In their infinite brilliance, Sony designed the PS3 without a way to control it using IR. You can only control it with Bluetooth. So even Sony's own programmable remotes can't control the PS3. Go figure.
There are a few third party solutions to this problem, but there's not an out of the box programmable remote that can directly control the PS3..
Best regards, Dale
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