Customer Reviews

SanDisk SDDR-75-07 CF - SmartMedia USB Combo Rdr

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Plugged it into my windows 2000 laptop and it just worked!
My compact flash card shows up as a regular hard drive, you can drag & drop em and everything.

It comes with a VERY short cord that folds into it (good for taking it with you) and an extension cord for those of us stuck with rear mounted USB ports on our desktops

Has a nifty little light that flashes while its copies.

Great little device, i'm very impressed.

This was the third memory card reader that I purchased. The first two either did not work or their directions were too difficult to understand. This device is perfect. It can be quickly plugged into the front USB port of your computer or with the extension wire which is included into the rear of your computer. It shows up as a removable disk (E OR F) when the card is inserted and you can then remove and insert compact flash or smart media cards as long as the light is not flashing (active data transfer). This saves on battery power and ordinary wear and tear for your expensive digital camera. The transfer time is also amazingly fast, better than the cameras themselves. I have both an Olympus and a Canon digital camera so this multi card reader is great. Its small enough to take on any trip in a pocket of your camera case (depending upon size) or luggage but its greatest use will be at home when you want to do a lot of work without taxing your camera. What's most amazing however is the price. There is not much you can buy for your digital camera that costs so little.

I was looking for a SmartMedia reader, and this turned out to be an excellent choice! It is not the smallest reader you'll find, though it is pretty good size for a dual reader, the USB cord can be hidden around it, and it also comes with an extension cord if needed.

The main reason I wanted this reader is to transfer pictures faster than the slow serial cable of my digital camera, and this was definitely a major improvement. It works like charm in Windows XP without the need of installing additional drivers, I haven't tried on Windows 2000 but it is supposed to work with that as well.

I haven't tried it with CompactFlash cards. It is about the same price for a single card reader, so I figured someday the CompactFlash reader may become handy. It is a shame they do not make this dual reader for SmartMedia and Multimedia/SD cards.

I just got the device today, so I must confess I don't know much about it yet. However, my experience so far has been very positive.

I needed to use scissors to get the product out of it package, which was a bit of a trial. After that, I plugged it into a USB port on my XP machine. By the time I could open the Windows Explorer and check, I could see that there were two new drives on my system. I put a SmartDisk in the reader and a little green light came on the top of my new device. There are two such lights, one I suppose for the smartdisk, the other for the compactflash.

I then went back to the Explorer, dragged the pictures stored on my SmartDisk to my hard drive. There were 256 2.1 Megapixel images in the 128 MB SmartDisk, and they were on my hard drive in three minutes. This was about 45 minutes to an hour less than it used to take me to transfer these pictures from my camera to my hard drive. I then popped the SmartDisk out of the device and I was done.

The only thing else I can think to say is that the instructions, the long USB cable, and a CD rom are all lying unused on my desk. So far there has been no need for any of them -- which is just fine with me. They look a little like they might become clutter that I will have to file away or dispose of in the circular file.

I have not tried the compact flash part of this device. I may never try it. I only wanted the SmartMedia part, but the price was so appealing that I bought the dual reader on the off chance that some day I may need the CompactFlash part too. More flexibility when I shop for raw memory.

If I have trouble with the device, I will try to remember to update this review. But for now, no trouble, nothing but good things to say. It seems to be exactly what I wanted.

Sometimes it doesn't work! I've had mine for a year now, and I have checked for updated drivers.

I use mine with Windows XP Professional. I've used it to read smart media cards and compact flash cards, and in both instances I often get screen freezes when trying to access the cards. Then I have to reboot.

Sometimes I have to reboot three or four times before the thing works right. What's up? I dunno. I'm not a newbie. I've tried a variety of fixes, including reinstalling the driver, unplugging the USB cable and trying a different slot, and standing on my head when inserting the cards. This device is not reliable.

When it does work, after two or three reboots, it works just fine.

Try a different brand.

I'm running Windows XP so there was no need to install software or drivers for this device. I simply plugged the USB cable in, restarted the computer and used the card reader as I would any other floppy drive. Very simple. Works great!

I bought a new sandisk 512mb CF and installed it in my Sandisk imagemate-SDDR-75 card reader and my card reader wipe put all my pictures and my card would not work after the imagemate SDDR-75 card reader installation. I ended puting it back in the camera and used the camera software to reformat it. I call Sandisk and they told me that;

Thanks for contacting SanDisk Technical Support.There is a compatibility issue with the SDDR-75 and the newer CF cards. We would normally offer an exchange for a reader that is compatible; however, your reader is no longer under warranty. We certainly apologize for any inconvenience. OUCH!
The following readers are compatible:SDDR-86- 6 in 1 reader SDDR-88- 8 in 1 reader SDDR-91- USB 2.0 CompactFlash reader

Inexpensive solution to reading two different storage media for two different cameras. Easy plug-n-play even with Windows XP. Comes with extension cable if needed. Have had no problems whatsoever with this device. Just purchased another for a gift. At this price you should buy one for traveling with your laptop and one to leave at home with your desktop PC.

I bought the SDDR-75 with a sandisk 128 meg card last Christmas. The reader works fine only with the Sandisk CF card. I have a Lexar 256 meg CF card and a SimpleTech 256 Meg CF card. Both cards works fine in my Cannon camera, however, when I try to use either of these cards in the Sandisk reader, I get corrupted file transfers. I have since bought a Lexar CF card reader (USB of course) which works perfectly on all 3 brands of CF which I own. I would NOT recommend buying this reader!

There's little to ask for when it comes to a gadget like this. It should work, and it shouldn't be confusing. This little card reader fits both categories. It takes up very little space. I just plug it into the USB port when I need it, XP always recognizes it right away and it always works, and when I'm done it goes back in the drawer. I've used it for several types of SmartMedia cards without a hitch. Having been through many soggy peripherals over the years I appreciate it all the more when I come across something that works this well.