The advancement in technology has led for the competing manufacturers to present the best product in the market. Long time ago, the purpose of the cell phones are centered upon making a call and sending message. Now, it's for listening music, internet, chat, file-sharing, games, and many more.
Bottom line is; if you can pack these possibilities within a single gadget, why wouldn't you? It goes the same with PSP; most people thought its only for gaming but the surprising truth is; its also for watching movies and listening MP3 music. Yep, the PSP has come to answer the demanding market's obsession with multi-tasking and today, we are discussing ways on how to download music to your PSP.
Manage and Collect Music
Hundreds of different sources or sites where music is available are just waiting for you to discover (iTunes, Rhapsody, or Amazon). Don't worry about the compatibility of the music format to your PSP yet, just collect the music you want to transfer to your PSP and collect them in a specified folder on your PC. You can either rip the music from your CD collection or if you don't buy physical music CD anymore, you can download mp3 music from the internet.
The music has to be in mp3 format so if you're music files are not in this format; you will need to convert them using some converter software (e.g. Sony Image Converter) to deal with the format requirement which is MP3. The latest PSP firmware may support other types of formats such as WMA or Windows Media files.
Connect PSP Device to Your Computer
Use a USB cable to connect your PSP to your PC, and then press the home button on your PSP. You can use the 'Up' and 'Down' buttons on your PSP device to find the USB connection by pressing the X button on your PSP. Your PC will tell you that there's a new USB device and will attempt to automatically install it depending on the windows version you are using. After installation, the USB will show up as a new drive on your computer (you will see an icon).
Transfer/Download Music from Computer to PSP.
Identify the correct drive on your PC to the corresponding USB that connects to your PSP and then browse to your PSP and look for the folder PSP and open it. You will find the MUSIC folder inside and this is where the music should be transfered. (Note: If this folder is not already on your PSP, then do the following. Open the PSP file system and create a new folder there called 'PSP'. Open the new folder you've just created and create another folder inside it called 'MUSIC').
Use your computer to download and copy all your music files onto the PSP music folder. After you're done transferring the files, press the o button on your PSP to disconnect the PSP from the computer. It's now safe to unplug the USB cable from your computer and from your PSP.
Play and Listen Music on PSP
Using the arrows on your PSP, find the music area and choose the music folder by pressing the x button. You will now see all the music files you downloaded to your PSP. Just choose any song and listen. If you start running out of space, then you'll need to eliminate other files or get a Memory Stick Duo with a bigger memory. - 16039
Bottom line is; if you can pack these possibilities within a single gadget, why wouldn't you? It goes the same with PSP; most people thought its only for gaming but the surprising truth is; its also for watching movies and listening MP3 music. Yep, the PSP has come to answer the demanding market's obsession with multi-tasking and today, we are discussing ways on how to download music to your PSP.
Manage and Collect Music
Hundreds of different sources or sites where music is available are just waiting for you to discover (iTunes, Rhapsody, or Amazon). Don't worry about the compatibility of the music format to your PSP yet, just collect the music you want to transfer to your PSP and collect them in a specified folder on your PC. You can either rip the music from your CD collection or if you don't buy physical music CD anymore, you can download mp3 music from the internet.
The music has to be in mp3 format so if you're music files are not in this format; you will need to convert them using some converter software (e.g. Sony Image Converter) to deal with the format requirement which is MP3. The latest PSP firmware may support other types of formats such as WMA or Windows Media files.
Connect PSP Device to Your Computer
Use a USB cable to connect your PSP to your PC, and then press the home button on your PSP. You can use the 'Up' and 'Down' buttons on your PSP device to find the USB connection by pressing the X button on your PSP. Your PC will tell you that there's a new USB device and will attempt to automatically install it depending on the windows version you are using. After installation, the USB will show up as a new drive on your computer (you will see an icon).
Transfer/Download Music from Computer to PSP.
Identify the correct drive on your PC to the corresponding USB that connects to your PSP and then browse to your PSP and look for the folder PSP and open it. You will find the MUSIC folder inside and this is where the music should be transfered. (Note: If this folder is not already on your PSP, then do the following. Open the PSP file system and create a new folder there called 'PSP'. Open the new folder you've just created and create another folder inside it called 'MUSIC').
Use your computer to download and copy all your music files onto the PSP music folder. After you're done transferring the files, press the o button on your PSP to disconnect the PSP from the computer. It's now safe to unplug the USB cable from your computer and from your PSP.
Play and Listen Music on PSP
Using the arrows on your PSP, find the music area and choose the music folder by pressing the x button. You will now see all the music files you downloaded to your PSP. Just choose any song and listen. If you start running out of space, then you'll need to eliminate other files or get a Memory Stick Duo with a bigger memory. - 16039
