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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Neogaf : Multiple reports of joycon issues in switch previews.

sc94597 on 23 February 2017
SonytendoAmiibo said:
sc94597 said:
Considering the ease of charging them, I think Nintendo is best off boosting the signal at the expense of joycon battery life. I hope they can access the joycon firmware.

Nintendo can't just change the Bluetooth signal with a firmware update. The hardware has already gone through FCC testing and is licensed to operate at the current signal strength.

As far as I am aware there are two reasons why this does not necessarily have to be true. 

1. When one gets FCC certified there are certain modifications allowed which do not require recertification. 

 

2. It is possible to be certified for a range of signal strengths. 



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bonzobanana on 23 February 2017

Almost seems like the wireless joy cons are designed more for table top mode where the distance will be short rather than for home console use. Clearly designed to conserve power in table top mode. Hopefully they can ramp up the sensitivity/power of the bluetooth receiver when in docked mode in a firmware fix rather than mess with joy con run time. Does seem like an early firmware issue, they always have these issues.



Rab on 23 February 2017

Day one patch for the bug I think, I guess it was screwed up in the last update because it was working fine at the conferences



SonytendoAmiibo on 23 February 2017
sc94597 said:
SonytendoAmiibo said:

Nintendo can't just change the Bluetooth signal with a firmware update. The hardware has already gone through FCC testing and is licensed to operate at the current signal strength.

As far as I am aware there are two reasons why this does not necessarily have to be true. 

1. When one gets FCC certified there are certain modifications allowed which do not require recertification. 

 

2. It is possible to be certified for a range of signal strengths. 

Yes, Nintendo can get the Joy-Cons recertified if they have too. Or, like you said, they have a range of the signal already approved by the FCC. So there might be some kind of firmware update Nintendo can use to fix the problem. But that will shorten the battery life of the Joy-Cons.



   

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ICStats on 23 February 2017
SonytendoAmiibo said:
Gamexplain just put this vid up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbG3F9RwlcY

Wow, that looks incredibly bad.

It's surprising how much people are willing to say is OK on this thread.  I'll just use Pro controller so it's OK.  I'll just use a long HDMI cable so I can be close to the base unit.  I'll just eat off my left hand so I don't have to worry about this problem.  WTF?

I have kids running in front of me all the time while playing my consoles... this is not normal and I hope it is fixed, no excuses.



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Goodnightmoon on 23 February 2017
SonytendoAmiibo said:
sc94597 said:

As far as I am aware there are two reasons why this does not necessarily have to be true. 

1. When one gets FCC certified there are certain modifications allowed which do not require recertification. 

 

2. It is possible to be certified for a range of signal strengths. 

Yes, Nintendo can get the Joy-Cons recertified if they have too. Or, like you said, they have a range of the signal already approved by the FCC. So there might be some kind of firmware update Nintendo can use to fix the problem. But that will shorten the battery life of the Joy-Cons.

Since is already 20 hours that may not be a big issue, i doubt intensifying the signal is gonna double the power used by the whole joycon



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Lonely_Dolphin on 23 February 2017

I can have my Wii U gamepad 15ft away from the console with a wall inbetween and it'll still work fine, so this is a pretty big fail as it's like Nintendo went backwards.



Goodnightmoon on 23 February 2017
Einsam_Delphin said:
I can have my Wii U gamepad 15ft away from the console with a wall inbetween and it'll still work fine, so this is a pretty big fail as it's like Nintendo went backwards.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=230910566&postcount=552

This guy has it and says it works fine at 16 feet of distance, but it start to have problems with obstacles around 10 feet

This seems to be something that will be updated with a patch anyways



But we'll see.



Normchacho on 23 February 2017

If this really is an issue of a weak Bluetooth signal this could be bad news. Hopefully they can fix it with a software update...but that seems less likely if it's a weak signal.



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