Wiimote synching question

chrisp 22 Jan 2011 19:00:53 1,164 posts
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I got my Wii out again after not having used it for about a year, and the console no longer recognised the remotes. Does this just happen then if you don't use it for ages?
matrim83 22 Jan 2011 19:42:45 5,713 posts
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Not AFAIK. You could try to sync it again. There is a sync button where you insert the batteries.

chrisp 22 Jan 2011 19:49:12 1,164 posts
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Yeah I resynched them and they seemed to work, not tried my Wii again since then so it'll be interesting to see whether they'll still be synched.

I have, however, just remembered that I took them to a party a while ago to play Mario Kart - I didn't see how they synched the remotes to my friend's wii but perhaps whoever did it used the permanent synch method as opposed to one time only. Yeah maybe that's what's happened!

Deleted user 22 January 2011 19:50:27

It shouldn't do that, but they are easy enough to resync.

Sounds like you answered your own question!
Jono62 22 Jan 2011 21:08:17 27,357 posts
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Click the red button near the batteries and it should sync up again.

hitaritrade 24 Jan 2011 22:39:55 4 posts
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For future ref, we have a blog on this with images on how to complete the sync process - the standard way: http://hitaritrade.blogspot.com/2011/01/synchronizing-wii-remote-with-wii.html

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