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#1 bigice999
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I have just realized the greatness of downloading stuff over the PSN> However, is it neccessary to sit and watch the download every time? It seems to take awhile. Turok took almost 20 minutes. There was an option to "perform in background" or something like that but everytime i clicked that it seemed to cancel and have to be restarted. PRoblem with my unit? Thanks in advance...

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#2 Duckman5
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Perform in Background does just that usually.
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#3 zeke2040
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well it depend really , if your chating with a friend online, the count down for the download will stop and then continue when you stop chating online with a friend... also watching movies , will stop your download as well... you might as well play some game to keep you busy untill the download is complete...
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#4 bigice999
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not chatting with any friends or doing anything really. I click "perform in background" then when i go back to check it says its on 0 and restarts.
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#5 djHaQ
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Your download could also stop if there's heavy traffic on the PSN's PS Store servers. A few times trying to grab demos it took me forever, but that was usually right when they got put in the PlayStation Store.
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#6 GreenGoblin2099
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not chatting with any friends or doing anything really. I click "perform in background" then when i go back to check it says its on 0 and restarts.bigice999

It shouldn't be like that.

Are you playing online games??

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#7 bigice999
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ya i play COD4, motorstorm, rockband, etc. Connection works fine, no lag. I thought it was weird...
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#8 djHaQ
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If you're watching a movie, the download will pause.
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#9 GreenGoblin2099
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ya i play COD4, motorstorm, rockband, etc. Connection works fine, no lag. I thought it was weird...bigice999

I meant while d/l ing stuff.

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#10 bigice999
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not really, i just kind of lingered in the menu to see if it was working, came back to check and saw it wasnt
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#11 zeke2040
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also for a reminder, read your instruction manual for the ps3, all your answer will be on there...
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#12 bigice999
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im sure its a fault but i dont think i have ever read an instruction manual in my life, can you help me out if you know the issue...
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#13 theducksfan
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Ya just click perform in background, and then dont do anything online, u can play a game just dont go online with it.
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#14 mlcj15
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I always just click "perform in background" and then play a game. Never had a problem. You can check to make sure you didn't pause the download also. Go to download management (I think that's what it's called - it's the option right above internet browser on the xmb), click triangle, then click status.