Hi - new Scroll owner

[ChrisS]

Hi
Bought a 7in Scroll from Maplins today. Selling them at eBay prices as B-grade, so took a punt.
Mainly wanted it for holiday, load some movies on it, Kindle app, games etc for kids (and me!).

Got it running and pleasantly surprised how the screen responds. I use an iPhone every day and while I wasn't expecting that sort of responsiveness, it isn't bad.

However the Wifi is disappointing. I have to be virtually next to the wireless router to get a signal. Is this typical, or do I have a dud? I've done search, but only find wifi issues with internet dropping out mentioned.

Its running FW 1.02, baseband 1.02, kernel 2.6.29. Can anybody advise on my Wifi problem?

Chris

[Mitre]

try changing the channel of your router to one lower than 10 worked for me i had the same prob when i first got my scrolll now i can get halfway up the garden
kindle is exellent on the scroll viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1014&hilit=kindle
Tunewiki my kids love it
If you put your scroll details in your signature (user control panel/signature)

[ChrisS]

Thanks, but no luck with that. Tried different channels, but makes no difference. Go a range of about 5m before losing connection. My laptop/iPhone have no problem.
Next to the router (Belkin) it gets random signal strengths, so I'm beginning to think I have a hardware problem.

Sig updated.

[ChrisS]

Update - went back to Maplins and swapped for another unit. This one is fine. Wifi is excellent.
I think the original was a genuine B-grade. There was a stylus in the box, which I aasumed came as standard, but apparently not. So somebody had returned it.

Got a few apps working, and sorted out my favorite websites. Now to get some films on it.

Any tips/recommendations on how to rip DVDs on to it?

[insx]

I rip my DVDs with a program called ripit4me which works with DVD Decryptor. I then convert to AVI with DVDx. I'm not sure if it's the best way and these are quite old programs but it does work.

[ChrisS]

Well I've been quite impressed with my scroll, but its let me down again. I got a micro SD delivered today, loaded some films on it then went to put it in the scroll. The card refuses to latch in the slot! If I hold it against the spring it sees the card but unfortunately it won't stay there. Looks like I'll have to take it back again.
Is there any way I can back up my settings, bookmarks etc?