Remote Control

Overview

Separate sets were sold, either for consoles with or without integrated IR receiver. The latter always came with an IR-receiver and a DVD player update disc to add software support for the remote control.

Model numbers

• SCPH-10150
  • Remote control for use with the SCPH-10160 IR receiver
• SCPH-10160
  • IR receiver for use with the SCPH-10150 remote control. Plugs into a controller port.
• SCPH-10420
  • Remote control for use only on consoles with integrated IR receiver (SCPH-5XXXX and all slim consoles). Can also remotely open/close the disc tray (not on slim consoles, since their disc doors are purely mechanical) and turn on/off the console via two additional buttons.

Bundles

• SCPH-18000 (PS2 console)
  • Japan-only
  • Released on December 8th, 2000
  • All SCPH-18000 consoles (A+ and AB-chassis) came bundled with the SCPH-10150 remote control as well as the SCPH-10160 IR receiver. These consoles also have DVD player 2.00 installed in ROM, which supports the remote control out of the box.
  • Buying a SCPH-18000 PS2 console is indeed the first way the official remote control became available to end users.

• SCPH-10170
  • Released on December 22nd, 2000
  • Japanese bundle containing remote control (SCPH-10150), IR receiver (SCPH-10160), batteries and DVD player install/update disc 2.01, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14 or 2.16. Released in Japan in December 2000.
  • Meant for use with SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000 PS2 consoles, since SCPH-18000 consoles already included the remote control.

• SCPH-10171
  • North American bundle containing remote control (SCPH-10150), IR receiver (SCPH-10160), batteries and DVD player install/update disc 2.10, 2.12 or 2.14.

• SCPH-10172
  • European bundle containing remote control (SCPH-10150), IR receiver (SCPH-10160), batteries and DVD player install/update disc 2.10 or 2.14.

• SCPH-10173
  • Australian bundle containing remote control (SCPH-10150), IR receiver (SCPH-10160), batteries and DVD player install/update disc 2.10 or 2.14.

• SCPH-10420 (+ region suffix, e.g. J for Japan, U for US and E for Europe)
  • Released concurrently to SCPH-5XXXX
  • Bundle containing the SCPH-10420 remote control (only for SCPH-5XXXX and up) with some batteries. No IR receiver and no DVD player install/update disc are included, since these are not needed for operation.

Trivia

Early third party PS2 remote controls were available months before the release of the original remote control in Japan. However, their buttons only map directly to DualShock 2 buttons with no additional features. This is because at the time, no DVD player versions supporting any extra features were available.