My start/select button act as though i am pressing them consistantly but obviously i am not. Also, when ever i am in a game and i press my home button, it seems to be stuck on NO. I have reason to believe that my psp button configuration is messed up and would like some instructions from you to help me fix this problem.

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GAME OPTIONS The default options for Electronic UNO® are a Level 1, 4-player game with the sound on. If you want to change those options, this is how you do it:
1. Press the Menu button and "New Game" will flash. Press the Select button and "New Game" will stop flashing-Press again and it will go out. If you press Enter/Play with "New Game" showing you will start a new game.

2. Press the Select button then press Enter/Play. The Player 1 icon will flash.

3. Press the Select button to cycle through the number of players, represented by the 2, 3, or 4 icons, and press enter when you choose the number of players you want.

4. After the number of players is selected the, Level will begin to flash. You may change the level by using the Select button to cycle through Levels I, II or III. When you see the level you want, press the Enter/Play button.

5. Once you have selected the level, you will see the musical note icon flashing. This is the sound indicator. You may turn the sound off or on by using the Select button to make the note appear or disappear and then press the Enter/Play button. If you can see the musical note the sound is on. The Hi Score will be displayed and the player that achieved it. Press Enter/Play to start or return to your game.

6. You may start a new game, check the Hi Score or turn the sound on or off at any time by hitting the Menu button.

Hello
Please try the below mentioned process to troubleshoot the issue.

1. Set the Wii console to output 480 lines of video.
   



2. While on the Wii Channel Menu (main screen of the Wii), connect a Nunchuk to Wii Remote.



3. Select the Virtual Console game from the Wii menu, then select "Start" to begin the game.



4. When the game starts, press the Home button on the Wii Remote. (In many games, the music can be heard when the game starts.)



5. Select "Operations Guide" from the Home menu.



6. Press the Z + A + 2 Button simultaneously (the Z Button is on the Nunchuk). A sound will be heard if the button combination has been entered correctly.



7. Close the Home menu. The game display should now be correct.

Depending on which type of chat session you are connected to... everyone needs to be in the same chat menu. Sometimes when switching from game chat to party chat you might still be stuck in game chat while others are in private chat or visa versa.

To talk to only players in your game: Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Game Chat.

To talk to only members of the party: Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Party Chat.

To mute an individual: Press the Guide button, then select Party, the player's gamertag, and Mute.

It is a possibility that you are not in the same chat session with your friends. they might be in a party chat with others while you are in game chat. (note you can only have a max of 8 people in one party chat) Or you might still be in a party chat (that everyone else has left) and they are in game chat.
To... Do this... Talk to only players in your game Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Game Chat. Talk to only members of the party Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Party Chat. Mute an individual Press the Guide button, then select Party, the player's gamertag, and Mute.
To... Do this... Talk to only players in your game Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Game Chat. Talk to only members of the party Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Party Chat. Mute an individual Press the Guide button, then select Party, the player's gamertag, and Mute.
To... Do this... Talk to only players in your game Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Game Chat. Talk to only members of the party Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Party Chat. Mute an individual Press the Guide button, then select Party, the player's gamertag, and Mute.
Key Points

• Online safety and privacy settings may block access to Xbox LIVE chat.
• To use Xbox LIVE parties and chat, Voice and Text must bet set to Friends or Everyone

To... Do this... Talk to only players in your game Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Game Chat. Talk to only members of the party Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Party Chat. Mute an individual Press the Guide button, then select Party, the player's gamertag, and Mute. To... Do this... Talk to only players in your game Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Game Chat. Talk to only members of the party Press the Guide button, then select Party, Party Options, Chat Channel, and Party Chat. Mute an individual Press the Guide button, then select Party, the player's gamertag, and Mute.

Hi. Since you're in UMD Autoload mode, you need to configure that in the PSP Settings. To do this, turn off your PSP and remove your UMD. Now, turn it back on and it won't autoload your UMD since it wasn't there anymore.
Now, go to "Settings" and scroll down to "System Settings" and press X. Scroll down again the selection until you see "UMD Auto-Start" and press X. At the right side will appear the options "ON" and "OFF". Select "OFF" and press O button several times to go back to main screen.
Insert your UMD. Now, try playing games from Memory Stick. You may have to turn off your PSP and turn it on again to finally play homebrew...
I hope this helps...

Hi, I've had the same problems for about a month now. I have a psp fat (psp-1000) with cfw. 5.50. I was playing ZHP unlosing ranger when the same thing happened.
I use the lowest brightness setting to lengthen game play time. I keep using the audio button (The one you hold and turns the sounds mute or back.. right?) for the game then when i reset my game (press home and start the gameover..) the brightness suddenly keeps on changing even making the whole screen black. After 5 minutes? it stops but then when i press the down or square, triangle button the brightness changes sometimes thats the only thing the button does.. i found a temporary fix for this, i put it sleep mode then turn it on again and it stops.. the buttons go back to normal, for a while.
It goes on and on even with other games. It just stops after 10 minutes later or more than starts happening again everytime the brightness or audio button is pressed.
We scanned it for viruses on a computer and it just kept on blinking everytime it responded to the scan. No virus were found but after that when we disconnected it from the computer the brightness problem stopped for a good long time.. we avoided pressing the brightness and audio buttons. but recently its happening again.
and now just got worse. I was playing Socom Fireteam, and when you accidentaly go to the start menu, you have to press "select" to exit and continue the game. But the "select" button wont work!
so i quit the game and startover.. when this happened for the 3rd time. When i pressed "home" button and was asked if i really wanted to exit the game i couldnt move to "yes" and couldnt press the "O" or "X" buttons.
So i turned off my psp and when it went back on, I couldnt press anything anymore. except, the volume buttons and select (the vsh menu appears)
I searched for help from the internet, found "disable your vsh menu" remedy.
It worked! but when i played the game, the "cwcheat" menu keeps on appearing (seplugin that appears when you press select button). It wouldnt stop >.<
So we disabled that too.
Now playing God of War Ghost of Sparta, and one part, the start menu kept on appearing! we'd close it so that we could push one of the levers in the game but then it pauses the game again.. it stopped after a while. then it happened again only slight.
Found a comment on a "select button problem" and it said that it was the:
"parts that were Ribbon style, with it was the start and select button and the volume/sound" he had that parts?
found same problems around the net, some posts from 2009.
found decent posts and solutions here:
http://forums.qj.net/psp-general-help/151111-psp-slim-start-button-stuck.html
the best one says buy a new "flex bar" or "home bar". It goes by many names, but it's the metal bar that has all of the bottom row buttons on it (home -> start) It's usually under $10 USD and obviously the right thing to do.
got another comment that says it worked from him when he bought one himself.
Glad I found others, and that I could share this.. wish it makes things better.
Hope it works out for all of us!
Another thing, Merry Christmas!

Press the home button on the wii remote, Then press reconect, then hold The one and two buttons till they conect!

push the select and L3 buttons at the same time after you push the connect button on the little mechanism, it should flash fast then press the home button to register it., make sure you follow the directions exactly console must be off and the mechanism must be plugged in to port 1, turn on click the connect button then L3 and select at the same time then home button. the thing is garbage though the control are unresponsive.

you'll have to buy a buttons replacement set, and install it by opening ur PSP yourself. you cna buy it here : http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3644

OR
If your PSP is still covered under sony warranty, give it to them, they'll fix it for FREE!

it seems your start button might be stuck: the start button acts as a "ditch game" button in home games: hold it for about 5 seconds and then the failed screen will show.

I would suggest purchasing another dance pad, or trying to see if you can, by pressing the area gently "unstick" the start button area.