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How to Connect PS3 Fishing Rod

Activision's "Rapala Pro Bass Fishing" pits you against pro bass fishers on real American rivers. While you can play the game with your basic PS3 controller, the rod and reel controller lets you cast, reel and simulate actual fishing. This special controller connects wirelessly to your PS3, using a USB wireless receiver. Connecting the first time can be touchy, but if you sync wirelessly for other games the technique should sound familiar.

Things You'll Need

USB wireless receciver
"Rapala Pro Bass Fishing" game
Rapala Rod and Reel Controller for PS3

Instructions

- 1
  Plug the USB wireless receiver on the end of your fishing rod controller into the first USB port on the back of your PS3.
- 2
  Insert "Rapala Pro Bass Fishing" into your PS3. Press the power button to turn on your PS3.
- 3
  Press the PS button -- located right above the start and select buttons -- on the rod and reel controller to turn on your controller.
- 4
  Depress the button on your wireless receiver once.
- 5
  Press and hold the controller's PS button, holding it for three seconds. While you hold, watch the wireless receiver. When the rod and reel controller connects wirelessly, the light on the wireless receiver will come on and stay on.
- 6
  Troubleshoot if no solid light comes on your wireless receiver. To do this, press the button on the wireless receiver again; it should blink. Press and hold the PS button on your controller again. The light should come on solid. If it does not, press the button on the wireless receiver again and it should turn solid, meaning they're connected.

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