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Posted on Oct 16, 2008

How do you turn on the Wii controllers???? They arent working for me

My little nephew has the new Wii system. He is at school right now and I am trying to play his games. I turned on the system and set the TV to the correct station to be able to play. I have the Wii Main screen up and running. Only problem is.... I cant figure out how to get the controllers to work. I changed the batteries in each controller. Still nothing. At the bottom of the controller, when I press ANY button on the controller, the 4 little squares light up blue at the bottom. I dont know what to do here. I need a little help. Please Please Please, If you know how to get them working, please fill me in. Thanks.

  • bhfoo Nov 06, 2008

    have pushed the red buttons on the remotes plus on the control box . remotes still do not work

  • OSREALTY Nov 28, 2008

    I LEFT MY CONTROLER AT MY COUSINS HOUSE AND I CANT TURN THE OTHER ONES I CLICKED A BOTTON AND THE LIGHTS TURN ON AND NOTHING SO PLZ HELP ME

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Look inside an little slot on it then click it with the red circle on the back of theremote by the batteries

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