topic Loading music onto e reader in eReaders

Loading music onto e reader

jagorma95 — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:56:48 GMT

I have a sony PR2 600 e reader and finding it difficult to load music on anyone have any idea.

thank james

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Loading music onto e reader

carpetmojo — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:03:07 GMT

Help needed here too please - for PRS650 . :smileyblush:

Loading music onto e reader

PuppyDog — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:56:40 GMT

You haven't explained what the difficulties are, which makes replying a little difficult . . .:smileygrin: Also, I have a PRS350 which doesn't have a music capability! But anyway . . .

Assumptions : You have ReaderLibrary on your PC and you have music files (somewhere on the PC) in a format supported by the Reader.

Open ReaderLibrary. Goto File | Import Files. Navigate to the folder holding your music files, select the ones you want and click Open on the Import Files dialogue box.

This should put the files into the Audio folder of Reader Library. (Click little triangle at the left hand side of Library to show the folders within Reader Library).
Then click on the Audio folder to display its contents.

Now select audio files and drag and drop on to Reader. The software will sort out which folder on the Reader the files go into.

Hope this helps (and is correct!)

PuppyDog

Loading music onto e reader

Thalamus. — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:19:47 GMT

Hi,

as Puppydog has already stated you need to import the audio files (MP3, AAC) stored on your PC in to your Reader Library.

Then connect your Reader to your PC and then drag & drop the audio files from the Reader Library to your Reader.

Alternatively you can load audio files onto a memory card, without the need to go through the Reader Library, and insert that into the reader..:smileywink:

Loading music onto e reader

Drumzman — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:14:13 GMT

Hi All,

Just to add to the other contributors - the two solutions proposed (via Reader Library or using a memory card) I completely agree with. Where there are no memory card slots on the Reader, which I think is the case on the PRS350 that PuppyDog owns then of course the Reader Library method would be the way to go (although as PuppyDog says the 350 doesn't have a music facility anyway!). However I must say I like the memory card option (when it's available) that Thalamus proposes because on average the size of music files tend to be larger than a lot of eBook files .... if you started to store a lot of music then it is possible to eat in to the Reader's internal memory a bit. Memory cards offer a neat way round this I think and keeps everything nice and tidy!:smileycool:

Loading music onto e reader

carpetmojo — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:34:14 GMT

Umm.................

All my mp3's etc.. use micro cards, so does that mean I can't go down the card route, which sounds a much better solution ?

And a stick is also out - at least I don't think it'll fit the USB slot, not got either handy to try at the moment.......

Loading music onto e reader

Drumzman — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:54:03 GMT

Hi carpetmojo,

It's not possible to use a USB stick, but the memory card route is still an option for you; it's just that you have to use either of the memory card types that are compatible with your PRS-650 (so either Memory Stick Duo or SD Card).

I guess you have a couple of options. You could buy an additional compatible memory card as above and copy your music files from your computer on to it (as Thalamus was saying). I suppose that way at least you can use both your Reader and your other MP3 device (that takes the micro card) simultaneously for music without worrying which device you left the memory card in.:smileywink:

However, just an additional thought: you don't say which type of micro card you have, but to take the example of micro SD cards, I believe you can buy adapters that you put the micro SD card into, that makes it normal SD card sized. I've not used one of these myself, but in theory I don't see why this wouldn't work - so if you really wanted to use the micro card you have with your music already stored on it, there may be a solution!

Hope that helps.:smileyhappy:

Loading music onto e reader

Thalamus. — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:30:43 GMT

I believe you  can buy adapters that you put the micro SD card into, that makes it  normal SD card sized.  I've not used one of these myself, but in theory I  don't see why this wouldn't work

Sounds a very good suggestion to me, I have placed some old micro SD cards into micro SD to SD adaptor and used it my digital camera before without problems..:smileyhappy:

Loading music onto e reader

jagorma95 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:17:58 GMT

Hi thanks for your advice it would not work so i am going to load music on my sd card then put it in my reader.

so thanks sagain means a lot.

james.

Loading music onto e reader

jagorma95 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:19:57 GMT

to thalmus good idea about the SD card i will go down that path.

thanks a lot for the idea.

james