Problem
You point the Wii remote at the screen and you don’t see the cursor — the little hand that indicates to what you are pointing.
The home button on the remote is working. The battery level reads good. But you cannot select items on the screen.
Solution
Shut down the Wii. Unplug the sensor bar and plug it back in. Restart the Wii. You should see the cursor now.
Conclusion
This problem will occur if you start the Wii with the sensor bar unplugged. This is very easy to do if you’ve just returned from taking the Wii with you on vacation and you’re putting it all back together and you assume, quite naturally and reasonably, that the sensor bar is plug and play like a USB device. It is not.
You are my Wii-Angel!! I couldn’t figure out what to do for the life of me… Nintendo’s site is useless with telling me to keep pressing sync buttons and messing with the batteries. Thanks David.
Thank you. Solved my problem too.
Wayne
hi i did all u say but still not working pliiz help me
You can use two candles as the sensor bar. Google to see how people do it.
If that doesn’t help, you might try a battery powered sensor bar.
The candles should tell you whether the problem is with the sensor bar (the emitter) or with the remotes (the receivers).
My Wii cursor will not show up. i have gone to the nintendo website and followed all the steps it has told me to do, and nothing. i followed the steps you have given me and, yet again nothing. nothing seems to work.
Do you have a friend who has a Wii that you could take you sensor bar and remote over to to see if they work on their Wii? Can you borrow a working sensor bar or remote and see if it works on yours? Those are the kinds of things I would try at this point.