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Anyone know if I can just get a long usb extension cable and plug in a Bluetooth 5.1 dongle to extend the range of my controllers into another room?

Or do the devices require a connection to the ps5 itself.

Not looking for bt audio. Ps5 cannot move.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure that won't work, no. You could run a long USB cable and just plug the controller directly into it, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. Already doing that, but going back to wireless would be nice. Oh well.

[–] Molecular0079 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would it work? As long as the USB dongle gets enough power and the USB signal isn't degraded, it will work just fine no?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because I don't think the PS5 is expecting to get a bluetooth signal from a USB port. The USB cable is irrelevant- I don't think you could connect to a bluetooth dongle you plugged directly into the PS5, either.

If someone has a bluetooth dongle that's compatible with a PS5(does that even exist?) they could test it, though, and we could know for sure. There's no reason the USB cable would mess with anything afaik.

[–] Molecular0079 1 points 1 year ago

Oh my bad, for some reason I thought he was asking for PC.