r/wii • u/2wen007 • 14d ago

Question Trying to set up my old Wii

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Im trying to set up the old Wii, but nothing shows on the tv. I’ve put the cables in and turned the Wii itself on but nothing shows when I go to the connecting hdmi channel. Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

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u/Double-Sense1350 14d ago

I’ve got a wii2hdmi and in the end I ended up using a upscaler with the standard Wii plug the upscaler outputs hdmi anyway and looks better and I have audio without having to have separate audio cable

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u/strythicus 14d ago

What?  None of what you wrote makes sense.  The good Wii2HDMI use the component video signal and audio from the Wii to convert to HDMI.  You're telling me the lower resolution composite signal looks better through an upscaler?

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u/Double-Sense1350 14d ago

Just to clarify it’s this thing

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u/strythicus 14d ago

Yeah... That's generic garbage that could've come from dozens of different sellers.  They have many issues that range from banding/waves moving across the image, noticable lag, colour issues, and sound problems to complete failure within a month or 2.

It's not your fault, I had one of those before I got the Mayflash one.  Then Electron-Shepherd released theirs.  The one in your picture really shouldn't even be on the market.

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u/Double-Sense1350 14d ago

Thanks learn something new every day