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Skype PSP Fat Tutorial

Skype is a special telephone program that lets you call other Skype users at no cost, providing you have the program installed on a device that can access the Internet and has a microphone attached to it. You can install the Skype program on a Playstation Portable 2000 ("PSP Slim") without having to modify the game console or void the Sony warranty by running an update off of a PSP game disc. You will need to have a wireless home network to use Skype as the PSP Slim must connect to the Internet and the person being called must also be connected to the Internet. A memory card is also needed so that data from the Skype program can be saved to the PSP and used as needed.

Things You'll Need

Memory card
PSP microphone cable
Memory stick
Just-released PSP game disc
Wireless home network
Internet connection

Instructions

- 1
  Insert the memory card into the memory card slot on the PSP.
- 2
  Release the disc drive door latch on the top of the PSP Slim. Pull the disc drive door to its fully opened position. Insert a just-released PSP game disc into the disc drive. Close the disc drive door.
- 3
  Turn the on PSP Slim. Wait for the firmware menu to appear on the LCD screen. Select "Update" from the firmware menu. Press the "X" button on the PSP Slim. Wait as the firmware with the Skype program in it updates the PSP Slim. Turn off the PSP Slim when the menu tells you to do so.
- 4
  Release the disc drive door latch on the top of the PSP Slim. Pull the disc drive door to its fully opened position. Remove the game disc from the disc drive. Close the disc drive door.
- 5
  Turn on the PSP Slim. Push up on the network switch at the lower left side of the PSP. Wait for the Home menu to appear on the LCD screen.
- 6
  Plug the PSP headset into the headphone port on the bottom left edge of the PSP Slim.
- 7
  Navigate to the "Network" icon. Select the "Skype" icon beneath "Network." Select "Contacts" from the list of choices presented to the right of the "Skype" icon. Press the 'X" button.
- 8
  Select "New contact" in the column that appears to the right of "Contacts." Enter the name of a person who has a Skype phone number in the "Name" field.
- 9
  Select the "Save" icon. Press the "X" button to save the contact. Select "Return" to go back to the Home menu.
- 10
  Select "Contacts" from the list of choices presented to the right of the "Skype" icon.
- 11
  Select the name of a person from the list to the right of "Contacts" who is presently online. Press the "X" button to call the person.
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  Put on the headset. Talk to the person when she answers the Skype phone call.
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  To end the phone call, select "Disconnect" from the list of choices presented beneath the "Skype" icon. Press the "X" button to disconnect the Skype phone call. Remove the headset. Turn off the PSP.

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