Problem with Wii's Sensor Bar

[Gatucaman]

Now i think i have problems with the sensor bar of the wii, yesterday after we were playing on the TV of my mom my sister and my niece.
by accident the sensor fall off to the ground, it didn't broke, but after i was playing back in my room, i started to experiment some issues with some games.

in Punch Out, the cursors keep appearing and dissapearing after a while, and was a problem to keep choosing the menus, then i noticed that the cursor on the normal wii screen is quite shaky even if i barely move it a bit.

Plus when i was playing smash bros, i noticed SEVERAL inconsistencies with the controllers, almost if the gameplay became TOO sensitive, more often when i just tap a button once, like the jump button, it did automatically the double jump, running was a pain in the ass, since i did tap twice foward to run, and teh character will run only a bit and then stop, then when i just wanted to change direction, it will randomly do it in a dash way, sometimes just normal, other time i wanted to run, and the characters just dash and went back to normal speed.

What can i do now.

[wiggyx]

Buy a new sensor bar.

[Gatucaman]

Buy a new sensor bar.

OH FUCK ME, really?

are these things really THAT SENSITIVE?

[RP2A03]

I would first try cleaning the sensor bar and the front of the remote with alcohol. If that doesn't work then you should determine if the problem is the sensor bar by replacing it with two tea candles.

[Gatucaman]

Huh, Never mind, i am playing back in my CRT TV, and it just plays fine, i tested Brawl subspace emissary mode and some of the masterpiece games and they didn't gave me any issues anymore.

I think may i have something to do with me using my mom's plasma TV and input lag, oh and that the sensor bar was far up and yet it was configured so it was behind the TV.

[Leo_A]

The sensor bar doesn't even have anything to do with some of your issues like button presses so something else was at play like a technical issue elsewhere or your imagination now that you're looking for issues.

All the sensor bar is composed of are two IR lights for the Wiimote to look at to make a rough estimate of where the pointer's position is on the tv when you aim it at it such as for when you're navigating the main menu or playing a lightgun style arcade shooter.

In fact you can even substitute two candles for a sensor bar. So as long as the pointer is there and isn't disappearing when you've pointed it at the tv, even if it's shaky, is evidence that those two lights in your sensor bar are functioning. No Wiimote commands are sent to the sensor bar and all that wire is for is to power the sensor bar lights.

[wiggyx]

OH FUCK ME, really?

are these things really THAT SENSITIVE?

No, but based on the lack of other information (such as having switched the location of the bar from top to bottom), and it not working properly immediately after falling, it seemed like the most logical solution.

[RP2A03]

No, but based on the lack of other information (such as having switched the location of the bar from top to bottom), and it not working properly immediately after falling, it seemed like the most logical solution.

As simple as the sensor bar is, any repair should be a rather trivial task.

[wiggyx]

As simple as the sensor bar is, any repair should be a rather trivial task.

Indeed. Hell, making one from scratch is a pretty minor task.