How to Play the Wii in Your Car

Jan. 1 8:45 AM by Alicia Ashby

Many vehicles these days have built-in entertainment systems to keep backseat passengers occupied. In theory, you can hook some gaming systems up to one. Kotaku's Brian Crecente tried it out and reported the results with the Wii.

Once the power was sorted out, getting the Wii plugged into the drop-down screen was a breeze. Right next to that rear seat power plug is a set of component plugs, so I plugged the console in and then threaded the cords to let me set the Wii up in between the driver and front passenger seats.

No problem, until I tried using the Sensor Bar.

Turns out that the drop down screen is just too close to the rear passenger seats to detect the remote, once you sit down and hold up your hand, the controller is just inches from the bar. After a little tinkering I discovered that the bar rests nicely between the arm rests of the front seat. To play you have to point about three feet below the television, but it works and you adjust surprisingly fast. I've got to say, it's pretty damn cool to play a new gaming system on the Interstate.

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