

Take a small pointed instrument, such as a toothpick, end of a paper clip or very small ball point pen and insert it into this hole and press the reset button and hold it down for about 5 to 10 seconds. On the right side of the controller, you will see a very small hole, this is a reset button. With the console turned off, turn your controller upside down so you are looking at the back of the controller with the triggers facing away from you. You could also see our section on non-authorized Sony PS3 repair. SEMPER THREE recommends that you send your system in to Sony for repair.
#USE PS3 CONTROLLER FOR WINDOWS 10 BLUETOOTH#
This would include bluetooth headsets, controllers, etc. This will be indicated by not being able to connect any Bluetooth devices to the console. If controller will not stay synced in bluetooth mode(wireless), proceed to section on resetting the controller.īluetooth failure within the PS3 console. You may proceed to syncing the controller to use while it is charging, but do not unplug the controller to use via bluetooth until it is fully charged.Ĭontroller lost its bluetooth settings and needs to be reset. Simply make sure your system is turned on and poceed to syncing your controller.Ĭontroller is new and has not been synced to the console or the battery pack within the controller is completely dead.(No lights will blink when PS button is pressed if battery is dead.) Turn your system on and connect your controller via the USB cable and let the controller charge.

Causes for No Bluetooth ConnectionĬonsole is not plugged in and/or in standby mode, or console has been unplugged or had a hard reset recently. If, when the PS button is pressed, the four lights continue to blink, this indicates that no bluetooth connection is being established. When the PS button on the controller is pressed the four lights on the front of the controller will blink for a couple of seconds and then the controller will connect to the console with this being indicated by one of the lights turning solid. The problem does arise occasionally when the the PS3 controller will no longer sync with the console.

This technology allows for great range, around 25′-30′, and more importantly the signal is not broken due to a line of site interruption. The PS3 controller, original Six-axis or DualShock3, uses bluetooth technology to connect to the Playstation3.
