Delkin PicturePad Problems SLOW CF COPY!

[Marshal]

[font color=\'#000000\']Keep us posted on what happens with this. I would much rather take something like the Delkin or Nixvue, which is much smaller and easier to carry around than a laptop, a much more expensive option, which I would never use for anything but that. Maybe yours was just a defective copy. Anyway, keep us informed.[/font]

[chipmanp]

[font color=\'#000000\']Hi, everyone.  I solved the problem...

I ordered a Ridata 512mb compact flash card, after trying some other smaller compact flash cards that worked fine with the Delkin, while my 512mb Samsung would not work right.

Worked like a charm.  512mb downloaded to the Delkin in six minutes, rather than only 20% of the Samsung card in one hour.

So, if you're in the market for a Delkin picturepad, make sure not to get the 512mb Samsung compact flash with it, or at least check first with Delkin to see if they now have a firmware upgrade to take care of this.

Pete.[/font]

[chipmanp]

[font color=\'#000000\']Well, after reading Michael's review on the Delkin PicturePad (and a few other reviews), I was sold and bought the 30gb version. Well..., unfortunately, just trying to copy over a 512mb Compact Flash card onto the Delkin took SO long that the battery wore out before is was even 20% complete (around 50 minutes).

According to Steve's digicam, this is only supposed to take between 3 and 4 minutes.  I went through the minimalist information on troublshouting, and followed the manual's suggestion of defragmenting the PicturePad using my computer.  Still no luck.  I'm going to return if I can't get a solution from Delkin's tech support.

Anybody had this problem?  Makes me want to go back to sticking the laptop in the pack again...  

Pete.[/font]

[font color=\'#000000\']This is definately not the way it's supposed to be. It should take about 15 minutes to copy a full 1GB Microdrive.

I'd return it for a new one.

Michael[/font]