PSP 2000 Charging Dock & TV Link

by Intec

Product Features

• Keep your PSP 2000 fully charged at home or on the road
• Charging dock and TV link
• Watch your favorite media on your TV while charging your PSP 2000
• PSP 2000 not included
• LIFETIME WARRANTY

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DL4RSG
• Item Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Media: Accessory
• Release Date: October 15, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,738 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #17 in Video Games > Sony PSP > Hardware > Batteries & Chargers > Chargers
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Custom-designed with an Audio/Video out connection, so you can secure your PSP 2000 in the dock, connect to your TV with a component cable (not included) and watch your favorite media on your TV, all while charging your PSP 2000! Features non-slip pads, dual headphone jacks and jet-black PSP finish. This charging dock keeps your handheld system secure on your desk or night table. Glows while charging. Designed and styled for the new PSP 2000.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Charging Dock, May 26, 2009

By 

Harold Maduro - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: PSP 2000 Charging Dock & TV Link (Accessory)

The PSP dock somewhat accomplishes the purpose of looking better while charing than just plugging your PSP to the charger cable and leaving it resting on a desk. You will get a more organized desk or shelf from this.

But, when you plug the dock to the power cable (with or without the PSP docked), an internal blue light shines trough the plastic. This light, as described before, it's very bright (and very blue), so it's an annoyance. You can't leave the Dock connected all the time when you are not charging the PSP, since the dock is always shining. The light is so bright that it can illuminate the whole room blue. A better solution would be to just have one little blue LED that turns on when you dock your PSP, but that's not the case. I'm considering painting black the whole thing, to make it usable, instead of trowing it away.

Besides that, it charges the PSP as advertised. It doesn't comes with a power cable, so you have to plug the one that came with your PSP to it. So, it only is a piece of plastic to hold your PSP up while it charges.

The product is described as having a TV out connector. My initial impression was that it had a regular composite (RCA) or component connectors, so you could use any regular cables to plug your PSP to the TV. Well, that's not the case; the dock has the same special (proprietary?) connection that is on the bottom of your PSP, so you still have to buy the special $30+ cable from SONY to plug your PSP to the TV.

Another reviewer mentioned that you can't charge the PSP if you have the bigger battery. I don't own that battery, but that sounds inconvenient.

In conclusion: bring your own power cable + SONY TV out cable + annoying blue light all the time. It's not that useful.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok for Charging, but Bad on Audio Quality, January 14, 2010

By 

C. Mai "Software Engineer" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: PSP 2000 Charging Dock & TV Link (Accessory)

I got this dock because I thought it would be nice to put my PSP safely in a cradle while it's charging, and also use it to play video and music into a receiver. Well, it does its job of cradling my PSP while charging, but the audio is plagued with noise and interference from the power source. Note that there is no audio problems when I plug my PSP directly into its power source. The problem only occurs when I go through the dock. I haven't tried the Video yet because I am waiting for the component video cables that I ordered to arrive. I will update this review with comment about the video after I have a chance to try it out.

I returned the first unit as defective, and thanks to Amazon's excellent service, got a new one a couple of days later. Well, the new one has the same problem. It seems the the audio quality is affected by the power source because of bad design and or defective manufacturing of the unit's PCB. I took it apart and with a little de-soldering and re-soldering, was able to bypass the PCB and wired the power source directly to the PSP. This eliminated the audio noise/interference and the cool, but way to bright blue LED. Oh well, I didn't really miss the superfluous blue light anyway; and ended up with something that works as it should.

So, if you are not willing to do some hacking to the unit, and are buying it for the audio output while docking, then be forewarned. I gave it a low rating because the unit just didn't function like it should without me voiding the warranty and spending extra effort getting it to function like it was intended. Otherwise, it would have gotten at least 4 stars for form, function and value.

If you just want a cradle to charge your PSP in, then it works; but because of the audio interference problem, I don't know about the long term effect it may have on your PSP. The only reason that I am using it because I know that the power source is going directly to my PSP and is not contaminated by the PCB's bad design/manufacturing. Because if it's making the audio bad, then who knows what else it is doing to the rest of the PSP's internals.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PSP dock, December 6, 2008

By 

Guy Hoang (CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: PSP 2000 Charging Dock & TV Link (Accessory)

This dock is alright. What I didn't know is that it lights up blue when plugged in. It's pretty bright, I'll add pics soon.

Otherwise it works. It charges my PSP and looks cool. I haven't used the video and audio out.