What can I do with my PSP?

[steve_k]

First, I would like to establish that I am a complete Newbie and don't know Jack about the PSP. I hope there will be no need to insult me for asking these questions.

1. How do I connect to the internet using my PSP? Do I have to pay a monthly fee, and how do I pay this fee?

2. How do I transfer music files to the PSP, and what is the point of doing this? I have an MP3 player and thought transfering music to the PSP would be pretty much the same, but apparently it is not. After transfering music from Windows Media Player to my PSP, I found the music files, but they will not play.

3. Is it possible to save my PSP games to my PSP memory card? I have a 3.60 firmware.

4. Is there anything cool I can do with my 3.60 firmware PSP? I would love to be able to play Super Nintendo emulators. Is this possible without having to reset my firmware and risk turning my PSP into a useless brick? I do own about a dozen original SNES cartridges and would be willng to play only these if legally I am restricted to only what I already own.

Any answers would be greatly appreciated! I've found nothing but dead ends so far.

[steve_k]

I would also like to mention that I own several original Playstation (PS1) games, but do not own a Playstation 3. Is there a way to play to play my old Playstation games which I already own and have paid for on my PSP?

[62t]

1. no, you just need a wireless router
2. it is even easier. Just copy and paste into your memory stick.
3, 4,5 you need custom firmware and the proper emulator

[primetime]

You need to enable WMA playback in the first menu of the XMB before you can play them.

[steve_k]

Can you please elaborate? What is WMA and how do I enable it? What is XMB? I don't understand your acronyms.

I'm not very computer savy.

[DiscoJer]

WMA is a sort of music file. Windows Media Audio, or something like that. Like MP3, but Microsoft's format. The PSP will play them, but you have to activate the feature by being connected to the internet. It's under the first row (System Settings?

The XMB is simply the user interface (Xross Media Bar)

[greyzieoriental]

I work PSP Tech Support and man I'm glad you didnt give me a call lol
but a word of advice keep your receipt until your 1 year warranty is over.
also to everyone and anyone "you have never dropped your PSP!"

[SynGamer]

I work PSP Tech Support and man I'm glad you didnt give me a call lol
but a word of advice keep your receipt until your 1 year warranty is over.
also to everyone and anyone "you have never dropped your PSP!"

Pfft, of course! My dog ate mine ;)

[mxpowar]

First, I would like to establish that I am a complete Newbie and don't know Jack about the PSP. I hope there will be no need to insult me for asking these questions.

1. How do I connect to the internet using my PSP? Do I have to pay a monthly fee, and how do I pay this fee?

2. How do I transfer music files to the PSP, and what is the point of doing this? I have an MP3 player and thought transfering music to the PSP would be pretty much the same, but apparently it is not. After transfering music from Windows Media Player to my PSP, I found the music files, but they will not play.

3. Is it possible to save my PSP games to my PSP memory card? I have a 3.60 firmware.

4. Is there anything cool I can do with my 3.60 firmware PSP? I would love to be able to play Super Nintendo emulators. Is this possible without having to reset my firmware and risk turning my PSP into a useless brick? I do own about a dozen original SNES cartridges and would be willng to play only these if legally I am restricted to only what I already own.

Any answers would be greatly appreciated! I've found nothing but dead ends so far.
1. You need to have a wireless router at home, or you can steal a neighbor's wireless signal (not recommended), or you can use a "Hotspot", which is wireless internet accessible in certain locations (your local library, for example).

2. Go all the way to the left on your PSP menu, go down to "System Settings", press X, go down to "Enable WMA playback", press X, done.

3. and 4. and 5. When you say you have 3.60 firmware, I will assume that it is the official firmware from Sony. Unfortunately, with firmware after 3.50, it is difficult to install custom firmware, but not impossible. What you need is something called "Pandora's Battery" and a "Magic Memory Stick". You can google these terms to find out more. Unfortunately, to make these two items, you need to already have custom firmware installed, which is why I don't have custom firmware installed yet, even though I really want it. You have two options, A) Know someone with a custom firmware PSP who will install it for you, or B) buy a pre-made battery and stick on eBay (price fluctuates between $50-$70). After you have custom firmware installed, you can download the ROMs and ISOs of the games that you own (SNES and PSOne, respectively) from various ROM sites (again, Google is your friend), then just transfer them from your computer to your PSP and you're good to go.

P.S. In my opinion, the PSP should only be used as a music player if you have no other portable music devices because the PSP is kinda mediocre at playing music (clumsy interface, lacking features, limited to memory on Pro Duo Stick,etc.). Hopes this helps.

[Ruahrc]

Doesn't look like anyone actually answered the music question: this is from memory but it should get you going..

You need to connect your PSP to your PC/Mac using a USB cable. One end will have the regular USB plug that goes in your computer. The other end will have a mini-connector which will fit the port on the top of your PSP (the top edge in the center, above the screen).

Once you plug it in, go to the far left on the XMB menu, and select "USB Connection". A new drive should appear on your computer now.

To put music on, just drag mp3 or wma files into the new drive that appeared (which is your PSP memory stick). It needs to go in the "Music" folder which you find in the "PSP" folder on the memory stick. You can put files in individually, or you can put a folder of music in the "Music" folder too (example: a folder called "Podcasts" that contains all your podcasts). The folders is useful if you want to sort out your music if you intend to put a lot of music on the PSP.

Re: using it for music, I actually used my PSP to listen to music recently over thanksgiving. I have an iPod but really only use it to listen to podcasts. Therefore, I simply brought the PSP along with me and loaded the podcasts I wanted to listen to onto it. This saved me from having to bring yet another device with me on my trip. My situation is a little special, however, in that I don't listen to music "on-the-go" rather I just used it a little on the airplane, and also used it at night so I could listen as I fell asleep. In this regard, I found the music playing of the PSP to be pretty useful as it saved me from having to bring my iPod along. My options for music and video have expanded significantly too given I was able to score one of those $20 4GB Memory stick cards from CC!

Ruahrc

[mxpowar]

Doesn't look like anyone actually answered the music question: this is from memory but it should get you going..

You need to connect your PSP to your PC/Mac using a USB cable. One end will have the regular USB plug that goes in your computer. The other end will have a mini-connector which will fit the port on the top of your PSP (the top edge in the center, above the screen).

Once you plug it in, go to the far left on the XMB menu, and select "USB Connection". A new drive should appear on your computer now.

To put music on, just drag mp3 or wma files into the new drive that appeared (which is your PSP memory stick). It needs to go in the "Music" folder which you find in the "PSP" folder on the memory stick. You can put files in individually, or you can put a folder of music in the "Music" folder too (example: a folder called "Podcasts" that contains all your podcasts). The folders is useful if you want to sort out your music if you intend to put a lot of music on the PSP.

Re: using it for music, I actually used my PSP to listen to music recently over thanksgiving. I have an iPod but really only use it to listen to podcasts. Therefore, I simply brought the PSP along with me and loaded the podcasts I wanted to listen to onto it. This saved me from having to bring yet another device with me on my trip. My situation is a little special, however, in that I don't listen to music "on-the-go" rather I just used it a little on the airplane, and also used it at night so I could listen as I fell asleep. In this regard, I found the music playing of the PSP to be pretty useful as it saved me from having to bring my iPod along. My options for music and video have expanded significantly too given I was able to score one of those $20 4GB Memory stick cards from CC!

Ruahrc
Read the OPs post carefully. He said he already transfered the music.