Customer Reviews

PSP 2000 Charging Dock & TV Link

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

this works great
pros:
-blue light looks really cool
-charges psp
-cradles psp
-costs 6 dollars
-headphone splitter(dose not work with headphones because of the noise pollution the splitter creates works fine with speakers though)
-dose not have to be on to use tv adapter and headphone splitter

cons
-headphones splitter could work better(works fine with speakers
-doesn't come with any cords(YOU CAN USE YOUR ORIGINAL CHARGER)
-the blue light stays on no matter what as long as the power is plugged into the back
-the blue light can be too bright when trying to sleep and probably uses pointless energy

in the end i WOULD HAVE PAID TEN DOLLARS FOR IT AND GETTING IT FOR SIX IS BEYOND WORTH IT EVEN IF U ONLY USE IT TO CRADLE UR PSP

I always see the PSP Go dock advertised and have been wanting one for mine. So when I seen this for such a cheap price I got 2, one for myself and one for my nephew. Some people complained about the light but it doesn't bother me. I actually think it looks neat. I don't keep this in my bedroom but in my living room, so it doesn't bother my sleeping. It is a little scary pressing my PSP on the dock since you have to give it a little effort, but it stays on and keeps me from having it floating around the house somewhere. I like how I can charge the game and have the tv hookup connected while it's on the dock. The only thing I hate is there is no sound when you set it on the dock since it plugs into the microphone input. I was hoping I could set this on my desk and watch movies with it upright and I can but I'll have to wear headphones which kinda sucks. But for the price, I really enjoy this product!

I purchased this assuming I was going to get what was advertised: a charging dock/TV link. Upon opening the box, I realize it's JUST a dock, no cables. I'm okay with using my own power cable, but if you say this has a TV link, shouldn't it LINK to the TV. Waste of time, and more importantly and unfortunate, a waste of money.

Great Charger for PSP just wish it had all the cords for hook up to TV to watch video.

The Docking Station is very useful and easy installing. First of all it charges your PSP PORTABLE and at the sametime able to watch a movie while charging, after charged with a neo BLUE looks cool at night. You are able to play your PSP GAMES. I would recommend for the near fact its not bulky, but slim enough to add to your other collections of PLATFORMS.

Daryl Arceo

I like the bright blue light, it's a good dock charging station but it builds lots of statitcs with audio connectors and headphone peace for skype didn't work at all I had to use my PSP directly , all features video and audio are much better directly from PSP without the docking station, I guess that's what it gets for less than 10 bucks

So this charger was an impulse buy

Honestly, Its not very useful

If you have a case, you have to take your psp out of it.
However, I have been just playing it in bed lately, so its been cool for me.

Also, its a bit tricky to get the psp in and out (if your not careful the power prong and the audio prongs can get bent--so not for an impatient kid.

Only real pro of this dock is that it lights up...
otherwise, stick to your cable