Super nOOb question... PS3 wont pair W remote...

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Ashton

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Ok, I just got my nice shiney new PS3 Slim back from SONY. I plugged it in and it brings up this nice screen illustrating plugging in a controller... so I pull out my PS3 Remote and press the PSN button... and nothing happens...

So I press START+ENTER to put it into discovery mode. Nothing happens

So I held START+ENTER for 5 seconds (and lthen 10 seconds) still nothing happens...

What am I doing wrong?
 
PS3 slim back from Sony. Did your PS3 slim die, or did they replace a dead Phat with the slim? Just curious, as Slim's haven't been out but a few months, it would suck to hear about one dying already!
 
Wheresatom said:
Did you plug in the usb cord?
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There is no USB cord... I'm talking about the REMOTE not the CONTROLLER

http://files.playstatic.com/playstation-3-hardware/bd-remote-2-playstation-3.jpg

EDIT: sry, didnt realize how freakin huge that image was...

DragonMasterAlex said:
PS3 slim back from Sony. Did your PS3 slim die, or did they replace a dead Phat with the slim? Just curious, as Slim's haven't been out but a few months, it would suck to hear about one dying already!
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replaced a YLOD on a 60gb original PS3. No, I've not heard of ANYONE having a dead slim yet.
 
They coudl trade it for ~$100 or repair it for ~$200
(I paid ~$100 for it used in "working" condition --- though it came with YLOD)

Now I cant get the controler to pair either (and plugging it in didnt work)

For once I'm going to PRAISE MS! My 360 worked out of the box! the PS3 is quickly becomming a nightmare!
 
Am I doing something this awesomely stupid or does nobody on here right now have a PS3??
 
You probably have to register the device with the PS3 under options somewhere.. I had to with my PS3 Harmony adapter.
 
Right now I cant get into the PS3 at all.

I plugged in my sixaxis (with USB) and it stopped displaying the "plug in a controller" screen Now it's at "initial setup: Choose a language English >>> Press (>) to continue"

But I pressed every button on the thing and nothing happens

I looked at the indicators and I have lights 1+2 blinking brightly, like 3 blinking dimly and light 4 is out.

Any idea what this means?
 
So you got it back and it's at the first setup screen, and you can't get into the actual OS right? If that's the case then you probably HAVE to use the controller and not the remote for initial setup, and the problem could be the controller not the ps3, since you couldn't test the controller on the old one if it was broken?

Tried plugging the controller into another USB source, like your PC, to see if all the 4 lights flash brightly?
 
Ashton said:
They coudl trade it for ~$100 or repair it for ~$200
(I paid ~$100 for it used in "working" condition --- though it came with YLOD)

Now I cant get the controler to pair either (and plugging it in didnt work)

For once I'm going to PRAISE MS! My 360 worked out of the box! the PS3 is quickly becomming a nightmare!
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I got my PS3 slim (or rather, I got to open it) Christmas Eve, and out of the box it IS a nightmare. Took me hours to get the audio working thanks to Sony's clever idea to disable every audio output as soon as you plug in an HDMI cable, and then of course making you manually select your optical output codecs. 360 does all that automatically.

Once I finally got it working it was fine, but man, what a consumer unfriendly device!

Great deal for you, though, essentially $200 for a new slim! Nice!
 
Ashton said:
Right now I cant get into the PS3 at all.

I plugged in my sixaxis (with USB) and it stopped displaying the "plug in a controller" screen Now it's at "initial setup: Choose a language English >>> Press (>) to continue"

But I pressed every button on the thing and nothing happens

I looked at the indicators and I have lights 1+2 blinking brightly, like 3 blinking dimly and light 4 is out.

Any idea what this means?
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Oh yeah. I do actually. Happens once in awhile on my friends ps3 when we all try to play rock band or guitar hero. Just hold down the ps button to manually assign it a controller number. they'll stop blinking and go to whatever you set it. Took us awhile to figure out the first time it happened to us, for whatever reason, sometimes the controllers dont know how to set themselves properly.
 
he paid another 100 in order to get the slim also. Have you got it fixed yet op?
 
After some research I found out my controller is a FAKE. and damned sony patched the PS3 (firmware 3.00) so that it cant use fakes! so I've filed a complaint with ebay and am going to have to try to find another controller (which is sick irony since I am either going to sell the PS3 or use it for NEtflix/moves and have the remote, so I dont need a controller at all --- but the system wont get through the setup without one...)
 
Ashton said:
After some research I found out my controller is a FAKE. and damned sony patched the PS3 (firmware 3.00) so that it cant use fakes! so I've filed a complaint with ebay and am going to have to try to find another controller (which is sick irony since I am either going to sell the PS3 or use it for NEtflix/moves and have the remote, so I dont need a controller at all --- but the system wont get through the setup without one...)
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If you buy a remote, get one of the bundles that has a game with it for $5 more. I recommend the one with Uncharted, which is surely worth $5 :D

If you're going to stream media, though, from my hands on experience, the 360 is a MUCH better and more reliable streamer. PS3 tends to stutter and not buffer quick enough (and yes, both are on wired connections) from some sources, whereas 360 almost never misses a beat. I'm not sure why that is, but that's been my experience so far (2 weeks and change of PS3 ownership)
 
I have _NO_ coimplaints about my 360 for streaming (and I _REALLY_ lovin' it after I downlaod TVersity! great find ro anyone looking to stream lots of differnt video formats to a STB/Console)- it just cant be in 2 places at once. My main 42" TV is in the living room and the 360 stays in there. I hae a little 24" TV in the bedroom where I can watch something b4 bed to relax. This is why I wanted the PS3 streaming.

I'll deffinately look for a bundle, that atleast makes hte controller *seem* cheeper since it's split between it and a game.

(sad part is being out of work, I'm likely going to be selling hte PS3 + all parts in a week or so)

I'm seriously starting to consider just buying a 2nd 360 for the bedroom....
 
Just a little update. I solved my problem.

A friend told me that, as long as I still have the packaging, Wal-Mart will accept the controller as an exchange - just say "I dont have the receipt, it was a gift, I want an exchange (for the same item)"

Worked like a charm, now I have a "known good" controller :D
 
As far as the Bluetooth PS3 DVD Remote Control, you have to register it in the PS3 bluetooth accessories. Mine pops up as "Device 7," despite having only the controller and remote. I can't tell if you did that by reading the thread or not, but just FYI for any future buyers.
 
Katalysis said:
As far as the Bluetooth PS3 DVD Remote Control, you have to register it in the PS3 bluetooth accessories. Mine pops up as "Device 7," despite having only the controller and remote. I can't tell if you did that by reading the thread or not, but just FYI for any future buyers.
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Your correct. There must be a controller pair first for inicial setup and then to activate the remote. Afterwards the controller can be set aside.

Also, yes, the BD-remote does show up on port 7, however you *can* reasign it to any port you want after it's activated.
 
DragonMasterAlex said:
Good question. One of the odd lamenesses about PS3 is that you have to plug a bluetooth device into the USB port to pair it with the PS3. Makes no sense, but there ya go.
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Yeah, I ended up with 3 free PS3's from a store (I won't say the name of the store) because of what I think is this very reason. It was either that or the video output was set wrong. Each of them had a paper on them saying "Won't power on" or "No video output". When I tried using the PS3 controller to turn the first one on, nothing happened. After I plugged the controller in with the USB cable it worked fine. One of them I had to connect to my projector because it was set at 1080p and knock the resolution down. Then the video would display. Whoever was responsible for trying these out in the store didn't know what they were doing.
 
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