Sony PSP charging for the first time |
After unpacking the Sony PSP, it was time to add the battery and start charging. First, I wanted to take a look at the size. I used a pen to illustrate the scale in the pictures below.
Half the height approximately of a pen.
The PSP width is about the length of a pen.
From the bottom of the PSP the following components can be accessed: headset connector with charging terminal and a DC IN 5V connector.
The top of the PSP has an IR port, USB connector and the left/right top buttons.
The soft case that comes with the PSP is pretty much useless as far as being any sort of real protection. It’s a dust cover, I guess.
To install the battery, the back panel must be removed. This compartment would prove much easier to access than the memory stick compartment.
The battery goes in face up. Next, I decided to install a screen protector. These are always fun! The goal is to try and peel off the plastic without getting a fingerprint on the sticky side, which I never seem to be able to do.
The trick is to make it so that there are no air bubbles under the screen, also a seemingly insurmountable task for non-surgical hands.
Now with the screen protector in place, time to install the AC adapter.
The AC adapter has a separate power cord which plugs into the base and that plugs into the wall. Charge time? I briefly looked through the quick reference manual and there was no time suggested for a total charge. The regular manual is 124 pages long and I haven’t yet had a chance to go through that to find the total estimated charge time.
The other side plugs into the bottom right of the PSP and an orange light will come on to indicate charging is in progress.
According to the instructions, a full green light will come on when it’s powered on. A flashing green light will indicate low battery status. It took less than an hour being charged for me to unplug and see the full green status, so maybe the battery is fully charged. In the case of the Nintendo DS instructions were very specific about charging for at least 4-6 hours. Sony doesn’t say how long to charge the PSP in the Quick Reference guide.
Time to open Spider-Man and the games and try this out!
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pretty secksy little toy
seems that the initial charge is key on some rechargable stuff, but maybe not with this type of battery. there’s all sorts of different rechargable grades and whatnot
/me shrugs
Comment by ehafh — March 26, 2005 @ 5:26 pm PST
dis shit is mad annoying how can u not put the fukin charging time in the manual wat if u over charge it
Comment by fuk dis shot — April 13, 2005 @ 10:02 pm PST
Hello, I was reading this article and I didn’t realize about which manual the guy is talking about. While reading my manual on page 39 I’ve found out the following:
Estimating the battery charge time
It takes approximmately 2 hours and 20 minutes to fully charge the batteries using the AC adaptor after the battery has run out.
Hints:
* bla, bla, bla
* bla, bla, bla.
Well. I hope you enjoy your toy anyway.
[],
Comment by Ricardo — April 23, 2005 @ 11:51 am PST
Well I was hoping you guys weren’t as daft about this as me but I guess the world will never know, SONY?! WTF yo? You can put ‘careful to not squeeze your finger when replacing the battery cover’, but you can’t have the decency to let ppl know how long to plug in the friggin fancy thing for the first time?! Sheesh…..
Comment by CGW — December 6, 2005 @ 12:05 pm PST
I lost my charger. and Ive been looking for it for about 4 months. So how else could I charge it? That is easier.
Comment by desperate little girl — June 26, 2006 @ 10:37 am PST
desperate little girl, what the hell are you on about ? What is ‘easier’ ?
Comment by dudeface — January 17, 2007 @ 9:54 am PST
when i got my psp the guy in the shop told me it had to be charged for at least 5-6 hours because if you only charge it for 2-3 hours it will never fully charge
Comment by vikki — March 31, 2007 @ 7:34 am PST
The Lithium-ion metal batteries used with the PSP do not have the memory problem that the older batteries we used to use have such as Ni-Cad’s so you don’t need to worry about charging it all of the way up the first time.
With nickel cad batteries you need to fully charge them the first time or they can get a memory and never fully charge up anymore. With NI-Cad (another name for nicket cad batteries) batteries you also need to run them as far down as possible (without shorting them) before recharging or the same memory problem can occur but with Metal Oxide or Lithium-ion metal battery batteries such as these used in the PSP they do not get memories or need to be charged all of the way up prior to use.
Interestingly, the batteries used in these units can loose 20% efficiency per year, especially if stored with more than a 40% full charge, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_battery
Comment by Chris — April 26, 2007 @ 3:24 pm PST
hi i just got my new sony psp and its my mother that bought it for me lol and when she went and pay a guy said that you got to charge it at least 6 hours for the first try then you can do whatever you want
…my question is :its true or not i mean if its true ill wait but you see im toooo impatient and i cant wait 6 freekin hours plz help me
Comment by pi-ji — January 27, 2009 @ 1:34 pm PST
I have just brought a replacement battery for my psp started to charge it for the first time but after about 5 - 10 mins the orange power light that tells me its charging goes out as if the battery is fully charged. obviously it’s not, any ideas how i can stop this happening so i can get this damn battery to charge properly.
cheers for the help.
Comment by Jay — January 28, 2009 @ 5:57 am PST