I have been trying to calibrate the Tony hawk shred game on wii for over 3 hours now I got it for Christmas and have tried hundreds of different positions and distances and about everything why won't it calibrate cause it does me no good to sit here when I could take it back and get something else please let me know

Try this it seems to be working The key to maintaining connectivity is to make sure that the sensor on the dongle is perpendicular to the board. We'd first installed the dongle so that the sensor was parallel to the board, and the board refused to connect. This was because we installed the dongle and kept the front of the console facing us. So, it looked like this:

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*S*
*E*
*N*
*S*
*O*
*R*
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*B*
*O*
*A*
*R*
*D*
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But when we turned the Wii console so that the sensor was perpendicular to the board, the reaction time and motion detector sensitivity improved SIGNIFICANTLY. We discovered the key for improved performance is keeping as much of the surface area of the dongle sensor facing the board as possible! That way the signals coming from the board have a much greater likelihood of hitting the dongle sensor.

Here's the configuration we're now using with great success:

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*SENSOR on DONGLE*
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*B*
*O*
*A*
*R*
*D*
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You can even swing the board around 360 degrees and it will keep good connectivity and motion control. (Btw,...if we hadn't figured this solution out, I'd have rated the game package a "zero" and returned it.) Thanks again Rick