The battery life is equivalent with the current models meaning approximately 3 to 6 hours for gameplays and approximately 3 to 5 hours for playing back videos. Unfortunately, the battery cannot be changes so when it looses its life, Sony would need to replace the battery for you.
If you find a PSN user causing trouble, cheating or offending anyone you can report the user to Sony who can then take appropriate action. Cheating is one of the main reasons we recommend reporting, as these players spoil the fun for everyone. This could involve exploiting glitches in the game to get ahead or use of other non-permitted action.
You can use Sony’s Grief Reporting service to report such users.
We’ve received numerous requests to explain how the PlayStation Network trophy system works in determining your level and number of points. Each trophy you earn represents points, for example, the bronze trophy is worth 15 points, while the platinum trophy is worth a whopping 180 points (which is the equivalent of 12 bronze trophies). Below, you will find a breakdown of each trophy’s value and the thresholds for each level.
If you have connected your PS3 to a new TV without changing the settings or selected the wrong resolutions, you will sometimes get a blank screen.
If you can’t access the [Settings] menu to reset the display, turn off your PS3 and then hold down the power button for 10 seconds. You will hear two beeps and then see something on the screen. Holding the power button down for 10 seconds will reset the display to the lowest settings and also restore some other settings to their defaults.
If you don’t like the DualShock feature on your controller, you can easily disable the vibration.
Simply hold down the button until the on-screen menu appears. Select [Controller Settings] and toggle the [Vibration Function] from there.
Grouping of content (including Games) has been supported since Firmware 2.00.
See this FAQ for instructions on grouping your content.
Since Firmware 2.00, the PlayStation 3 has allowed you to group content on your PS3 into Folders. You can group Photos, Music, Videos and even Games into Folders. Games can be arranged into custom folders too, e.g. “Demos”, “PSOne Classics” etc.
To group content, press 
to see the grouping options. Optionally, press 
and the PS3 will cycle through the different grouping options.
For games, press and go down to [Information]. On this screen, you can edit the “Album” name to whatever you want. This can be a handy way to group different game genres (e.g. action, RPG etc), formats (minis, PSOne, PSN) or whatever else you fancy.
As of PS3 Firmware 2.10, the PlayStation 3 supports the playback of VC-1 (WMV) encoded files. In order to play VC-1 content, WMV playback must be enabled by going to [Settings] > [System Settings] > [Enable WMA Playback]. Videos encoded using VC-1 larger than 2GB or with copy protection cannot be played on the PlayStation 3.
Your old PSP headphones can be used with the PSPgo, but any other accessory is not directly compatible with the PSPgo. The PSPgo Converter allows you to use accessories like the Go!Cam, GPS device and Talkman Mic with the PSPgo. The converter makes the PSPgo less portable and also makes it look uglier, but its the only way you can make use of your old stuff.
The XMB cannot be accessed directly within a game but the PSPgo does feature a Pause Game option. If you need to access the XMB during a game. Press the PS button and choose [Quit/Pause Game], then select [Pause Game] to save the game to temporary memory. You will be able to XMB and then resume the game from where you left off.
To resume the game, go to the [Game] menu on the XMB and select [Resume Game]. The game will continue from where you paused it. You can play another game while there is a paused game, but pausing another game will overwrite the previous paused game.
