Wii-mote speaker
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WiiLink said:
I've done some more searching, and it sounds like it might actually be sending the audio in that same 2.4 Ghz frequency band, which means that wireless networks, microwaves, cordless phones, and fluorescent lights are all potential sources of interference.
surprisejimmy
I like Wii.
that wouldn't explain why i play with a friend and mine crackles and his doesn'ttrebonius said:
i think there are multiple factors at hand and i think u bring up a good point but i think nintendo needs to admit that they made crappy speakers and they need to fix my damned wii-mote
Icetrash
King K.Rool
I had the same problem of mine crackling so I just turned off the speaker all together... lol
surprisejimmy said:
Damn right! People who say that they don't mind putting up with the crackling sounds or no sound at all from their Wii-motes are missing the point! We are all affected by video game manufacturer's penny pinching over quality control. Why should we put up with malfunctioning controllers that are barely a month old!!! If you don't complain you are taken advantage of.
What's the betting that Nintendo will ensure the problem is solved on subsequent batches of Wii-motes? I'm sure the problem will be fixed especially with Sony's PS3 on the way. However, why should we, the early adopters of the new console, the ones who are loyal Nintendo customers, have to put up with the first batch badly constructed controllers??
Nintendo should be looking after people like us. We need to stand up for ourselves, so anyone with Wii problems contact Nintendo and demand satisfaction!
Nintendo - do the right thing and admit the speakers are of poor quality and replace our Wii-motes!!
pipesfranco
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- Nov 20, 2006
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Im on 2 bars on speaker option just right and saves battery power!
surprisejimmy said:
Yeah, I think there are probably at least two very different issues, both of which can be described as "crackling". However: One of my wiimotes suffers from poor/absent sound much more than the other. But if I hold the bad one very near the console, it always works flawlessly. So perhaps its transceiver or antenna is poorly tuned. Or maybe I've done some tuning myself by dropping it on the hardwood floors a few times.
All I know is that it sounded like a bad speaker but I discovered that distance played a role. One of the first clues for me was that the partial bit of sound would sometimes come through twice in exactly the same way. My hypothesis is that the sounds are sometimes cached in the wiimote's ram, and that it had a corrupted sound byte.
I know, I'm obsessing on this point, and I'll give it a rest now, but I'm just curious to see if any of you are having the same experience as me.
Deathmetalmaster
WiiChat Member
chronoswing said:
the speaker quality is good, the part they messed up on was the diaphragm. The speaker sounds crappy because the diaphragm is made of cheap plastic. The Ds lite does not have cheap plastic in it. It has real speaker paper. thats why when you turn it up loud it doesnt sound like shite.
surprisejimmy
I like Wii.
when i say cheap speaker i am not referring specifically to that bit of equipment necessarily but the setup in general, im trying not to be too technical and therefore the diaphram is included in what i am referencingDeathmetalmaster said:
also, a side note, i filled out a thing on nintendos website and they sent me a letter with a way to ship my wiimote back to them for free, they're going to fix it
so thanks nintendo
surprisejimmy said:
That's a whole lot better than Nintendo's UK customer care - they told me to ship the whole system to them and they may have it sorted out by February!!!!!. I still think they should send you a replacement rather than you wait to have it repaired though. I mean the Wii-motes are virtually new!!!! However, if there's enough of us that complain, I've a feeling that Nintendo might upgrade the speaker to a better quality one when they carry out repair and that future batches of new Wii-motes will have the better quality speakers. Just a hunch though........
Has anyone had Nintendo admit that there a a lot of faulty Wii-motes being reported?
surprisejimmy
I like Wii.
lol on the american customer service website there's a special option for getter ur wii-mote speaker fixed that involves a different process than any other warrantee issue, i think a lot of people are complainingdruid said:
and a lot more will when all the wii-motes that have been bought but are wrapped up under the christmas tree are opened and ruin thousands of families' christmas mornings with poor sound quality
Wii17
26 sets of flat batteries
i'm about to get a wii and extra remote is this only old remotes or new one too?
surprisejimmy
I like Wii.
it is a problem that occurs sometimes in all wii-motes from launch to present as i understand itWii17 said:
it's not gunna stop me from buying wii-motes though
id rather play over the holidays and then send them in for warrantee once i go back to college and have no time to play wii
