It does quote batteries as only 'holding a charge', and they consider them as consumable. Last tablet battery I replaced took a degree in nuclear physics, a set of tools so small that they would have suited mice rather than men, and a battery that cost almost as much as a new tablet. Oh, and a youtube video.

Just something to bear in mind...

14 pounds postage to northern ireland

Booted Linux Mint from USB and the MicroSD works perfectly under Linux, so it is definitely an issue with Windows 10, it must be the driver as the problem but I haven't found a working driver yet.

​ok mate let me know if you find a fix

Nope, I haven't found any fix, I reset the Windows 10 install and that didn't help, couldn't find a driver but also didn't see any unknown devices in device manager. I had meant to try booting from a live USB and seeing if that can access it but never actually got round to it, will have to try something later this evening I think.

​Hi There

My external SD card slot has also stopped working following the upgrade to Windows 10 via SD card. Have you found a possible fix or can anybody else help?

Thanks

Yes mine is still working fine.

I have done the upgrade as well, I tried using a 32GB microSD card in the SD slot on the tablet both holding the Windows 10 setup files and for the backup, that failed. Then I used the SD for just the Windows 10 setup files and a USB drive for the backup and it upgraded fine. I chose not to keep anything and when complete the USB drive was blank, not a worry, however the internal SD slot is no longer working. Is your internal SD working fine?

No I didn't need to enter a key.

Don't bother with the updates to win8 - mine said it had around 250!

Just update to win10.

Collected mine yesterday and have had a brief play and installed a number of updates. Next is to get Windows 10 on it. Does anyone else think the screen is really dull though? I played with the brightness settings in the graphics utility and it loses clarity.

Edit: Just read on Tesco that someone else said the screen is rather dull in a review, so not just me then.

​hi. no using the update method the serial / key is kept for windows 10. no need to re-enter. if you do a clean install then you need to enter the key again.

Hi Dave did you have to use a windows key using this option?

All they sent me was the case so i sent it back for a refund. Last time i use 3 monkeys/maplins ebay.

Thanks for info I'm still waiting for my lead I did update via the media tool and the media card but even though I clicked to keep nothing lost a lot of space so reverted back until I get the lead then like you going to boot from usb I think thats best option and the fact you recovered 18gb convinced me to wait for the lead.

managed to update mine to windows 10 today. it takes ages but we'll worth it! the tablet is now faster and it's freed up 18gb storage. I used the Microsoft media tool and a usb splitter with 2 16gb pen drives.

​this link seems to work. Thanks Jesmonddene I'll give this a try later.

Try this one https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

​I'm having trouble using the link to create a bootable usb. link not working. how does it work? thanks

No probs. The PC experts on here reckon a full clean install is the way to go and to be honest I didn't really notice any difference on my miix 3 after clearing the old windows 8.1 partition. I just had more space. I suppose a diagnostic test will prove the theory and I actually thought on my t300 it performed better with the original operating system done by Asus compared with the one I downloaded from Microsoft. Luckily I did a back up of that one so may change it back.

anybody else having problems with the volume rockers?

Bought one of these instead to play with, hopefully far better quality https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371566446706

Mine was delivered from 3 monkeys who I assume buy up all of the open box stock/seconds from Maplin? I have opened a returns case with eBay so let's see what happens.

​can it be returned to a maplin store?

Mine is all boxed up ready to send back. Can't wait to see the back of it. disappointed that a reputable company like maplin sold me junk that didn't work out of the box.

my volume rocker was kaboomed upon delivery

Thanks - I did a disk cleanup of C drive and now have 9.82GB remaining + 28.5GB remaining on my SD card. Nearly 40GB in total is plenty for what I am going to use the tablet for. Will remember what you have suggested in case I need more space in future.

PS I know that windows keeps a windows.old copy in case people want to revert back.

No - I took the micro SD cars out of the USB drive adapter and put it into the SD card slot on the tablet. I didn't use an OTG cable (and actually didn't get one with my tab).

Good luck.

I upgraded to win 10 today. On my PC I created a win 10 bootable sd card from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10. I used a USB adapter that takes a micro SD card. Stuck the micro SD card it in the tablet then ran setup.exe from the sd card. When it said not enough space I selected the option to use the sd card and the rest ran like a dream - a slow dream - but it installed fine. I didn't bother to clean up the old C drive first and chose the option not to retain anything. I then had a brand new fresh win10 and it is running very well so far.
I used a 64GB sd card but you could probably use 32GB. I have left in in the tab and I have 8GB free space on the onboard C drive and 28.5GB left on the SD card.
Hope this helps.........

Cheers mate. I'm gonna give it 1 last try and use a better / faster usb pen if it don't work I will try your method.

Where you say that you put the sd card in the tablet did you mean that you put the usb drive with the sd card in the OTG Cable that cable with the tablet or you pit the sd card in the sd slot?

Cheers mate. I'm gonna give it 1 last try and use a better / faster usb pen if it don't work I will try your method.

Where you say that you put the sd card in the tablet did you mean that you put the usb drive with the sd card in the OTG Cable that cable with the tablet or you pit the sd card in the sd slot?

You should have about 16gb free space after you installed windows 10 on the C drive on these 32gb devices and not only 8gb. My guess is you still have the old windows 8 partition taking up valuable space on the drive. If you check in disk management it will show about 4.8gb if I remember right. The remaining space will be taken up by windows software download which can be deleted manually. Getting rid of the partition can be quite tedious as you can't just delete it. I got rid of mine by creating a bootable version of the windows software you downloaded and changing the bios to boot from usb. Some will say that you haven't got a fresh install of windows until you get rid of all of the old partitions. In windows 10 you should have just one partition of 450mb for recovery.

​thanks dave. I'm just trying to update to windows 10 right now. when I switched the tablet on it asked if I wanted to update. it's now installing very slowly. let's see if it's eventually updates lol. if not I may have to try your procedure.

For those having powerup problems - try just pressing the power button for 3 seconds and then wait. My machine starts fine doing that. Don't press the power button for too long.

I must say many thanks to BuzzDuraband. My tablet seems to be brand new and I have had no problems whatsoever. Many thanks for the post - for £39.99 (which is what I paid), delivered within 2 days, it is probably the best deal I have bought.

My commiserations to those who seem to have received duff machines.

I upgraded to win 10 today. On my PC I created a win 10 bootable sd card from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10. I used a USB adapter that takes a micro SD card. Stuck the micro SD card it in the tablet then ran setup.exe from the sd card. When it said not enough space I selected the option to use the sd card and the rest ran like a dream - a slow dream - but it installed fine. I didn't bother to clean up the old C drive first and chose the option not to retain anything. I then had a brand new fresh win10 and it is running very well so far.

I used a 64GB sd card but you could probably use 32GB. I have left in in the tab and I have 8GB free space on the onboard C drive and 28.5GB left on the SD card.

Hope this helps

Thanks for that Arron I will order same cable and look forward to your update.

hi mate. i am getting a little closer with installing windows 10. you need to remove the language packs and disable hibernation, disable page file and remove office, this should get you to 11gb of free space then use a fast 16gb usb pen drive and select use a external storage device when you get the space error, but now the problem is that when the usb device is plugged into the tablet installing windows 10 the tablet dies due to the installation taking so long. obviously you can’t remove the usb as it needs it to install windows 10. i have ordered a "Micro USB Male To USB Female Host OTG Cable + USB Female Lead Phone Y Splitter" from ebay for £1.89 hopefully this will enable me to use the usb to install windows and give me an option to power the device at the same time. i will report back when i get the cable and try it out.

Seems like Maplin are taking the **** out of its customers selling these faulty units on eBay.

Received mine and it had a faulty display. Guess you get what you pay for...

Bought the multipad diamond 10.1 4g. Looked brand new when it came, however when plugged in it does not charge and the screen flashes white briefly. The flashing then continues every 2 seconds or so. I've tried holding the power button down for a long period both with and without a combination of the volume buttons but to no avail. My guess is the battery is foobarred. Any other suggestions before it goes back?

Mine arrived today Prestigo Multipad Visconte PMP810E. Has mini HDMI + usb 3, micro SD slot, front and rear cameras.. Charged it and it has started up ok.

It appears to be brand new - very pleased so far for the price :smiley:

​hi I waited for mine to go solid orange but still nothing.

got mine today but no free case......where on the listing did it say free case?? struggling to find it

My case won't be coming! They have run out. Got a choice of keeping it or returning it. Thought a partial refund would be an appropriate course of action.

Anyone found the answer for installing windows 10 like itsmearron I'm getting the same error not enough space tried external still says not enough space be grateful if anyone knows the answer to this because it's doing my head in.

Received mine today, didn't turn on at first. You need to wait for the orange light to go solid before it will turn on. Seems good for £40

received mine today. a 32gb windows one. been on charge for about 4 hours. still no sign of turning on

I bought the £40 Multipad 2. Very impressed so far. Seems to be pretty much brand new, and even came with Office 2013. The case is great too. Thanks Buzz :smiley:

Hi

I'm the other way around! Tablet but no case.

I've only revived the case but no tablet so far. Did anyone else receive items separately?

does anyone know how to upgrade these to the free update of windows 10, mines says not enough space, i click the use external storage option and it still says not enough space i have a 32gb pen in. it says i still need 7gb freeing on my c: ?

can i boot to bios and clean install windows 10 from usb? how do i get into boot menu or bios on the prestigio visconte 2 32gb ? windows 8.1 pre-installed?

Who or what is BREXIT. Is it an offer I missed or something.

Thanks again, but no joy. Tablet looks brand new but looks like it has some fault. I will have to send it back.

Try keeping button pressed for 10 secs .. Mine seem to fire up on second attempt

Thanks for the info. but my tab has a continuous green light when charging and nothing happens when i press the power button.

Just had two tablets arrive .... Would not power on or show charging light initially .. Orange blinking light came on while charging for a short while ... Will only turn on once orange light has stopped blinking ... One has now turned on the other still building initial charge .. Be patient and leave to charge for a long while once you receive your tab .

Just got my tablet.
Will not power on :disappointed:

Are you reading a different thread to the rest of us? :neutral_face:

Oh ffs would you please stop mentioning BREXIT !!!

Everything showing as OOS now

Had a punt for £35.

Just want a tablet to surf the net. Nothing more. Surely must be able to do that!

Managed to refrain from buying. I was looking at selling my miix 3, which I use as a diagnostic unit for my car, for something a bit cheaper and which I can just leave in the boot but seeing as it's only maybe worth £70 or so after eBay fees and postage I may as well just sell the keyboard part and keep the miix 3. Hate the thought though of using a £150 piece of immaculate kit for this purpose though. Cheeky cash converters only offered me 50 quid for a mint miix3 with 1920 x 1200 resolution and then rang me to see if I was selling. Told them they were having a laugh.

Please don't waste your cash. I had one and paid substantially more for it from
Zavvi a couple of years back. Slow and constantly froze. I got rid of it to CEX who in store refused to take it until I explained it's listed on their website. It really was a load of garbage.

Actually £14.01!
cold

Yeah but £14 is a bit steep, Hermes do it for less than a fiver which I would imagine is about what RM charge?

I've ordered Prestigio MultiPad 10.1" Tablet PC Wi-Fi Android/Windows Front And Rear Camera - what the hell - who cares!

It seems to be back at http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182182311161?clk_rvr_id=1051510128526&rmvSB=true now :smiley:

Many thanks

Sorry I do not actually have the tablet yet !
Just the invoice. But I will not know exactly until it is delivered

I work in shipping. Unfortunately for something like a tablet, you'd want to send it via a courier company rather than RM, but all the cariers I deal with add a surcharge for shipping for N Ireland.

http://www.tesco.com/direct/prestigio-pmp812egr-multipad-visconte-2-101-tablet-celeron-16ghz-including-keyboard/113-2248.prd?skuId=113-2248&pageLevel=sku&sc_cmp=ppc_sh-_-sh-_-bg-_-113-2248&gclid=CKWttqrxwM0CFc0y0wodZecJKg&gclsrc=aw.ds

As per tesco info

Grey 32gb ,operates on Windows Micro hdmi , micro sd slot , Google prestigo PMP-812E. And you see the manual . Just ordered one for each of the family ... Worth a punt . Heat added

Does it have HDMI and SD card please?

Just got the invoice states the grey one is
Prestigio Visconte 2 10.1" Tablet 32GB Celeron DualCore Windows 8 Grey

8GB now OOS.

16GB/32GB can be found here.

now relisted at £34.99 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Prestigio-MultiPad-10-1-Tablet-PC-Wi-Fi-Android-Windows-Front-And-Rear-Camera-/182182289996?

I agree with you on the after sales service it's dreadful as are the Android tablets I had three of them and all three had charging faults with the charging port, I don't know whether the Windows tablets are the same quality, but I personally would stay clear.

OOS now. well saved me £40 with taking so long to decide

might be cheap but its too much to pay for one with 16gb memory. I have a 32gb windows tablet and I have to say that even that is starting to get a bit claustrophobic. I have 10gb of games on it and 2gb free, my documents, music, vids and all that are located on a sd card so the 10gb of games are one of the few things I could delete.
so windows + a few minor apps and programs are taking up about 19gb... 3gb more than the tablet in the deal even has!

I've done a little research. The two 10.1" 32GB Windows version are different.

The one described as grey is the Prestigio PMP-812E with Micro USB 2.0.
Manual & full specs here:

http://www.manualguru.com/prestigio/pmp-812e/users-manual/page-23

The one described as silver white is PMP810E with Micro USB 3.0. Also has stereo speakers & weighs less but has smaller battery & no rear camera.

http://www.manualguru.com/prestigio/pmp-810e/users-manual/page-25


All gone now. That was a waste of time.

won't add to basket? oos?

cheers

Personally I haven't as yet as I won't pay the postage but I have 2 7" 32GB Windows one I bought off here at Christmas and they are really snappy with Win 10 but they are too small for my eyes so the other half and daughter use them.

I would go for the 32GB Windows one, I like Android on my phone but prefer windows on a tablet, especially if you hook up a mini keyboard and mouse they become a fully fledged PC.

Windows doesn't take up a huge amount of space and you can always pop a 64GB SD Card in it for an extra tenner.

can i ask which one did you go for, im leaning towards the windows one

It's Ok just venting that we get shafted, I send a lot of parcels to England and it costs no more, might get in touch with Maplins myself and see if they deliver to my local store or if they'll send it free, I won't hold my breath though.

i know that its not part of the UK, but its my fault as i should of put northern Ireland

No you said Ireland which is not in the UK, Northern Ireland is totally separate, Ireland uses the Euro and is in the EU, we use Sterling and are in the UK.

It's scandalous how we get charged for delivery as it costs no more for parcels under a certain weight to be sent to Northern Ireland than it does to send them down the street in the UK, EBay sellers just like to milk it.

Wouldn't touch Prestigio worse afersales service ever

It does quote batteries as only 'holding a charge', and they consider them as consumable. Last tablet battery I replaced took a degree in nuclear physics, a set of tools so small that they would have suited mice rather than men, and a battery that cost almost as much as a new tablet. Oh, and a youtube video.

Just something to bear in mind...

weird. it says its free when i added it to basket and go to check out. not bought it yet as i cant decide which to buy.

also i never said it was FREE to northern Ireland, all i said is the only reason that they are getting cahraged is that they are from northern Ireland and its not the first time i have seen ebay and other places charge postage to northern ireland.

14 pounds postage to northern ireland

No we're in UK.

Is it a lucky dip? Feel like they're just gonna send anything, because they're not clear at all in the content.

i really cant decide between the windows and Android one any help would be most appreciated

Can't decide which 32gb model to choose as its not specific on the OS

these appear specs for the android (16gb ) version

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/prestigio-multipad-4-diamond-101-inch-3g-16gb-android-42-tablet-white-a06qq

1gb RAM checked via im on ebay

just after a cheaper tablet after my ipad gave up the ghost, more apps and stuff you can do with the andriod ones but looks like the windows one is the better tablet hardware wise

what is the better model the android or windows one

How much RAM>?

no its free,only thing i can think is your in Ireland

whoa!

CPU is poor

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+N2806+%40+1.60GHz

Dual core tho?

sorry £40

32gb looks good for £40

If it is a Visconte 2 then it's a Windows 8 tablet with 32gb storage with 2gb ram and micro usb and micro hdmi ports according to Tesco website. Not bad for 40 quid I suppose.

Does anyone know if this one has standard USB port? Thanks in advance!

The one on Maplin website has HDMI output not mentioned on Ebay one.

The ebay listing appears to be several different models and some have windows some android as some of the pics are the multipad 4 and others the Prestigio Visconte 2

It seems to be this one as listed on the Maplin website.