Monoprice Wireless Sensor Bar for Wii

I bought this wireless sensor bar to use with "Dolphin" (Gamecube & Wii emulator for PC), although of course it works with the standalone Wii console as well. Wiimotes use Bluetooth radio so all you need is the sensor bar if your PC has onboard bluetooth. Works flawlessly so far. Can't beat the amazing price. It's almost suspiciously cheap, so for peace-of-mind I used an older digital camera to check that the IR LEDs were all functioning correctly and were steady/bright (a good trick to know in case your sensor bar ever starts acting up). I have no complaints about the build quality especially at this price point. Of course if any of the LEDs decide to call it quits, and you can solder, I imagine it would be quite easy to order a replacement infrared LED from sparkfun or digikey and repair it yourself.

I bought this for a project to use with my PC to emulate Nintendo Wii games with the Dolphin emulator. It actually works beautifully with the Nintendo Wii controller and a Bluetooth USB dongle I got for dirt cheap. Really, all this sensor does is shoot a IR signal out and the controller syncs itself by the location of that IR light. Instead of killing batteries over and over and spending lots of money, I actually snipped an end of a USB cord off, and I soldered the red (to positive) and black to (ground/negative), and I plug this into my TV's USB port to power it up, and now I can play Nintendo Wii games on my PC at 1080p resolution. It looks WAY better than the console itself on my TV.

The thing comes with a stand, but once you put batteries in it, the stand can't even hold the thing up and it falls backwards.Thats fine, it looks slicker without the stand.I don't have a Wii sensor bar to compare it with (using this with an emulator) but I'll say this much:Feels like it eats batteries, you can feel the thing get hot from leaving it on for a while, if you forget about it, expect to replace the batteries the next day. Highly recommend rechargeable batteries with this thing.Originally my review was bad, but I got the thing working after using it with a different computer... I don't know how well it works compared to the original, but overall it works alright.

Got to use this sensor bar for a couple of days before it started having problems. First, it started to have problems working from more than six feet away. Then the signal started to flicker, causing havoc for our Wii remotes and any attempts to play games. Now it simply doesn't seem to light up at all. The on/off switch works and the red light comes on, but Wii remotes are not responsive.Was very hopeful this would be a good wireless sensor bar solution because it is so very cheap (and because some other Monoprice products are fine), but no such luck.You get what you pay for, I guess. Better off going with the Nyko wireless bar if you must go wireless. After this experience, I will more than likely just pull out the wired bar for games that need it on my Wii U.Really can't recommend this product.

I just bought this and a Wii-mote as a fun way to interact with my computer. I don't actually have a Wii, so it took me about five minutes of searching on Google to get this to work. Set up is easy; there is none. Just pop in the batteries and turn on the sensor bar. The Wii does not work like the Xbox Kinect or PS Move: the sensor bar does not actually interact with your Wii, you don't need to connect it or anything (a wired bar just draws power from your Wii); All of the data is sent and received through the Wii-mote, it just uses the IR light on the bar (invisible to your eye) as a point of reference for movement of the remote. HERE IS HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BAR WORKS: **digital cameras can detect IR light waves**; get your digital camera or turn on the camera on your phone; point the camera at the sensor bar; take a picture or examine the screen of your camera; examine the picture or screen (while pointing it at the bar [come on now]); if you see 3 lights on both extreme ends of your bar, YOUR BAR IS IN WORKING ORDER. The possible problems are: (1) the lighting in the room is poor (you know how those little RC helicopters won't work in a dark room? They're based on IR waves as well); (2) the battery in your Wii-mote is low;(3) just move the bar, it may be placed poorly (you need to be within about ten feet of any sensor bar and again, the Wii mote is the actual data sender and receiver for the console, and since it is based on Bluetooth its range is about 30 feet from the console)(also, your Wii-mote needs to actually "see" the bar); and finally, (4) the front of the bar, the part that should be facing you, is the face with the actual power button on it. Also, I've had no problems with the stand. None.TL;DR: Just turn it on and make sure it's pointing the right way.

It seems like, with this product, you just have to roll the dice and hope you don't get a defective one. Mine works perfectly except for one thing: the power button doesn't work. You press it, it comes one, and then you release it and it turns off. I actually have to keep a piece of tape on the power button to keep it depressed if I want to use the sensor bar for more than 5 seconds at a time. Still, it's better than paying three times as much for another product, especially on my budget.Of course, if I never got that cat and she never chewed through the cable on my other sensor bar, this wouldn't be a problem. Stupid cat...

I have had this a little over a week now and havent had any issues. A little hesitant to buy based on some poor reviews, but for less than 5 bucks I figured worst case it would go in the garbage. One note for anybody looking, the sensor bar does not come with any instructions so I will summarize how I got mine to work. With the Wii off, I unplugged the wired sensor bar that came with my wii, inserted 4 AAA batteries into the wireless sensor bar, turned on my Wii, hit the power button on the front of the sensor bar and it worked right away! As another reviewer noted, range seems to be increased with the new bar.

El unico problema es que la respuesta no es tan buena como en uno original, pero sigue estando muy bien

I am VERY happy with this purchase. It was very easy to setup, I basically just turned on my wii, set it beside my tv, and turned it on. I do not have any issues with it and it seems to work just as good as the original wii sensor bar without all the wires. Takes AAA but I do not regret this purchase one bit. It is amazing!

I recently ordered this product for the dolphin emulator (a wii emulator) and it works perfectly. No problems, turned it on worked with the wiimote did everything as it should. Though it does need 4xAAA batteries it's price is very low so don't expect to have it running on those batteries for months.Perfect product, no problems, price quality = awesome!

Its nice that the bar is wireless, which obviously means batteries being used, but wish there was a time out setting on it, incase it gets left on by accident, so the batteries dont just drain. Other than that it works very well and set up is as easy as turning it on and pointing the remote at it.

Great for price. No more dangling tangling wires. Advise rechargeable batteries though as easy to leave sensor on after use and drain batteries