Cannot read certain PDF files....

Hi
I have downloaded some bus timetables (only a few pages each and some just one page) and they can be read easily by my Samsung phone and my home PC
But in the Playbook I just get a black screen
The Playbook however seems to read other PDF files easily
So what am I doing wrong ....?
I would appreciate any thoughts / advice please
Thanks !
Peter

Thanks for that.
Tried that and I got the following message in of the open pdf files
ERROR undefined
OFFENDING COMMAND eexec
STACK
/quit
-dictionary-
-mark-
On another file it was a grey screen and it could not be swiped to the next page
Does that mean anything to you ?
Thanks !
Peter

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