psp 3000 battery question

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With all the news about the new psp games and psp go, I've been thinking of getting a psp. I have been wanting to get an ipod touch for a while but with the added games ability of the psp, it might be a better choice. I actually don't mind the go too much. I like the size and the 16GB capacity is fine. The only thing that concerns me is the battery. 3-6 hours just doesn't cover most of the traveling that I do. The battery life of the psp 3000 appears to be similar but if I understand things correctly, If I have a spare battery, I can just pop it in when the first one is done. Is this correct? I wouldn't have to unscrew the case or anything to get the new batter in? Just wanted to make sure.
 
The battery cover is juts a clippy thing. No screws. Its kind of like taking the back off of your phone to remove the battery.
 
With the PSP 3000 (2000 as well), you can buy extended battery covers that allow you to use the battery from the original PSP. Foolkiller has one and I believe he said he gets 10 hours out of his PSP because of it. Sony also sells battery chargers that you can use without having the battery in the PSP.
 
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With the PSP 3000 (2000 as well), you can buy extended battery covers that allow you to use the battery from the original PSP. Foolkiller has one and I believe he said he gets 10 hours out of his PSP because of it. Sony also sells battery chargers that you can use without having the battery in the PSP.
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Correct. I made it all the way to Hawaii watching videos and playing games without having to switch batteries. At idle, and the dimmest screen setting a fresh charge says it has 13 hours of charge.

Of course, experience varies based on what activities you are doing. UMD games drain faster than digital copies.

The UMD drive is the biggest drain and I thought the PSP Go would do better, but it has a smaller battery so it has no advantage, but I have heard that the Go cannot have the battery easily replaced.


What I have is the PSP Extended Battery kit which comes with the extended battery and larger battery covers in silver and black.
 
Can you get the extended batteries in the UK?
I have 3 PSPs now, but one is missing it's battery (I gave the battery to a friend when I got a PSP 2000) so this would be useful.
 
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Can you get the extended batteries in the UK?
I have 3 PSPs now, but one is missing it's battery (I gave the battery to a friend when I got a PSP 2000) so this would be useful.
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You'll have to check on Amazon and similar places.
 
thanks for the info guys. was hoping to get one for father's day but got infamous instead. I do have a birthday coming up though.
 
Since the original question in this thread was solved and my problem is kind of connected, I'll hijack it for a moment.

This is the deal: I received a brandnew PSP 3004 today. I just introduced it to my wireless lan at home, and naturally, I wants to update itself to the latest system software (6.00). Sure thing ... I thought. So I start the update, and the PSP downloads a 28 meg data package and beginns installing it. After agreeing to the TOS, when actually starting the install, the PSP stops and says "The battery is almost empty. Please connect it to the power supply. The update will start as soon as the necessary power level has been reached.".

Hmmm ... the battery is not really full, but not empty either, but anyway - if it wants power, it'll get some. So I connect the power supply and wait ... and wait ... and wait. The battery is being loaded, but the update doesn't start. Then, I aborted the update and started over again - with the same result: "The battery is almost empty.".

Then, I aborted again, switched it off and removed the battery to make the PSP run on power from the plug. It does that fine, too, but for some reason, it still persists that "The battery is almost empty.", even if the battery is lying on the table beside me. I found this problem once on the internet in a forum, but no solution was found.

Also, it doesn't matter whether I re-download the update or I start a previously downloaded version from the memory stick.

Anyone?

EDIT: I just found out that the battery symbol has to have three of three bars displayed (= be at 80% charge) for the update to work. Also, it seems it has to be in the PSP for the update to work. A safety feature for sure, but not programmed very well it seems. I'll keep you updated...

EDIT: false alarm! The system actually updates fine when the battery level reaches three bars. My confusion simply emerged from the bad wording of the problem in the PSP, which doesn't say that the battery needs to be inserted and needs to be full enough for 3 out of 3 bars.
 
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Yeah, thats a safety feature implemented by Sony so it absolutely will not turn off while updating. If it did it would brick on you.
 
Dug out my original PSP today to see if it was still functional, after years of non use. I plugged it into the power supply (with battery installed), got the update notice, downloaded the update, and got the same message indicating that the update couldn't be installed because the battery was too low. I left it plugged in idling on the screen that said it would update automatically when the battery reached sufficient charge level. I checked it a couple times in the first hour and nothing had changed. I kinda forgot about it and checked it about 3 hours later and the screen said that the update had installed correctly ..... bottom line is simply to be patient :)
 

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