Do you have a PS3? Are you annoyed that you can’t control it using a universal infrared remote control? I thought so… fear not dear reader for I have discovered the solution. Fresh from the United States of America is the PS3IR-500.
Basically it’s a little matchbox sized doodah which receives infrared signals from a remote control and re-transmits them as bluetooth signals to your PlayStation 3. Why so special? Well this particular re-transmitter allows you to turn the PS3 on and off using infrared.
It works really well so far and makes use of the old PS2 remote control codes so if you have an old PS2 remote you can use it to program your universal one.
The bad news? You can’t buy it in the UK, there’s only one supplier in the world and they’re in America. The good news? They’ll ship to the UK and it’s fully tracked all the way. The PS3IR-500 is the middle member of a three device family. If you don’t care about being able to switch the PS3 on and off with the remote, there’s a much cheaper and better looking model. Personally my opinion is if you are paying for the shipping over, you might as well spend a bit more and get the next model up. There’s also a top-end model which will transmit infrared to your universal remote to support a learning function, and it can detect whether or not the PS3 is powered on. Personally, I’ve not got a use for either of those features and the 500 model works perfectly. Check it out: http://www.schmartz.com
(note: At time of writing, the PS3IR-500 is not available for sale on their web site. Hopefully they’ll have more stock soon)
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