ok. this is a tutorial on how to make a psp 1000 modded external mic.since no one has made a good tutorial on this, i decided to do a little experimentation....with a little research on how to make this. it is very simple to make. you can use it during games. i have not tested it on skype. i dont plan to since i dont use it.
Tools and supplies used:
Soldering iron
solder-rosin core
razor blade
cellphone mic (any small microphone will work fine)
30 gauge wire ( doesnt really matter what size.)
old headphones
old circuit board
big @$$ grinder
electrical tape
psp
small microphone
helper hands (optional, helps you solder stuff easily)
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this is the new mic i made. it sounds a lot better and its less in the way as the one i show you how to make in the tutorial
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first you need to find an old circuit board. mines from an old school project.
find a section of the board that has a line of copper connection under it. cut it out to fit the size of the psp's input , WITH THE COPPER LINE ON THE EDGE.
next, scrape the green coding off until you see the copper. DONT SCRAPE THE COPPER OFF
next, flip the circuit board you cut out, and shave the black coding off where the circuit board is going to connect into the psp. this is so it will fit into the psp when the wire gets soldered onto it.
after that, solder a wire to the copper AWAY from the side you will be plugging into the psp.
next find an old pair of headphones. cut out the input.
it should look something like this. next cut off the tip of the input. if you dont, your psp speaker will not work. your psp will think headphones are in. to cut this tip off i used a grinder.
it should look like this (without the wire)
next solder a wire directly to the headphones in input
after that, solder the headphone jack to the + connection to the microphones + connection. then solder the circuit board wire to the - connection of the mic
now you are done. make sure your circuit board connection is hitting the first top pin on your psp mic input. then plug the headphone jack into the psp headphone jack.
mine looks like this. i plan to make it better with a smaller mic... but it works =D. i put my wires through the look for the string thing you put on psp's
i tested my mic with audio machanica. heres a vid.
PSP 100 mic Mod (external)PSP 1000 Mic mod tutorial (external)
