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Title: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: Red on June 14, 2009, 07:48:06 pm

What do you guys recommend?  Thanks.

Red

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: DantheApe on June 15, 2009, 06:35:19 am

my wife uses 2 candles...they actually work really well

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: severdhed on June 15, 2009, 10:32:48 am

i havent personally used one, but since a sensor bar is just 2 sets of LEDs, i can't imagine that there is much difference between the available options. 

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: ChadTower on June 15, 2009, 10:44:45 am

I've never looked into it... so is that connector to the Wii only carrying power to the LEDs? 

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 15, 2009, 10:59:13 am

Quote from: ChadTower on June 15, 2009, 10:44:45 am

I've never looked into it... so is that connector to the Wii only carrying power to the LEDs? 

Yup

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: ChadTower on June 15, 2009, 11:06:17 am

Ha.  Hadn't thought of that... so the "wireless" bars are just running on AA batteries...

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: severdhed on June 15, 2009, 03:07:29 pm

yeah..just some AA batteries powering some IR Leds.  i figured it would be annoying to have to go turn the stupid sensor bar on and off every time i wanted to use it, so i just stuck with the wired one

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: SavannahLion on June 16, 2009, 12:45:09 am

And a port that is literally begging to have a DIY control solution for it.  ;)

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: danny_galaga on June 16, 2009, 06:24:07 am

Quote from: severdhed on June 15, 2009, 03:07:29 pm

yeah..just some AA batteries powering some IR Leds.  i figured it would be annoying to have to go turn the stupid sensor bar on and off every time i wanted to use it, so i just stuck with the wired one

My thoughts too. Might as well go with the afore-mentioned candles otherwise...

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: rbarr110 on August 03, 2009, 05:35:42 pm

I am building my own from these instructions, parts are actually less than a wireless bar from gamestop.  I am still waiting for a few items to be back in stock from Mouser.

http://obsiv.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!948789BF56FAF394!139.entry?sa=33277496

Can you either a 9V adapter (old cell phone or random piece of hardware) or regular batteries to get 9V.

I think I will use a cheap relay triggered by the wii's power to its sensor bar to turn the home built one on or off. Technically if I do that its not wireless, but rather not deal with the on/off switch.  I would have to stick with batteries to power it for "wireless".

Title: Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
Post by: Hoagie_one on August 20, 2009, 12:22:29 pm

Last christmas, I was having malfunctions with my sensor bar till I realized the christmas tree lights were screwing it up