Disable/adjust Wii-remote volume??

January 15, 2007 10:50 PM

Is it possible to disable/adjust volume for the Wii remote?

I appreciate that my SO needs to play Zelda, as it's brand new. The sword/fighting sounds that come out of the Wii remote are driving me CRAZY and there is nowhere in our apartment where I can escape! It is difficult to concentrate on work (and unfortunately, sometimes I need to work from home) or read a book or sleep while he is playing. I am trying to not be unreasonable, and I'm hoping that maybe someone knows whether the volume can be disabled/adjusted so we can compromise! Thank you!

posted by jengineer to Technology (6 answers total)

Yup!

Press the Home button, then click on the bottom of the screen where it says Wii Remote Settings. You can adjust the volume of the Wiimote from the menu that comes up.
posted by yellowbinder at 10:54 PM on January 15, 2007

Yeah. I don't have any noise worries, but the zelda sounds sounded like utter ass to me until I turned it down to about 30%. Then the Wiimote speaker stopped clipping.
Hi-fi, baby!
posted by blenderfish at 11:16 PM on January 15, 2007

Thirding. I have no idea why they felt the need to deafen you with the sound of your sword, but after I figured out how to do this yesterday, the effects have been much more pleasurable.
posted by plaidrabbit at 4:44 AM on January 16, 2007

Same issues when I was playing tennis... (I kept hitting the 'minus' button on the remote, thinking that might turn the sound down...it doesn't.)
posted by inigo2 at 6:17 AM on January 16, 2007

Thanks! I've taped off the remote speaker when the wife gets grumbly about the admittedly obnoxious Zelda sword sounds.
posted by look busy at 8:09 AM on January 16, 2007

Response by poster: thanks!!!
posted by jengineer at 4:33 PM on January 16, 2007