PS3 IR to Bluetooth?

[derekbannatyne]

I just bought a Harmony 659 to get rid of all my other remotes, but, because I use a PS3 as a blu-ray player, the remote isn't truly "universal" yet. I have the Blu-Wave remote with the IR receiver, but it doesn't receive power when the PS3 is off, so I can't turn the PS3 on without the controller. Is there an inexpensive IR to Bluetooth converter to take care of this?

[Sonnie]

This is probably what you need.

[derekbannatyne]

That looks like the thing! But $50 is a little steep, I'll probably just continue to use the PS3 controller (I have to get up to put the movie in anyways).

[Sonnie]

Exactly my thoughts. I have to load it (turns on automatically) and I have to eject the movie, which at that time I can simple turn it off.

[wbassett]

In my case I would like to find a solution because I have a terabyte of external drives connected to my PS3... so there are actually times when I could watch a movie from it without having to go to the actual unit to put a disc in.

I don't have my Pronto yet so for now I just use the original remotes. When I get the Pronto though I would like to be able to control everything from one source.

[gillies]

While some folks might only use the PS3 remote to turn the console off and on, I regularly scan through the XMB GUI to access music, photos, and video stored on a Toshiba 320gb HDD internal upgrade. This gives me instant access to about 80 movies, 8 gigs of pics, and about 1,000 mp3s without moving a muscle. Just got a ps3toothfairy and really love it. Paired it with my Harmony 550 and got one remote running everything for under $200. Small, inconspicuous, and super easy to pair with the PS3 and Harmony remote. Highly recommended.

[winstonterr]

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[nholmes1]

There are a variety of adapters now to provide IR control for the ps3, the fairy mentioned before is one of te best in terms of features to cost. The one I have used is the audio authority unit as it does provide descrete power via power sensing the USB terminals.

[Jasonpctech]

Here is a $20 solution for basic universal IR remotecontrol for the PS3!
http://www.amazon.com/BluWave-Infrared-Remote-Playstation-3/dp/B000R5H7KE

The following quotes are from reviews (Terrell T. Gibbs & ski_fiend on Amazon)

"Nyko remote is only able to support the commands that you can execute with the PS3 controller, and does not provide some of the additional commands available on the PS3 bluetooth remote. So no power key, angle key, or eject key. But it does emulate all of the digital controls of the PS3 controller (i.e. everything but the analog sticks), which makes it fine for controlling the player." end quote.

'This remote's dongle does the job in letting my Harmony control the PS3. There was one problem that almost led me to return the remote however, and I wanted to mention the solution here.

Problem (for Harmony remotes):
On the PS3 XMB (Cross Media Bar), the directional buttons would move the selection several spots for each key press. I read several posts and tried teaching & re-teaching the Harmony. I tried teaching using the "Raw" IR learning but that would slow down the response from the PS3 to each key press.

Solution:
Within the Harmony program, go to Devices->PS3 and select "troubleshoot" under device options.
Select "Show me more problems" (last choice).
Then select the choice "PS3 doesn't appear to receive every command correctly," and the select "The device responds too much to some commands (for example, volume up increases the volume too quickly)."
In the screen with the radio buttons, select '0'.
Save & update the remote and everything the directional buttons will work perfectly." end quote.

[bmurphy2121]

If you have the logitech harmony remote then they sell a logitech adaptor at best buy that you connect to the ps3 that allows you to control your ps3 with your harmony remote. I have this set up and it works great yes it is around $50 or so but allows you to use one controller to turn on av reciever, tv, and ps3, and will also allow you to turn on off everything along with ejecting dvd/games too. You can also teach the harmony to do other things that the original ps3 controller/blu-ray controller can do too. Very worth the money especially if you have and external hard drive with movies on it as I do. Here is the link to the harmony controller thing I was taking about.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Logitech...otes&cp=1&lp=8