Wii Remote - Why won't it sync?
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Once I received my new Wii Remotes from Amazon.com, I thought it was just a matter of plugging in the two "AA" batteries and the controller would fire up. That's the way it worked with my PS3 SIXAXIS controllers.Boy, was I wrong. Finally, thirty minutes later and very frustrated I could finally use the Wii Remote again! The basic problem is that the Wii Remote would not sync to connect to the Wii system, even after several attempts.
Update: Based on the popularity of this post and other questions, I have put together a quick guide of common Nintendo Wii problems and fixes. The guide can be reached by going here:
http://www.somelifeblog.com/2008/01/wii-repair-fix-guide-error-nintendo.html
Here is what I went through, hopefully it will save you some time.
The first thing I did while the Wii was turned on was that I tried to sync the Wii Remote by pressing the "1" + "2" buttons at the same time. The lights at the bottom of the controller flashed for about 30 seconds, but never received the signal from the Wii. Bummer.
The next step I followed was to hit the sync button on the Wii Remote (Wiimote). Then immediately opened the cover for the opening where the SD Flash card goes and pressed the sync button on the Wii. 30 seconds of flashing, and no result. Double bummer.
Finally, after some Google searching, I found a couple of message boards where people had to press the Sync button on the Wii (not the Wii Remote) for 15 seconds to reset it. I performed this step and then pressed sync on the Wii Remote. The 2nd controller synced up almost immediately. What a relief!
Apparently the problem lies in the fact that the Bluetooth technology being used has to be manually synced in order for it to connect to the Wii. It does not make much sense at all. You would think they could be pre-authorized in order to minimize time and ease of use. In addition, you really have to be careful that your other controllers are turned on while syncing or else the controller that you are trying to put on channel 3 might end up on channel 2! This happened to me on one occasion.
Good luck with getting your Wiimotes in sync with your Wii. Hopefully this helped!
If this helped you out, please let me know with a comment below!
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68 comments:
Yes it helped, thanks. So did reading the quick start guide which says to push BOTH sync buttons at the same time (one on the remote under the battery cover and the other on the Wii console under the card reader flap on the front). That's what did the trick for me.
Glad to hear that worked for you. Unfortunately for me, it proved much more difficult as you can see from my post. Basically, I had to do the full reset, including shutting down the Wii several times, resetting by holding the sync buttons for 15 seconds and re-syncing all controllers. At least they work now!
well actually I tried all these things
still didn't work
so I simply restarte and it worked fine.. lol
Hi
what seems to help in my case is to repeatedly press the sync button on the Wii as opposed to keeping it pressed all the time trying to sync. Once I gigured that out I could sync remotes easily.
Thank you!
I was almost about to return the wiimote because it wouldn't sync.
Thank you so much ! This was extremely helpful & saved me so much time !
Press and RELEASE both buttons
My problem was that my original controller somehow got out of sync and would not sync after several attempts. I finally unplugged the unit for a bit, rebooted, and at the initial startup screen I was able to synch my original, then my second controller synched up pretty quickly after that. It would be nice if they included this tid-bit in the manual, otherwise under troubleshooting, but that finally worked for me.
Thank you...Resetting from the Wii worked for me. What was weird is that the second controller was actually working with some games.
This does not work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks alot. I was about to kill someone. Like someone else said the 2nd remote seemed to work fine with other games. Didn't know it had to be sync with the unit in order to work with Carnival.
The one that worked for me, was pressing the sync button on the wii alot.. then while doing so,press the sync on the controller.
The Nintendo site says to turn off the unit and restart. When you get to the start-up screen you push the snyc button ON THE CONTROLLER, then when the lights start blinking you press the sync button ON THE CONSOLE. They sync up immediatly. Guess you guys should have gone to the manufacturer's site in the first place, huh?
That's nice that Nintendo has this posted on their site now. This post was created a year ago, before Nintendo had anything on their website in terms of the sync issues.
Also, check out the Nintendo Wii tips and repair guide on my site at:
http://www.somelifeblog.com/2008/01/wii-repair-fix-guide-error-nintendo.html
THANK YOU! This worked immiedietly, the wiimotes have given me trouble in the past on my own wii. But my sister just got a wii and the wiimotes on her wii were 10x worse. This solution (manully syncing the wii and the wiimote) worked like a charm. Thanks again!
thx alot! my wiimote connected to the wii wen i synced the wii first and then the wiimote and if i didnt find yr answer i would of sold it on ebay!
Doesn't work for me. :-/ any other ideas? One of my controllers won't sync at all! what a disappointment.
Thanks a lot man. I was about to cry because my wii motes stopped working.
Seriously just keep pressing both buttons. Like after like an hour of trying to get them to connect (I almost fell asleep while holding the buttons down) I just got really pissed off and started mashing both red buttons on my console and controler and it kind of just synced. LOL!!!
Thanks mate. Yours was the first link I tried when I googled the issue. I pressed sync on both the wii and remote at the same time and worked like charm. Cheers.
omg...thnk you so much! i got frustrated after like 15 min but it worked in 30 min..again, THANKX
I just pressed the red button on the back of the remotes and kept pushing the sync button on the console. They synched up fast.
thanks! ima try this after work.. i just dont get why the instructions that came with my second remote fail te mention either of the sync buttons
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this! My daughter was near tears before I found your posting. We were able to sync the remote to the console in seconds! Made for a much happier evening:)
Yes! Thank you soooooo much!!!!!!
Not a problem, glad I could help!
-Ken
Thanks! It was really frustrating, but now my wiimotes are working great!
I have four wiimotes and we could get three to sync easily. I tried the sync button sequence on the fourth to no avail. I shut the Wii down and then had to sync each remote by pressing both sync buttons (console and remote)at the same time one remote at a time. That did it for me! Now I have four happy "Party" players (if you block out the fighting over what to do next!) THANKS!!
Great post, thanks!! I thought I'd have to return the wiimote, you saved me a headache.
Thanks a bunch, that got it working!
thanks, I am still having issue with one controller.
Thanks for this helpful blog post and for all of the comments! The comment made by Jamar is what worked for me--though I had to keep pressing the red buttons on BOTH the remote and the console before it would sync.
Thanks again!!!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCHH! this worked in less then a minute. your amazing!
hitting both syn buttons worked within 10 secs.... but had it not been for this little article it probably would have taken alot longer to figure that out
Mine will sync, but when i play the sports game or any other game that requires participation, it will unsync, i guess, blink for 20-30 secs and turn off. Soon as I turn the remote back on it catches right up where i left off. The Wii does not recognize that the controller shut off. BTW The problem started when i bought a battery pack for the controllers. Any ideas or do i need to go back to spending $20 a week on batteries?
My problem happened right after I bought the wii fit. My system prompted that it needed to be upgraded and after the upgrade, the remotes would not work! I was already panicking then I found your site. All is well in the world again. Thanks a bunch to all that posted! It really helped!
I've done everything Nintendo said and suggestions on this site but nothing works. In resetting everything now I can't get any of the remotes to sync at all. Nada. So any suggestions?
no it actually did the opposite and un-synched both remotes. tried it a couple more times, nothing. now not only do i have one faulty wiimote, but two.
cool that it worked for everyone else though i guess..
Thanks a lot, the reseting did the trick for me and it worked. I was so dissappointed with Nitendo cause PS3 proved it is so easy to get multi controllers in sync in no time. Anyways your hint did the trick.
Cheers
Thank you Edwin. Repeatedly clicking the sync button worked for me. My situation was that when I tried to sync the 2nd wiimote, it not only wouldn't work, but cancelled out the 1st. I did exactly what the nintendo instructions (rebooting etc) said, but at best could only get one wiimote working. I did this over and over and over again and I was about to chuck the darn thing through a window in frustration. The repeated clicking method synced up both remote in seconds. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
well my problem is just bought 2 new games and my wiimote will only work on the orginal games that i have i dont no what to do if anyone can help please comment
Thanks so much, this saved me! Emma
well that didnt help me... my problem is that i waas using a sega saturn emu on the homebrew, then i quit it and it wont sync anymore. i did everything that u said and it just flashes, thanks
MonkeyNinja,
Once you get into EMUs and homebrews, that is an entirely different story. ;-) There are already enough problems with syncing that you are almost asking for an issue. If you find the issue, please let me know and I would be happy to post for others.
-Ken
Thank you, worked for me. 2 happy kids now!
thanks for the help!
Thanks for the info, but our problem goes further. We restarted the wii console and synced the first remote and it went to player 1. We then tried to resync the 2nd remote and the first remote's light went out, and the second remote was assigned the player 1 status. How do I get the second remote to go to player 2 if the first remote keeps turning off? ps. we put in brand new batteries because the (fully?) charged ones did not seem to work. Thanks for any help you can give us....
unplugging the wii, rebooting, and then pressing both red buttons at the same time; remote by remote worked for me. This blog is the shiznit. Thanks alot.
glad I found this before I threw my kids Wii out the window.
I had to
1. shut off the Wii
2. turn it back on
3. hit the Wii reset, and remote reset button at the same time...
It sync'd immediately...
thanks to all...
Thanks, it worked... I was getting very frustrated... thank you all...
B
God Bless You! You just saved my sanity! I couldn't figure out why every time I synced a remote, the other ones would become "unsynced"...it was because I didn't leave them turned on after syncing. ;0)
Thank you very much! it worked straight away. After a week of frustration i can finally go on my wii again. I am eternally grateful
if you take the back of the wii remote you will see a small red button and if you open the flap at the front of the actual wii you will see another button the same as this one.press these two buttons at the same time and wait for a few seconds then that should connect the remote to the wii.
THAT IS THE ONLY METHOD THAT WORKED FOR ME
Thanks anyway.
damn, that shiznit worked! it's not even my system, I don't play video games, was for my gf's son, and he is very grateful....and so am I cause I can get back to the CAVS game! Go Cavs, the L-train and give me some MO!
Thanks Bro!
Thank you thank you thank you! My 4 year old twins were supposed to get some Wii time when we got home for great behavior and the stupid remotes weren't synced for some strange reason. I followed the directions enclosed with the system and nothing worked. Holding the sync button on the console down for 15 seconds worked immediately. This article saved the day and saved me from a couple of hysterical four year olds
Hi, my son got a Wii for Christmas and we sync-d the remotes and all working well. Got the rechargable batteries and all was working well and all of a sudden last week both controllers stopped responding, the blue lights at the bottom flash for a few seconds when we start them then they stop and extinguish. Tried to re-sync but nothing.
Anyone experienced this problem and knows how to fix it I would really appreiciate their input.
Damien :)
I have the same as most, second controller as dead as Elvis. I cant get this to sync at all - Ive even unsynced the first and started all over, nothing. Im border line putting the whole thing in the drive and running it over, please somoeone any additional help would be great.
Nice one Nintendo! next time make them run on plutonium - it would be easier.
Thanks for the tip. It worked for me after pressing the sync button on both the wii remote and on the wii itself. Now I can get a squardmate with me when playing call of duty...
Anonymous from 12/28/2007 who wrote about what Nintendo said to do worked immediately for us.
Thank you.
This actually works !! make sure you press the sync button on the wii remote for 15 seconds when its on the health and safety screen, not when it gets to the wii menu , otherwise it wont work !!! Thanks :)
WOW - Thank you thank you.... by the time i tried the first two things on the list i almost lost hope.
But then i came across the comment to press the red button on the back of the wii remote as well as red button on the actual wii. (make sure you do this once you have turned off your wii and pressed the reset button.
YEAH! - by the way this all happened when i bought Wii Resorts and there was an up load to do!
Thank you everyone.
Had the same problem.
Pressed both sync buttons (Remote and Wii) and it worked.
I did have to re-sync the other remotes too though.
Thank you so much for the help, we have had our wii for months and all of a sudden the remote just stopped working, the way we had sync the remote the first time didn't work, you saved me from three grouchy kids, thanks again
Read the Wii operators manual. Press sync button inside battery cover on remote first, then press sync button by the SD card slot on the consul. Worked like a charm. Have to do it for both remotes.
I tried what you said but the wii remote didnt stay working, it stopped when I tried to play a game or go to the wii shop channel.I tried putting in more batteries but it still didnt work. Please help!!
I did what you said but the wii remote didnt stay working, it just turned off when I tried to play the wii. Please help!!
You want to make sure that you press the red button on the battery compartment of the remote and the red button on the actual wii receiver and make sure they are in sync together. Also for this to work the remote has to have batteries to press that red button, it needs power to send a message to the wii receiver. If you are still having trouble I would exchange the remote. Good Luck, the wii is a lot of fun so don't get too discouraged. It will be worth the extra effort :)
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