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Odyssey Browser and cloud storages

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When I try to download from cloud storage links the web browser crash. Obviously it is too old or basic. I got the latest firmware (on a Cybook Odyssey HD Frontlight).

Does anyone know a way access pages like these?

I want to put my Calibre library on a cloud and be able to grab books when I am out strolling.

Thanks.

Odyssey Source code for 5.2 firmware?

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The 5.2 firmware has been out for a while now, but the source code made available by Bookeen here is still at 4.x.x. Is there a newer version of the source code available elsewhere?

The reason I'm looking for the source code is that I have the Adlibris rebranded version of the Odyssey, which is still stuck at 4.0. It's tivoized, so simply installing the normal firmware doesn't work. Chances are the lock is located in the bootloader, in which case I'm screwed. If, however, the lock is in software, I may be able to circumvent it if I have access to the source code.

Bricked Cybook Orizon 2013 Edition(from Thalia.de)

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Hello,
my Odyssey is bricked and stucked in:"starting up" screen.
The device was bricked a few days ago after a complete recharge(1-2% to 100%).
The device was updated via WiFi for the new 5.2 firmware last Monday without any other fuss.
I've tried reseting and recharging my device.
Any thoughts about the possible cause of the problem and maybe any advice for a solution?:help:

Thank you.

Odyssey Frozen...

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My Odyssey Frontlight HD is frozen. Screen is stuck on wifi page. Not changing for anything. But... when connected to computer Cybook drive shows up, I can see the contents of cybook, can add or delete files or folders.
Screen picture does not change.
I charged it overnight. Tried to reboot using-
long press on power button- no change,
hold menu, press power button- no change,
press both left and right buttons and press power- no change.
The device is new, just came in the mail, turned on after being connected to the charger, and got stuck on wifi screen when I got to setting it up. Nothing was added or done to it at all.
What am I to do now?

Gen3 New computer doesnt detect Cybook Gen3

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Hello.

I have been using a Gen3 since 2009 without issue. I just got a new computer and when I plug the device in it just starts charging, but I cant get it to detect the device. I'm using the original supplied cable. It works just fine on both my old Win XP laptop and my brothers Win XP laptop.
I am on Win 8 with all recent upgrades. 4670k/8gb/MSI Z87 G-45.

What I have done so far:

Tried all the different USB ports, it just charges the device.
Unplugged all the other USB devices.
Disabled sleep and power saving for USB ports.
Reinstalled USB drives, and mass storage drivers. Other USB sticks and hard drives work fine. Iphone works fine.
Checked if it appears in device manager or disk manager, it doesn't.
Tried it on 2 different computers, it works fine.
Tried running Win XP on Virtualbox, didnt detect it either.

Anyone have any other ideas? I'm grateful for any help.
Thanks!

Odyssey add fonts

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Hi,
I have a Cybook Odyssey (2011 edition, the first one), and I just tried to add fonts to it. Some of them are TTF, other are OTF.
I can only see part of them (some TTF, some OTF). I can’t see a reason why some don’t show up even if they are on the reader.

Anyone got that kind of issue?

Odyssey Calibre and Cybook Frontlight

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Hi!

Two days ago, I was merrily adding books to my Cybook with Calibre on Ubuntu, when I got an error message saying that the file system was read-only. I googled around, and found that I had to reformat my Cybook because the file system had become corrupted. Annoying, but hardly the end of the world, given that I have the entire library on my computer anyway.

So I formated the Cybook, turned it off and on again, and realised that the default folders hadn't been created. I googled some more, and apparently it's something you can't repair yourself and you have to turn in your reader to Bookeen. I opened a ticket with Bookeen, who confirmed that I needed to send back my reader. :angry:

I went to the shop where I'd bought it, exchanged it for a new one, and as soon as I got back home, started charging my library on it. Wouldn't you know? The exact same thing happened. :angry::angry::angry:

No way I'm doing exchanges every other day, so I decided to suck it up, put a 4Gb SD card in and started charging my library on that. I'm sure you can guess what just happened... :angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry:

This time I thought to save the Calibre error message:
calibre, version 0.9.44
ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device

[Errno 30] Read-only file system: u'/media/snakeling/7BBC-B30B/metadata.calibre'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 85, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 477, in _books
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py", line 246, in books
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py", line 395, in sync_booklists
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py", line 391, in write_prefix
IOError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: u'/media/snakeling/7BBC-B30B/metadata.calibre'

WTF is going on? I've had a Bookeen for a little over a year, and have used Calibre with it since December, and I've never had that problem before, much less three times in two days. I usually have to send the books in package of 10-15, otherwise I get input/output errors, but those, while annoying, are hardly as bad :(

If someone knows what to do, I'd be grateful :cry:

Thanks!

Odyssey Wingdings???

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I have been having problems with my cybook odyssey lately. Was bug free for a year so of course this happens one month past the manufacturer's warranty!

It reboots on its own, the battery isn't working well and the problems have been escalating.

Today was terrible. I went through six reboots without touching a single button. Yup. Six.

When it finally booted to the main page everything was in wingdings! I couldn't read a single thing in the menus or the book titles. BUT: the non-DRM books displayed fine once opened.

I can't explain it! Does anyone know what to do? I'm a novice with computers.

Failing that, could someone give me a list of menus so I know the order? (a big task I know!) I can just carry a physical list of my books if need be.

New bookeen reader on the way?

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I imagine that bookeen will be bringing out new models shortly, does anyone have any news on this?

Any workarounds for exporting highlights from Cybook Frontlight?

Odyssey No Odyssey's in Bookeen web shop for US? Where to buy?

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I've been a Kindler, but it doesn't look like I'll be getting physical page turn buttons from Amazon anytime soon. Primary options seem to be Sony, Kobo, and Cybook Odyssey. However, when I visited the Bookeen website and looked at the pages on the Odyssey versions and then clicked "Buy" to go to the shop page there are no Odyssey's at all. In fact, no Opus either, just Orizon.

Is this temporary or where else can I buy an Odyssey in the US?

Bookeen to Launch 8″ eReader – the Cybook Ocean

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Just saw this posted on Nate's blog and thought it would interest some folks here...

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The French ereader maker Bookeen is back in the news again today with new details about their next ereaders. In addition to a lower priced Cybook Odyssey, Bookeen also plans to launch a new 8″ ereader.
Quote:

Details are still limited on the Cybook Ocean, but I do know that it has an 8″ screen with both a touchscreen and a resolution of 1024×768. My source indicates that this is not an E-ink screen at all, and that suggests that the Cybook Ocean is using a screen from Ganzhou OED technologies.

A similar 8″ screen is being used on the Pyrus Maxi, teXet TB-138, and the Icarus 8. I don’t have any performance details yet, but I can see from the E-ink website that 8″ is not a screen size that E-ink has on hand for sale.
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...-cybook-ocean/

Cybook Ocean delayed..

Cybook Muse Frontlight - Nolimbook HD+ comparision

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Since I got hold of the 2 devices (Cybook Muse Frontlight - Carrefour Nolimbook HD+), I made a quick comparison:

From my observation, both devices are hardwarerelated the same device but differing a lot regarding the software.
The Nolimbook software variant is awfully crippled. What spring into the eyes:

- missing nightmode (inverted display)
- very little text adaption settings (for instance the fontsize steps)
- no possibility to change appearance of header or footline
- library folder management missing
- buttons not configurable
- Caecilia font missing
- dictionary manager missing

For my personal taste the the Nolimbook firmware is too limiting to enjoy the device.

I made some screenshots to show the difference (Nolimbook *_NL.png, Bookeen *_BK.png):

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Bookeen Cybook Muse actual issues

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New software update available:

Version 6.3 boot[6] rootfs[11] (build 2350)

Orizon Reverse to firmware before 3.1

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Hello,

I have a Bookeen Cybook Orizon.
I updated with the latest firmware 3.1.
I don't like the result.
The previous version of firmware is not available on Bookeen website.
Does anyone know where to find it ?
I already tried Bookeen support with no answer.
Thank you for your help.

a+, =)
-=Finiderire=-

Orizon Device not recognized

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Hello,

I open a thread to share my investigations (hello "future-self")
I encountered an issue with my Orizon.
It was not recognized by my Operating System.

Configuration :
Motherboard : ASUS M5A99FX
http://hpics.li/fe4f423
(USB ports are identified with USB Device Tree Viewer (x64) v2.5.1.0)
O.S. Windows 8.1 x64
Orizon with firmware 3.1, fully charged

Protocol and issue :
Switching on Orizon, waiting x minutes to the homepage.
Connecting to any of the USB ports, I get error message Not Recognized.
Nothing is showing in the Explorer.
USB Device Tree Viewer shows an error related to Descriptor Request.
Device Manager says the same.

Solution :
Unplug as many other USB devices as possible.
Plus into USB 3.0 Port identified à 3-4 on the picture (top right port).
You need to close and reopen USB Device Tree Viewer as Refresh may not work.
You also need to ensure that cable is bent so that Orizon light stays orange.
A green light means that connection is lost (Orizon physical port failure).
The Not Recognozed appears as a yellow icon on USB Device Tree Viewer.
Open Windows Device Manager, disable ASMedia, enable ASMedia.
And now the issue is gone and Cybook appears in Explorer. Magic...

Technical notes :
Once connected, you should obtain these informations :
Quote:

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Device Bus Speed : 0x02 (High-Speed) (aka USB 1.1)
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------------------ Device Descriptor ------------------
bLength : 0x12 (18 bytes)
bDescriptorType : 0x01 (Device Descriptor)
bcdUSB : 0x200 (USB Version 2.00)
bDeviceClass : 0x00 (defined by the interface descriptors)
bDeviceSubClass : 0x00
bDeviceProtocol : 0x00
bMaxPacketSize0 : 0x40 (64 bytes)
idVendor : 0x0BDA (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
idProduct : 0x0703
bcdDevice : 0x319
iManufacturer : 0x01 (String Descriptor 1)
Language 0x0409 : "Bookeen"
iProduct : 0x02 (String Descriptor 2)
Language 0x0409 : "Cybook Orizon"
iSerialNumber : 0x03 (String Descriptor 3)
Language 0x0409 : "3238204E6F76"
bNumConfigurations : 0x01
a+, =)
-=Finiderire=-

Saddened to report

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Friends,

I am saddened to report the retirement, due to ill health, of my beloved Gen 3.
We have been together since March 2008 and have never had a day apart....however, recently she has been in poor health...

She has struggled to get her words out, sometimes she seems like her old self...but more often than not her words are blurred, faded and difficult to understand (read).

Perhaps too quickly, I have met another ...young, bright and full of new ideas. She is called Kobo H2O and I hope our relationship is as long and fulfilling as mine was with Gen 3.

Although Gen 3 has now gone to reader heaven, I will think fondly of her and I thank her for many years of companionship. She was certainly a credit to her parents (Bookeen).

regards

hermano

Buying a Cybook Muse Frontlight

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I want the Muse Frontlight (actually 2 of them) but can't find it in the Netherlands. Does anyone know a reseller accepting Paypal and international delivery? Bookeen itself does not use Paypal and I do not have Visa.
Help would be appreciated.

Back in Bookeen? Info request.

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Hi all.
Actually i have a Onyx Boox T68: very fine device but for some matters, i feel me as a Cybook-guy.
T68 is a very good device, 6,8 inches, android, easy rootable but it hasn't at all ( nor ebook-readers founfd in google Play) the reading quality of my Opus, for example; so i'd like to return
in bookeen kingdom
;-)

I've had a Odyssey-HD (I model) but i was not totally satisfied of it: non Search function, for example.

And now i'm oriented in Muse-HD ( due to its Carta screen) so i ask you:

1) is Carta so good as i read on the web, expecially regarding Eink?

2) fonts: can i put my fonts in Muse?

3) how Muse firmware respects internal CSS of epubs? And can i change some of the reading options by menu?

4) battery: my Opus has an eternal during of battery; Muse's during is good?

5) dictionaries: may i put my (e.g. stardicts) dictionaries both mono and bilingual on Muse.

Sorry for these dumb questions but i can't 'find ( nor on bookeen website) any manual of Muse.

TIA for your infos

HP
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