Thread: Does the Sony PRS-505 require a special charger?
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Old 02-01-2017, 03:06 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
Get a PSP charger or use a USB-mini cable (not micro) with your computer's USB port. People experimented with this when the 505 was a current generations device (you can search and find lots of posts from 2007-2008 discussing it) and found that using a USB wall charger with the 505 usually meant it would just drain the battery instead of charging it.
The problem is that you have no idea what the USB port is like in a USB charger. Sony was a stickler for standards. So if the USB charger isn't fully compliant, then it won't work and you won't really know until after you've bought it.

This is why the PSP charger is your best choice.
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