How to install an IR adapter in your PS3 and a couple of tips on setting up a Harmony remote

Here is my tutorial on how to install an IR adapter in your PS3 and a couple of tips on setting up a Harmony remote.
Items you need:

AUVIO™ Universal Remote Receiver for Playstation®3 (Costs $3 on Radio Shack website)

Soldering Iron

Some Solder


Flux (Optional but preferred)

Some Wire

Hot Glue Gun

Drill (I used a 5/32″ drill bit)

Universal Remote (Preferably a Harmony)
Lets get started. Obviously first you will need to disassemble your Playstation all the way down to being able to take off the metal shielding on the bottom of the motherboard, there are plenty of tutorials on how to do this (Fat, Slim) so I will not get into that. Here is what you need to look for once you have the motherboards bottom shielding off.
Start by applying some flux to the USB pins and then soldering the wires to it like so.

flux to the USB pins and then soldering the wires

The wires should be hot glued down and curved over like so.

wires should be hot glued down and curved

Now you can pry apart the USB adapter and take the connector and sensor off of it and solder the wires to it.

put the shielding back on the motherboard

You can now put the shielding back on the motherboard and place it back inside the bottom of the PS3 case and drill the hole for the sensor.

mount the adapter and sensor with hot glue

Now you can mount the adapter and sensor with hot glue.

slap it all back together

Now it’s time to slap it all back together!

setting up your Harmony remote

Now when you are setting up your Harmony remote (mine is a 688) for it you will want to choose “DVD”, manufacturer “Sony”, and the model number “BDP-S350″. You are going to need to customize the buttons if you want the “OK” and “Stop” buttons to work. All you have to do is make the command for the Stop button “Select” and the command for the OK button “Stop”. Update your remote and you are all set. It even works in Multiman.

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