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Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« on: June 14, 2009, 07:48:06 pm »
What do you guys recommend?  Thanks.

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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2009, 06:35:19 am »
my wife uses 2 candles...they actually work really well
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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #2 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. 
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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #3 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? 
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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #4 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? 

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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2009, 11:06:17 am »


Ha.  Hadn't thought of that... so the "wireless" bars are just running on AA batteries...
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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #6 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
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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2009, 12:45:09 am »
And a port that is literally begging to have a DIY control solution for it.  ;)
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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #8 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...
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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #9 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".
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Re: Best Wireless Sensor Bar for the Wii?
« Reply #10 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
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