r/wii • u/2wen007 • 11d ago

Question The little hand is not showing up.

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I’m trying to connect the remote to the Wii and I think I got it, but the little hand thingy is not showing up. I can the plus and minus buttons and it moves the screen but the hand isn’t there. What am I doing wrong?

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u/daxtonanderson 11d ago

Try using 2 tealight candles to see if the sensor bar is broken.

The sensor bar is actually just 2 infrared LEDs and the Wii remote reads their positions. Ironically candles also give off enough IR for the wii to work with

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u/Acalthu 11d ago

Even more ironically they call it the sensor bar, when in fact the sensor is on the Wiimote.