None of my wii motes will work?

[dylangurl21]

Ok, I turned on my Wii last night with a controller, and now none of them will work? At first I thought it was just dead batteries in the one controller, so I put in some fresh ones, and still no change. I now cannot sync any of the controllers or get them to function with the system at all.

Any advice? Similar experiences?

[SilentPanda]

That seems odd. If you've replaced the batteries and tried to resync there should be no issues. I would consider calling the big N.

[plinden]

Any Christmas trees nearby? - http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/12/12/6262

[tobefirst]

Do the blinky lights flash on the controllers? I've had my controllers somehow lose connection with the Wii, and wouldn't reconnect. The remedy in my situation was to unplug the Wii and plug it back in. Give that a try if you haven't already.

[SamIchi]

try re-syncing it. There's a sync button on the back of the remote and on the front of the Wii console.

[dylangurl21]

I've already tried resyncing....

the unplug and plug back in was magic! Working wii! wow. Whats the deal with that exactly?

[tobefirst]

I've already tried resyncing....

the unplug and plug back in was magic! Working wii! wow. Whats the deal with that exactly?

I have no idea. I hope it doesn't happen again, though. I haven't read too much about it because it's only happened once and was a quick and easy fix. I wouldn't want to do it all the time, however.

[GFLPraxis]

Any Christmas trees nearby? - http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/12/12/6262

That only interferes with the sensor bar, not the bluetooth connection and tilt sensors.