PSP Networking

Wireless Features

o Web Browser: Connect to a Wi-Fi access point and launch the browser.
o PS3 Remote: View and control PS3 games and content on the PSP screen.
o TV player: View over the air digital TV (1seg service in Japan) on PSP Slim
o Location Free player: View videos from wireless Location Free devices.

Game Sharing

Some UMD games allow you to share games with other PSP owners who have not purchased the same game. One
particular game that utilizes this feature is the Namco Arcade Museum, but the games transmitted contain only one
level (to entice the receiver to buy the full game apparently). The person transmitting the game has a "transmit"
option inside the game itself, while the other PSP owner who is receiving the game would chose the "GAME-
>Game Sharing" Menu option. Note that the received games will disappear once the PSP is powered off, and there
is no option to save the game to memory stick. Note that the PSP was made to operate with a PS3 via Remote
Play, so some of the features require a PS3.

Note that a special directory called /PSP/GAME/UPDATE is reserved for updating the firmware of your PSP. You
can place the EBOOT.PBP update file there and launch the update from the XMB menu.
Network Update

The PSP is able to update its own firmware via the SETTINGS->Network Update. Menu option Once a valid
connection is initiated, the PSP will check (for Japan model PSP).

http://fj01.psp.update.playstation.org/update/jp/psp-updatelist.txt for a list of the most current firmware versions. If

one is found it will try to download and save the new EBOOT.PBP firmware image on a memory stick at
/PSP/GAME/UPDATE and then update itself from that firmware image. The first PSPs were released in Japan,
and it came with version 1.0 of the firmware. On March 24, 2005 version 1.5 was released for it, which coincided
with the USA version of PSPs which had version 1.5 built in. The major changes provided in the 1.5 version are
bug fixes and better language support for many countries.

In order for the PSP to check for updates, you must make sure you have valid Wi-Fi settings. In the "SETTINGS-
>Network Settings->Infrastructure Mode", if you selection the triangle button while the cursor is on a connection
name, you can select the "Test Connection" and the PSP will actually try to reach this URL:
http://fj00.psp.update.playstation.org/networktest/trial.txt

Note that depending on your location and PSP hardware version, the URL's will change slightly to reflect your
location and hardware.

When the firmware is updated, more functionality is available.