Don't buy this card reader, it DOES NOT read SDHC or MicroSDHC cards as advertised by Sony in their spec sheets. Here's the actual chat session from my contact with Sony Tech support:
Lori: Ok what can I help you with?
John: Hi. I have a MRW62E flash card reader that doesn't want to recognize microsdhc cards... can you help?
Lori: Do you have any other cards you can try?
John: Yes, it works fine with cf cards, memory stik pro, sd, sdhc, and microsd cards (all of which I have and use regularly... but it doesn't recognize microsdhc cards, I have tried 3 of them... the microsdhc cards work fine in their devices, but the sony card reader doesn't recognize them... your pdf spec document for this unit says it should recognize sdhc cards up to 8 gb, and that it will work mith microsd and microsdhc cards with an adapter.
Lori: It is not a guarantee that the drive will work with all memory cards.
John: Is that your best answer? Your specs says it works with microsdhc cards, it doesn't say it works with SOME microsdhc cards... Kingston and Sandisk represent 80% of the microsdhc cards manufacturered, your reader works with neither... seems like you could come up with a better answer than that, that's a cop out.
Lori: It says that right in the operating instructions.
Lori: That there is no guarantee it will work with every card.
John: So your device won't work with 80% of the cards on the market that it says it is supposed to work with?
John: Are you even bothering to search your knowledge base for this device to see if there is a solution?
Lori: If the drive will read a bunch of other cards but not this one, then it is not a drive issue.
John: Are you even bothering to search your knowledge base for this device to see if there is a solution?
Lori: There is no knowledge base for this.
A follow up Phone call to Sony Tech support yielded the same result. Except they wanted $19.95 to provide any further tech support. They said the device was only guaranteed 1 year, and since I was out beyond 1 year, I had to pay $19.95 for any tech support. I said the device costs $19.95, this is ridiculous! She said 'That's the way it is.'
I bought Sony because I thought they would provide good support, better than the generics, but I was wrong. I won't buy Sony again. Sony 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Flash Memory Card Reader MRW62E/T1/181
I've owned an earlier version of this reader for several years and it's worked very well, and been very helpful.
However, the description here in Amazon didn't include the cards this device supports, and after much digging we found a list that reported this specific model supports xD cards for Olympus and Pentax digital cameras, among many others.
After I sent it as a gift for a new Olympus camera owner, he finds out it does NOT support xD -- and had to go through the hassle of sending it back.
TO AMAZON: one of the ESSENTIAL elements needed in card reader descriptions is WHICH CARDS THE DEVICE SUPPORTS... and that it be ACCURATE.
Just wanted to let folks know that this unit requires adaptors in order to read "Memory Stick Micro" ("M2"), microSD Caard, microSDHC Card, or MMCmicro.
I had purchased because I had lost all of those pesky little adapters and wanted an easy card reader solution.
This was not it.
BEFORE YOU BUY THIS PRODUCT!
From the manual I found online, here's the list of supported cards for this device (if your card has an asterisk and number after it, be sure to check the footnotes at the end...)
"Memory Stick" media
* "Memory Stick" (without MagicGate)
* "MagicGate Memory Stick"
* "Memory Stick" (with MagicGate) *1
* "Memory Stick Duo" (without MagicGate)
* "MagicGate Memory Stick Duo"
* "Memory Stick Duo" (with MagicGate) *1
* "Memory Stick PRO" *1
* "Memory Stick PRO Duo" *1
* "Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo" *1
* "Memory Stick Micro" ("M2") *1*2*3
SD memory cards
* SD Memory Card
* SDHCTM Memory Card
* miniSDTM Card
* miniSDHCTM Card
* microSDTM Card *3
* microSDHCTM Card *3
Other memory cards
* MultiMediaCard
* RS-MMC
* MMCplus
* MMCmobile
* MMCmicro *3
*1 4-bit parallel data transfer is supported. It, however, varies depending on each medium how long it takes to read/write data.
*2 "M2" is an abbreviation of "Memory Stick Micro". In this document, hereinafter, the abbreviation "M2" is used.
*3 With adaptor (not supplied) only.
Reads my older CF, Memory Stick Pro, etc. cards just fine, but fails to read my newer 8GB Sandisk Ultra Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo. I've used this product for several years without problems, but I guess the newer high density cards are showing this product to be long in the tooth. - All In One Usb Card Reader - Camera Accessories - Multi-card Reader - Sd Card Reader'
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