Help eliminate wireless home theater frequency interference with PS3 wi fi?

Here’s the problem in short, detailed explanation below: my PS3′s wifi signal to connect to our broadband internet gets interrupted because of the wireless rear speaker frequency that my Panasonic home theater transmits to its receiver, and I have no idea how to fix or get around this.

This has been driving me crazy and as far as I can discern there is no pattern to it either, sometimes the PS3 wifi works in conjunction with the home theater system, other times it doesn’t. Essentially, my 5.1 system right now is a Panasonic home theater in a box (the SA PT-760 model to be exact) which has a wireless receiver that the rear speakers connect to which it then uses to communicate to the actual home theater receiver/dvd player; this way you obviously don’t have to run wires across the room to connect your rear speakers to the receiver.

So my basic situation is that a wireless card/pack connects into the Panasonic receiver which transmits/receives the rear speaker signal by another smaller box that the rear speakers connect to; when you power it on when the main Panasonic receiver is on the rear speakers wirelessly produce the rear channel sound, except in my case turning on the main receiver and/or the wireless receiver interferes with my wifi internet connection, particularly on the PS3. As I mentioned sometimes I’m able to get it to work just fine, usually by turning the Panasonic system or its wireless rear receiver on and off a few times, but sometimes it can take several minutes which is very frustrating. My CPU’s wifi is also affected by this the same way.

Can I deduce from this that the Panasonic rear wireless receiver is using a frequency that is disrupting my connection? When the PS3 is on and I turn on the receiver afterward, I’ll get booted off the internet and any media servers I’m connected to; this also happens with my computer (also in the same room, connected to the internet via wifi card), as if the Panasonic system/PS3 are fighting with my computer for access to the "one" internet connection floating around the room.

If it helps any, the room is a larger sized room, approx. 25′x15′ and all 3 devices (CPU, PS3, Panasonic system) are in rather close proximity to each other.

Thanks in advance for any solutions or work arounds.

Help eliminate wireless home theater frequency interference with PS3 wi fi?

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