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Old 04-05-2010, 10:55 PM   #1
nikev
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Device: PRS 505
Found a cheap AC wall charger

Hi folks,

After some research, I found a cheap charging solution for the PRS-505 which I'd like to share. I assume the same trick will work with any other model.

I just got a charger cable (cable only) for a PSP from Gamestop. The supplied cable has a standard USB connector on one end, and a Sony round connector on the other. The USB end just plugs in to any USB wall charger (I use the one for my iPhone) and the other goes to the wall plug in the reader. Works fine, and costs almost nothing.

The Gamestop cable comes with a USB charger, but you don't even need that if you have a USB charger for a phone or something with a 1 amp output. Like I said, the Apple iPhone charger works.

Total cost was just a few dollars, and I see that Amazon in the US has cables for less than $5.

Sure beats the Sony charger, and the fact that it works with a generic USB charger saves carting around two separate adapters.



Cheers,

Nike

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