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With over 13 million shipped, the Sony PlayStation Portable, or PSP, is one of the fastest selling game consoles in history. In this essential guide, gaming expert Joel Durham, Jr. shows readers how to get the most out of this revolutionary handheld game console. After an initial tour around the interface, Joel will introduce the readers to the multimedia possibilities of the PSP, including gaming, movie playback, organizing and playing music, organizing and displaying photographs, and web surfing and RSS. In addition he will walk readers through how to use the device on a network, how to get the most life from the battery, how to pick a headset, how to set up a WLAN and more.

Joel Durham Jr. is a freelance writer and editor specializing in computer technology and games. The first Technical Editor of the widely read PC Gamer magazine, he also held the post of Senior Technical Editor for CNET's wildly popular Gamecenter. He has written hundreds of features, how-to's, news articles and reviews for sites and magazines such as PC Gamer, Computer Gaming World and ExtremeTech Magazine. Joel is currently a full-time freelance writer and author of PC MODDING FOR DUMMIES and the forthcoming BUILD IT YOURSELF VISUALLY: THE ULTIMATE GAME PC FOR UNDER $999.

Part 1 The Ultimate Guide to the Sony PlayStation Portable

1

(44)

Presenting the PlayStation Portable

3

(16)

How This Book Can Save Your Life

4

(2)

PSP Possibilities

6

(7)

Gaming

6

(1)

Movies

7

(1)

Music

8

(1)

Images

9

(2)

The World Wide Web

11

(1)

Homebrew

12

(1)

PSP Tech: The Specs

13

(2)

Core specifications

13

(1)

Video and audio specs

14

(1)

Media compatibility specs

14

(1)

Stuff you can stick into the PSP specs

14

(1)

Interfacing with other things specs

15

(1)

A Tour of Your PSP

15

(4)

What the Manual Doesn't Tell You

19

(14)

Connectivity: WLAN and USB

20

(7)

Configuring the confounding WLAN

21

(5)

Talking to a computer

26

(1)

Homebrew Concerns: When to Update Your PSP's Firmware

27

(1)

Memory Stick and Battery Basics

28

(3)

Caring for Memory Sticks

28

(2)

Caring for the battery

30

(1)

Headset Basics

31

(2)

Caring for Your PSP

33

(12)

Most Important: Don't Break It

34

(4)

The obligatory lists of dos and don'ts

34

(2)

Safe traveling with your PSP

36

(2)

Keep Your PSP Clean

38

(5)

Clean the screen

38

(3)

Clean the rest of the PSP

41

(2)

Care for PSP Media and Headphones

43

(2)

Part 2 UMD Games and Movies on the PSP

45

(24)

Gaming on the PSP

47

(14)

All About PSP Gaming

48

(8)

How to get games

49

(1)

Memory management

50

(3)

Hints on game controls

53

(1)

Examples of genres and their conventions

54

(2)

A Typical Play Session with a New Game

56

(5)

UMD Movies on the PSP

61

(8)

How and Where to Get UMD Movies

63

(1)

How to Play and Control Movies

64

(5)

Part 3 Media From Your Computer: Videos, Music, and Photographs

69

(46)

Introducing Your PSP to Your PC

71

(16)

Knowing the Formats Supported by Your PSP

73

(6)

Video formats

76

(1)

Audio formats

76

(2)

Image formats

78

(1)

Manipulating Files on a Memory Stick Duo

79

(8)

Making your PC talk to a Memory Stick Duo

80

(1)

Understanding file transfer and storage

81

(6)

Playing Videos on the PSP

87

(6)

Organizing Video Files on a Memory Stick Duo

88

(3)

Playing Video Files from a Memory Stick Duo

91

(2)

Playing Audio on the PSP

93

(10)

Organizing Your Audio Files

94

(5)

Setting up folders and subfolders

95

(2)

Creating M3U files to control play order

97

(2)

Transferring your tunes

99

(1)

Playing Audio Files on the PSP

99

(4)

Viewing Images on the PSP

103

(12)

Optimizing and Organizing Your Image Files for Your PSP

104

(5)

Tweaking photos for the PSP

104

(4)

Organizing photos on your hard drive and the PSP

108

(1)

Viewing Image Files on the PSP

109

(2)

Exploring the PSP's Image Tricks

111

(4)

Viewing slide shows

111

(1)

Using an image file as wallpaper

112

(2)

Transferring images to other PSPs

114

(1)

Part 4 The Web and Your PSP

115

(28)

Web Connectivity and Your PSP

117

(10)

The Secrets of Setting Up a WLAN

118

(7)

Making your shopping list

119

(2)

Connect the cables

121

(1)

Set up the computer and the router

122

(2)

Test your PSP

124

(1)

Web-Connection Problems and Solutions

125

(2)

Surfing the Web with Your PSP

127

(16)

Using the Built-in Web Browser

128

(9)

The menu bar

129

(3)

The address bar

132

(2)

Web navigation

134

(3)

The View and Tools menus

137

(4)

Understanding and Using RSS Feeds

141

(2)

Part 5 Hacks and Homebrew

143

(48)

The Dark Side of the PSP

145

(12)

Hacking and Homebrew

147

(3)

Cracking hackers

149

(1)

Why hackers hack

150

(1)

Just Don't Do It: Software Piracy

150

(4)

The legality of emulators

152

(1)

Gray area: Abandonware

152

(2)

Sony's Efforts to Plug PSP Holes

154

(3)

The Logistics of Homebrew

157

(18)

Firmware Versions, Hacks, and Eloaders

158

(5)

The world of downgrading and modding

160

(2)

What to do when a game requires newer firmware

162

(1)

Five Web Destinations for Homebrew and Homebrew News

163

(1)

The List: PSP Homebrew

164

(6)

Emulation, homebrew, and more: PSP News

166

(1)

Hacks for all: PSP-hacks

167

(1)

Hacks for the clueless: Noobz

168

(1)

Might as well Jump: PSP Updates

169

(1)

How to Use Homebrew

170

(5)

Loading homebrew with firmware versions 2.00 to 2.60

171

(3)

Explore more homebrew

174

(1)

Twelve Cool Homebrew Programs

175

(16)

Applications

176

(9)

Max Media Manager for PSP

177

(1)

FileAssistant++

178

(1)

Afkim

179

(1)

CN.Reader

180

(1)

PSP Rhythm

181

(1)

Lua Player

182

(1)

PSPRadio

183

(2)

Games

185

(6)

PSPool

185

(1)

Casino Addict

186

(1)

NetHackPSP

187

(1)

2D Paintball (Lua)

188

(1)

Lua Air Hockey

189

(2)

Appendix A Nine Nifty PSP Accessories

191

(14)

Headphones

192

(2)

Icemat Siberia In:Ear Headset

192

(1)

Logitech PlayGear Mod headphones

193

(1)

External Speakers

194

(4)

i.Sound PSP Drive'n Cinema speaker system

194

(2)

Logitech PlayGear Amp portable speakers

196

(1)

Nyko Theater Experience for PSP

197

(1)

Other Awesome Accessories

198

(7)

Naki World PSP UMD Disc Cleaning Kit

198

(2)

Nyko Charger Grip for PSP

200

(1)

Naki World G-Pak

201

(1)

GameStop Screen Guard for Sony PSP

202

(3)

Appendix B Format Conversion Made Easy

205

(16)

Converting Video to PSP Format

207

(3)

Converting Audio to PSP Formats

210

(4)

Converting Images to PSP Formats

214

(7)

The GIMP

214

(3)

Easy Graphic Converter

217

(4)

Index

221

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Secrets of the Playstation Portable

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