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How to Reset Your Wii Remote

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A few months after buying our Nintendo Wii one of the remotes quit working. And wouldn't you know it! the manual was nowhere to be found. This is what we did to eventually solve the problem.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • a little time
  1. Step 1

    First you will need to check a few things, just to make sure what the actual problem is.

    *Check to see that all cords are properly plugged in.
    *Make sure the sensor bar is properly center above or below your tv set.
    *Make sure that nothing is blocking the signal to the sensor bar.
    *Make sure that the batteries in the remote are in good working order.
    *Make sure that there are no wireless devices close by that might be interfering with the signal.

  2. Step 2

    If after all this the remote is still not working then it probably needs to be re-synced.

  3. Step 3

    Turn off and unplug your wii console for a few minutes.

  4. Step 4

    *Turn the power back on and when you see the the safety screen open the small flap on the front of the wii console. Inside you will find the red sync button. Press and hold the red button down for 15 seconds.

    * Then remove the battery cover from the wii remote, inside you will see another red button.

    * Press and release the red button, the blue lights on the remote will start blinking.

    * Quickly press and release the red sync button on the wii console.

    * The remote will stop blinking and it should now be synced.

Tips & Warnings
  • If you're still having problems Check out the nintedo website, they now have a trouble shooting page up.

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tammyfrost said

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on 11/30/2009 As I am reading this article, my boyfriend is fixing my daughters wii. I hope it works. Thanks for the instructions.

rewrite810 said

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on 2/5/2009 Great tips -- this article will save us from digging out the manual if we have to reset the remotes! 5*

motherNN said

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on 1/18/2009 Very smart, very clever!

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on 10/3/2008 Excellent information. I'm sure this will help many people.

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on 9/30/2008 I don't have a "Wii" but think it would be really cool for me and my visits with mommsan... So, I am going to print this out now and save it for the future! That explains how to do it really clearly too! Sweet... ~Bailey

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