Used in wireless mode, it will not function if the battery does not have any charge With the system turned on (power indicator on the systemįront is lit solid green), connect the system and the controller using the USBĬable, and then press the PS button on the controller.Ĭheck the charge level of the wireless controller battery. When using the wireless controller, you must pair it with the system and assign When using the controller wirelessly, if the controller and the system are too far apart, you will not be able to operate the system effectively. The wireless controller does not function. I don't know if any of these things are of relevance, but may be, so I included them.ĭoes anyone have any idea what is going on? I leave the PS3 on pretty much all the time.

I have the recent 40GB PS3 and I have the Nyko BlueWave remote dongle plugged in. This happens when the controllers have been charging and when they have been not charging, so I don't think it is a battery issue. Only then will the PS button get the controller to assign itself a number and work properly. The only thing that seems to fix the problem so far is turning the console off (via the switch in the back) and then turning it back on. As a result, most of the time, I am tethered to the console via the USB cord, because the flashy lights go away when I plug the controller in. More than half the time when I try to turn the controllers on, all they do is blink 4 lights continuously, and never 'connect' to the console.

I've been having a problem with my PS3 controllers that my resident PS expert can't help me with, so I'm turning to you guys.

Ps3 controller charging cable