So my PSP Phat headphone jack is busted...

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04.27.2012 4:19am

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kirbenvost
Give Life Back To Music

I'm only getting sound through 1 side, and my speakers haven't worked for years. Any ideas on what to do short of ripping it apart and trying to resolder connections and whatnot? I suck at soldering and would be scared of ruining it. I've had it open before to clean the button contacts, but that's about it. It's getting really annoying trying to play games in mono and hate to have to go out and try to find another first gen model and hack it all over again.

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04.27.2012 11:01am

LB
Necromancer of Winning

I don't know, but the Vita is pretty sweet.

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04.27.2012 1:41pm

Kaiser
aka Nick Walker/Disdain

Maybe a mini-usb to headphone converter?

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04.27.2012 1:51pm

amaron
No answer, must be that deaf bitch.

Kaiser said:

Maybe a mini-usb to headphone converter?

Assuming you can get audio off the USB port.

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04.27.2012 2:17pm

Crono
Crono can cross dimensions too!

Well you can get video off the usb port so I'm fairly sure audio goes too. I used to use component cables to play on my TV and remotejoy to play on my laptop once or twice but I can't say 100% that audio went too... but I'm fairly confident.

https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-3-5mm-Stereo-Audio-Converter/dp/B0012N0U7W

A 10 buck solution to the problem.

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04.27.2012 5:37pm

Thread Creator (Edited on 04.27.2012 at 6:07pm)

kirbenvost
Give Life Back To Music

I think that only works for PSP Slims, I don't recall any mention of the Phat ever having video/audio output. I guess I could just look for a cheap Slim.

Upon further google research, it seems that the Phat has a modular Sound/Wifi/Memory Card board that can simply be replaced, and costs like $15 to find online. I believe I have a solution!

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04.27.2012 6:43pm

Crono
Crono can cross dimensions too!

I missed the part where you said "first gen", oops. At least you found a solution.

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04.28.2012 10:30am

The Hulk
Good Boy

I can't bear to play my first gen PSP now with all that motion blur and the often sticky buttons, it's been passed off to my kid. Thank god the 3000s are hackable these days.

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04.28.2012 7:43pm

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kirbenvost
Give Life Back To Music

Is the 3000 the cheap one where they removed the wifi and gave it a mono speaker and such?

Edit: Oh, nope, that's the E1000.

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