 2009 View Comments Printer-Friendly

Out of nowhere, aafuss on our forums has pointed out service manuals for the PRS-300 and PRS-600 Sony Reader devices, due to be out soon. What’s interesting is that the PRS-700 is no longer on sale at SonyStyle, signaling these devices may be arriving soon. These manuals are fresh from the oven, as the creation date is July 2009. The PRS-300 will be available in red, black and silver and has a five inch display with 440MB of internal storage (no expandable memory card slots). The PRS-600 will also be available in the same colors, but will also have a larger six inch touchscreen display, audio output, and MS/SD card compatibility with 440mb of internal storage. No lighting or wireless is mentioned in either of the service manuals, but we are NOT opting that out as a feature at this time until we get some sort of confirmation. We will be constantly searching for this information and update this post acordingly. Thanks, aafuss!

Image above courtesy of engadget. Here are the PDF’s:

Sony has requested we remove these service manuals, but with the PRS-700 mysteriously disappearing from the SonyStyle store, its fair to say something is afoot.

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A.a. Fussy said:

These manuals would usually be available via Sony's Reference Library which is for use by Sony's Authorized Service Network and invited users only.

Interestingly now the docs.sony.com/release/smd links don't work as of today.

I don't know if Sony will request Scribd to remove the service manuals from their site.

-July 30th, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Joe Noble said:

I am having difficulty charging my new Sony PRS-300. As there do not seem to be any chargers available through Waterstone's in the UK at present, I used the USB cable via my laptop to initially charge it. I successfully loaded some books onto it, but noticed that the bar that indicates the charge level, was not lit. So connected it up to my laptop again to charge it, after about 15 minutes, the red charging light went out. I have so far tried a number of times to charge it, and the same thing happens. Anyone got an answer.

-October 14th, 2009 at 7:43 AM
Coolcheapest said:

You can compare PRS-600 with other e-bookreader at http://www.coolcheapest.com/EBookReader/3197–Sony_Digital_Reader_Touch_Edition___Red_(_PRS600RC).aspx . You can also buy other models and e-bookreader accessories at http://www.coolcheapest.com/EBookReader.aspx .

-October 27th, 2009 at 5:28 AM
Coolcheapest said:

You can compare PRS-600 with other e-bookreader at http://www.coolcheapest.com/EBookReader/3197–Sony_Digital_Reader_Touch_Edition___Red_(_PRS600RC).aspx . You can also buy other models and e-bookreader accessories at http://www.coolcheapest.com/EBookReader.aspx .

-October 27th, 2009 at 10:28 AM
biz said:

PRS-300 looks as a good choice, comparing the price of competition. Pity it does not have support for expansion and dictionary. Still, market of e-readers is far from maturity.

-January 2nd, 2010 at 8:06 AM
Malcolm Chilton said:

Hi Guys. I'm not very computer literate being quite old and ancient. I am however really enjoying my sony PRS600 which my 'old and ancient' wife got for me as a Christmas gift. I can't find any thing in the manual about deleting books,and as the reader comes pre loaded with books in foreign languages I would quite like to delete them to release memory alo I would like to delete the pre loaded music. Can anyone help?
Happy new Years

Mal

-January 2nd, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Malcolm Chilton said:

Hi Guys. I'm not very computer literate being quite old and ancient. I am however really enjoying my sony PRS600 which my 'old and ancient' wife got for me as a Christmas gift. I can't find any thing in the manual about deleting books,and as the reader comes pre loaded with books in foreign languages I would quite like to delete them to release memory alo I would like to delete the pre loaded music. Can anyone help?
Happy new Years

Mal

-January 2nd, 2010 at 6:17 PM