Hey JasonBergman - You might want to checkout this theard as I had the same problem with the cable locking out the controllers as you have.
[Link: remotecentral.com]On April 17, 2007 at 21:52, JasonBergman said...
I seem to be unable to get this to work...
I ordered a remote control off eBay (sent from Hong Kong)
and it's not working. My remote is part #scph-10420, and
the IR receiver is scph-10160.
I get nothing in any screens...no indication that it's
working at all.
Not only that, but when I plug in the USB adapter, my
bluetooth controller stops working.
Any suggestions? I don't have the exact remote that was
mentioned in the article...does it only work with that
specific model?