Found a problem with the controller

[alter_ego_trip]

I found out that the Wii controllers do not like sunlight at all. The living room where it is currently setup has a cathedral ceiling with windows at the top. On sunny days where the sun is coming into the room the controllers will not respond at all. If I crawl up and block the windows they work fine. Just thought I'd let ya know in case others ran into the same problem.

[Peench]

Very odd. I wonder if it has something to do with how the sensor bar picks up the movement.

Here's a photo of my sensor bar about my center channel. The two purple looking things above my center channel are the sensor bar.



I haven't had a problem with light yet and our main room gets filled with some pretty intense light. I will try it out next time I'm home during the day to see if it affects the remotes.

I wonder if you can shield the sensor bar from direct light from above and have it work?

[alter_ego_trip]

It's not the sensor bar that is having the problem it is the remotes. The bar sits below the window out of any light. I think the sunlight shining directly into the remote sensor confuses it, not allowing it to pickup the sensor bar.

[Peench]

But they work in tandem right? I was thinking that perhaps too much light was getting into the sensor bar and blocking transmission of the signal from the remote. I guess I don't understand how the remotes work enough to diagnose it. It is very weird tho. Let us know if you narrow it down.

[MadBryan]

Have tried adjusting the sensitivity in the Wii menu?

[Jon Liu]

Well this would make some sense I guess if people were able to get the controller to work without the sensor bar and using candles...

[Serren]

Are you talking about just the mouse like motions on the screen, or all wiimote functions?