let’s do it
At the time of this writing, the latest firmware for the PSP is version 3.75. So this is what you need to do: Turn on the PSP console; navigate to Settings (on the far left); now find “System Settings” and press “X”; then find “System Information” and press “X” again; your PSP now displays the “System Software Version”. Good information to know and easy to get.
Now it’s time to load it up
Ok, now you know the firmware version of your console and you want to start adding music, videos and photos to your PSP. Here’s how to do it.
First you need to have everything ready to go. You may want to create some folders on your computer’s hard drive and fill them with all the files (MP3, MP4, JPEG) you plan to upload to your PSP. So what do you need: your PSP, a USB cable, one or more memory cards and an Internet connection.
Now insert the device into the memory device slot on the left side. You may want to buy a high-capacity USB stick – the more memory, the more files you can upload. Now take out your USB cable. The PSP side of the cable has the small connector and the computer side has the larger standard USB connector. Plug them in, turn on the PSP and computer and we’re ready to go.
Go to the PSP’s home menu and scroll down to the “Settings” icon. Find the “USB Connection” icon and then press the X button. The PSP will display “USB Mode” and the computer will recognize the PSP as a USB removable storage device.
Go to your computer and click on Windows Explorer. Go to My Computer and then to the removable drive which may have a drive letter of D: E: or F: . Now we need to create some folders on the device. First create a folder called “PSP” on the PSP memory card if one isn’t already there. There should also be a folder called “MP_ROOT” and it is not inside the “PSP” folder.
Great, now we’ll create some folders for the files you plan to upload to your PSP. Open the “PSP” folder. Create folders named “PHOTO” and “MUSIC” inside the “PSP” folder. Now go to the “MP_ROOT” folder. There should be a folder called “100MNV01” inside the folder. Otherwise, create the “100MV01” folder.
Now it’s time to load up your PSP with your songs, videos and pictures. If you haven’t downloaded any games, videos or songs from the Internet, do it now. There are plenty of sites out there. Okay, open the files you created on your computer to save the images you want to upload to the PSP. All you have to do is drag and drop the image files into the PSP folders just like you would files into the folders on your computer. Image files (with extensions .jpeg, .tiff, .gif, .png and .bmp) go to the “PHOTO” folder, audio files (MP3, ATRAC3plus, MP4, .WAV and .WMA) go to the “MUSIC” folder and the video files (MPEG-4, MP4/AVC) go to the “100MNV01” folder which is inside the MP_ROOT folder.
When you’re done charging your PSP, disconnect it from the computer by first clicking the “Safely Remove Hardware” button on the bottom menu bar of your PC, or by “ejecting” the drive on the Mac. Now disconnect the USB cable and press the circular button to return to the start menu.
Your now ready to go.
happy psp
