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Bryn
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« on: 20:24:43, 23-08-2007 »
I got a second Pure Bug (well, a reconditioned "Bug Too" this time,actually) today, partly with the aim of playing back edited mp2s on, and partly as a versatile bedroom alarm radio. Trouble is, the cheap SD card reader/writer I have seems to be incapable of writing files to the card properly. When I try to play them back, if they play at all, there is masive loss of data. The SD reader/writer is fine for reading SD cards, but whether I try writing to it when connected directly to this laptop, or via a pawered USB2 hub, the results are dreadful, (and not just when played back via the Pure "Bug Too", but also on this laptop.

So, any recommendations on a replacement USB2 SD Card writer that acutally does the job properly?
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« Reply #1 on: 20:58:44, 23-08-2007 »
I've got one that came packaged free with a 1Gb SD card (in the days when such things cost a King's ransom) I bought in a rush from Vodafone at their Heathrow Ter-2 outlet.  It's branded "Vodafone" and works magnificently, reads and writes to almost any kind of card.  I think it had a nominal retail price of 20 quid when not included in the special promotion.  I use my PDA as an MP3-player, and I write to Mini-SD (using a "full-SD" adapter) all the time, without loss of data.
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« Reply #2 on: 21:24:14, 23-08-2007 »
Thanks, Reiner. Presumably that was branded for the promotion, so might be a bit hard to track down. Anyone else have any positive experience with writing to SD cards to offer? I should add that the device needs to be compatible with 2GB cards. I have a little mp3 player which used SD cards up to 512MB, and that reads and writes well, but I use 2GB cards with the Pure Bugs.
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« Reply #3 on: 08:11:57, 24-08-2007 »
AFAIK the Vodafone-branded reader/writer is on sale separately in highstreet Vodafone shops, Bryn Wink  Goes for about 20 quid.  I also have one I got from the River People for only 12 quid.  The casing has fallen to pieces due to punishing service "on the road" (so I don't know the brand any longer, it was written on the casing), but the "guts" of the thing still work perfectly.  Both read/write 2Gb cards quite efficiently Smiley  (my camera uses 2Gb-SD cards and it's an 8-megapix camera, so it churns-out huge files... no corruption in any of them so far) Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: 08:24:38, 24-08-2007 »
Thanks, Reiner, I will chase up the Amazon route. I can always sort out a return if it's not "fit for purpose".
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