There is provided a wireless system for a video game console having at
least one of an Infrared (IR) receiver and a Radio Frequency (RF)
receiver, and further having at least two operation modes including (i) a
first game mode capable of playing video games and (ii) a second
entertainment mode capable of playing DVD videos. The wireless system
includes a dedicated DVD remote control transmitter and can also include
a wireless game controller. The dedicated DVD remote control transmitter
has DVD player function control buttons and is incapable of controlling
all of the game functions of the video game console. The dedicated remote
control transmitter wirelessly transmits DVD player control commands to
at least one of the IR receiver and the RF receiver for controlling the
DVD player functions of the video game console when in the second
entertainment mode.