Product Description

Belkin 15in1 Media Reader Silver F5U249EA

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35177 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Belkin
• Model: F5U249ea
• Released on: 2004-12-14
• Dimensions: 2.65 pounds

Features

• Belkin 15in1 Media Reader Silver F5U249EA

Manufacturer's Description
The Hi-Speed USB 2.0 15-in-1 Media Reader & Writer lets you drag and drop files, images, and music to your computer from your PDA or handheld, MP3 player, digital camera, or other device. You can edit, then store your files at transfer speeds of up to 480Mbps-40 times faster than USB 1.1 media readers. You can easily transfer data between slots, and its quick and easy access to digital photos, MP3s, and other digital files. The Hi-Speed USB 2.0 also doubles as a removable media storage device. This quality product provides compatibility with the following popular flash memory formats. CompactFlash® Type I and Type II

Box Contents

• Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Media Reader & Writer
• Installation Software CD
• User Manual
• USB 2.0 Device Cable

Customer Reviews

Simply Excellent
With 4 slots the reader can handle a multiplicity of cards. I use two, XD and Compact Flash. With Windows XP it can be used with or without the included driver plus it comes with a paper manual! I received mine on the 5th July 2005 and have since used it extensively with both an Olympus Camera and a Nikon D70S. Simply, plug in, use it and no problems. I prefer to transfer information this way, it saves camera battery life, the power supply via the USB port is constant, no plugging cables into the cameras and a rapid transfer of images be they relatively small .jpg or much larger .raw.

Really cheap considering the job that it does and always ready for use. I would not be without it. I recommend that you purchase it, you will not be disappointed.

Works well, easy to use.
I purchased this device for transferring data directly from my digital camera's xD picture card, without having to have my camera switched on and connected to the computer. Thus saving my camera's battery power.

I have found that it works well for both reading and writing images to the xD picture card.

It has four slots for a wide range of media.

There is one green LED light which lights up and flashes when data is being read or written.

It comes with a CD-ROM which includes a driver and some other useful software.

Windows XP already has 'native support' for this device so it will work without installing the driver, however it is recommended that you do, so that you get customised icons to easily identify the different card slots which show up as four different drives on your computer.

It comes supplied with a USB cable and a paper user manual.

I have found this product easy to use and that it works well.

A good buy - 5 stars.

A Word of Warning
The reader works well up to a point. That point is 1Gb. It cannot cope with cards greater than 1Gb which is a shame because the cards I use these days are 2Gb.

If you search on Belkins support page the only answer it has is that it doesn't support >1Gb but they will bring out a future product that will.

For me this was a waste of money.