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Copying music, images, and videos to and from a PS3™ system
Copy music, images and videos on your system to or from a PS3™ system.
Before performing this procedure, you need to do the following:
- Link a Sony Entertainment Network account with your system.
- Sign in to PlayStation™Network on your PS3™ system.
You must use the same Sony Entertainment Network account on your PS Vita system and your PS3™ system. - On your PS3™ system, close all open applications and select
(Users).
- 1.
- On your system, select
(Content Manager) > [Copy Content]. - 2.
- Select
(PS3™ System).
When using this feature for the first time, you must register (pair) a PS3™ system with your system. For details, see "Transferring data to and from a PS3™ system". - 3.
- Select [ PS3™ System →
PS TV System] or [ PS TV System → PS3™ System]. 
- 4.
- Select [Videos], [Music] or [Photos] to select the kind of content to copy.
- 5.
- Select the checkboxes of the content you want to copy, and then select [Copy].
- This is an example for Music:
- You can also copy content using the
(Videos), 
(Music) and 
(Photos) applications. - Some types of content downloaded from PlayStation®Store can only be used on a limited number of devices per account. Manage the devices on which you use the content by activating and deactivating devices.
- Of the video content that is downloaded from PlayStation®Store to the PS3™ system, only SD video content can be copied to your system.
- Rental video available on PlayStation®Store is copy-prohibited. Copy-prohibited content can only be moved. If you move the copy-prohibited content, the content is deleted from the source.
(Age restricted content) can be copied, but parental controls must either be off or set appropriately to play the content at the destination of the copy.- Some types of content cannot be copied.
- Take care not to infringe the copyrights and other intellectual property rights of others.
Copying the entire folder
When you are managing photos and video in a folder on your PS3™ system, you can copy the entire folder to your system.
In step 5 of "Copying music, images, and videos to and from a PS3™ system", select [Cancel] > 
(Back), and then select 
(Folders) > 
(Options) > [Copy].
- When content is selected from a folder and copied to your system, a folder with an identical name will be created.
- An entire folder that was copied to your system cannot be copied back to a PS3™ system.