Sony 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Flash Memory Card Reader MRW62E/T1/181

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.9 x 1.8 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0018OT3SW
• Item model number: MRW62E/T1/181
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 16, 2008

Product Description

Need a solution for reading or saving information to a variety of different memory cards? Introducing the MRW62E/T1/181, an external memory card reader/writer that can address 12 different memory card formats. It supports a high-speed USB 2.0 interface and draws its power directly from the USB connection. The MRW62E/T1/181 can be connected to both Macintosh® and Windows® computers. Included drive letter recognition software for easy drag and drop recording of files to memory card or for reading files from them.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely poor device and Bad Customer Service from Sony, June 23, 2009

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J. Vester (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Flash Memory Card Reader MRW62E/T1/181 (Personal Computers)

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.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product - misleading information, February 3, 2010

By 

Fred Showker "DTG Magazine" (The Design Bookshelf) - See all my reviews
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Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Sony 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Flash Memory Card Reader MRW62E/T1/181 (Personal Computers)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not read 8GB Sandisk Ultra Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, January 27, 2011

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Mark Kapzynski (Plainfield, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Flash Memory Card Reader MRW62E/T1/181 (Personal Computers)

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.