Hi, Been having some problems with my Wavebird. It has been through a couple of sets of batteries fine, now its having issues. During gameplay, it will 'skip'.. I'll be holding A and it will be as if I am tapping it, or it think I am releasing a trigger when I am not. I've been putting it down to WiFi interference.. it is very intermittent. It will work fine for a few minutes and then have a spate of 10 seconds of being devilish. I've worked my way through nearly all the channels. Of course, at first I thought i must be the batteries.. It first used it with the 'higher drain' Energizer Ultimate, then Duracell Plus, and it was doing it worst with standard Energizer. Put some Duracell Plus back in it, and its doing the same thing. I even ordered some more Ultimates to try. So.. anyone else had similar issues? Do the Wavebird 'channels' correspond to, and match, the channels of a Wifi router (eg dont set mine to 1 as my router is on 1). InSSIDer shows 1,6, and 11 are all used. But 6 is the free-est.. with the lowest strength networks. Have a toal of 8 other networks in sight. I remember when we were the only one *sniff*
You have any rf emitters? perimeter alarms, burglar alarms, motion detectors are the most common offenders
No, I don't.. I was under the impression that the Wavebird transmitted on 2.4ghz, the same as WiFi..? "The early versions of the controller's radio transceiver runs in the 900 MHz unlicensed band. Later versions of the controller have a transceiver that operates at 2.4 GHz."
never knew of a 900Mhz WB and I have one of the first batches. The occasional skip can occur actually and has to me in the following situtations: - was holding the controller too close to my balls (I swear). This was solved by raising my hands at knee-level. - while on the wii the receiver is not placed facing the controller, this can cause skipping. The best angle is straight ahead. - the closer the better
Hmm. My Wii is situated behind my TV so that its not too close to my radiator (now that its Winter)... My sister used to use her Wavebird under the bed covers. And I'm not terribly far from the TV, just over the length of a standard Gamecube controller lead probably..
:lol: Your balls emit RF signals? Do ladies nowadays have RF receivers between their legs? I must have missed something!
I think it must be WiFi. It seems when my Dad is loading pages it drops out for about 4 seconds. When he turned his PC off it was fine..
Wavebird does use RF and operates on ISM band: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/acce/wavebird/index.html (scroll down to the specs) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_band However, In theory, they shouldn't interfere with each other... Edit: Do you still get interference if you set the Wavebird to channel 6 or higher (if your router is on 1)? The frequencies should be far enough away from each other. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
I swear I;ve tried nearly all the channels. It currently resides on 9. I've played through Metroid Prime nearly all the way with it, so its usable, just occasional spurts of spackery. Here is what InSSIDer shows. Guess which network mine is. Just to note, my laptop is literally right underneath the router.
