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I'm assuming the ps3 controller is bluetooth? Is that different from the xbox 360 controller signal?

Anyways, my real question is... is there any way to block a ps3 controller signal to the ps3? Disable it? Put tinfoil around it? I use the ps3 controller on my pc to play ps2 emu games. Except, despite my pc being in the other side of the house on a different floor, the controller still manages to turn on the ps3 and connect to it.

edit- Oh, I didn't mention that unplugging the system isn't an option. I'm not the only one who uses it, and having to constantly plug/unplug it gets annoying.

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  dreamsINdigital said:
PS3 controllers are bluetooth, Xbox 360 controllers are 2.4 GHz.

Not sure, but I think if you use the reset hole on the back of the controller, it won't sync with the PS3 until you connect it with the cable.

Heh. yeah, so is bluetooth :p

but yeah, the 360 controllers use a different wireless standard/hardware with somewhat less latency than BT.

Why not just get an extra PS3 controller or a 360 controller for the PC to avoid the whole sync issue ? then you even have an extra console controller when/if you need it.

And I think putting a faraday cage around your ps3 all the time would be inconvenient...

  splur said:
I'm assuming the ps3 controller is bluetooth? Is that different from the xbox 360 controller signal?

Anyways, my real question is... is there any way to block a ps3 controller signal to the ps3? Disable it? Put tinfoil around it? I use the ps3 controller on my pc to play ps2 emu games. Except, despite my pc being in the other side of the house on a different floor, the controller still manages to turn on the ps3 and connect to it.

edit- Oh, I didn't mention that unplugging the system isn't an option. I'm not the only one who uses it, and having to constantly plug/unplug it gets annoying.

I take it you have a PS3 Slim?

If it's a fat PS3 why don't you just turn off the power button on the back of the console?

(Slims don't have the power button on the back)

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