Wii wireless sensor bar

coghlac3

Anyone any experience with these. Need to set something up for family member. Am interested in finding out the range between the Console and sensor bar. For this set up they could be about twenty five feet away. Would something like this work???

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Wireless-sensor-bar-for-Nintendo-Wii_W0QQitemZ270388094988QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioVisualElectronics_PortableAudio_MP3PlayerCasesSkins?hash=item270388094988&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

witnessmenow

Is it for a projector or something?

The sensor bar needs nothing more than power, so if you had a nearby power source it would work fine, like it could be fairly easily adapted to work with a usb connection or even an adapter that is plugged into the wall. The problem with wireless ones is batteries running out etc

coghlac3

It's for a large flat screen but all the AV equipment (sky box, DVD player etc.) are wired back to a different room. So the idea is basically to feed the Wii's video and audio into the system in the "coms room" but put up the wireless sensor bar at the tv to keep all wires hidden.

witnessmenow

Ya a wireless one will do the job no problem, there is no data being transmitted from the sensor bar to the Wii, the sensor bar contains IR Leds, one group (i presume its a group) on the left and one on the right. The Wii remote has an IR camera built into to it decides where you should be on the screen by the relative positions of the two groups of IR leds on the sensor bar. So once the wii remote is still in range your good to go, and seeing as its bluetooth you should not have any hassle.

The wireless ones can be got cheaper if your not in a rush.

$6 + Free shipping

Personally I would prefer a wired one myself cause i'd hate to have to change batteries all the time. You could get the wired one extended to basically any length, it would be a simple enough job.

Jack B. Badd

I think Amazon are including them in their bargain/clearance sale atm. You'd want to check the specs though.

coghlac3

witnessmenow wrote: »

Ya a wireless one will do the job no problem, there is no data being transmitted from the sensor bar to the Wii, the sensor bar contains IR Leds, one group (i presume its a group) on the left and one on the right. The Wii remote has an IR camera built into to it decides where you should be on the screen by the relative positions of the two groups of IR leds on the sensor bar. So once the wii remote is still in range your good to go, and seeing as its bluetooth you should not have any hassle.

The wireless ones can be got cheaper if your not in a rush.

$6 + Free shipping

Personally I would prefer a wired one myself cause i'd hate to have to change batteries all the time. You could get the wired one extended to basically any length, it would be a simple enough job.

Agh, the penny drops, that's great but I suppose it raises another obvious question that I never thought of, whether the Wii remotes are strong enough for this, I' sure I'll find it on Google. Many thanks all!

gumballz

Jack B. Badd wrote: »

I think Amazon are including them in their bargain/clearance sale atm. You'd want to check the specs though.

Yeah, amazon includes it. Nice one from ebay though..

witnessmenow

Will there be much walls in the way or anything? Bluetooth is about as good as connection as it gets for range (when it comes to computer game controllers) and should be able to handle 25 feet I'd imagine.