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The Photo Channel is the application that allows you to view photos on the Wii. Photos can be sent to the Photo Channel via an SD Card and email. With the Photo Channel you can turn your photos into a nifty puzzle or mosaic to play around with. The most productive part of the Photo Channel is the ability to play the pictures as a slideshow. The Wii automatically adds a pan and scan effect to the slideshow and will play music on the SD Card. If there is no music on the SD Card, it will play it's own music.

Easter Eggs!
Try to grab the cat (press both A+B), and it'll give you tips
In Fun mode, you can do a 192 piece puzzle by holding down the 1 button.
During a slide show, hold UP or Down on the D-Pad and a blur circle will appear. You can resize the circle by moving the remote closer or further from the screen.

Playing a Slideshow

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The news channel is an application for the Wii that allows you to view the latest news headlines. Headlines are submitted by the Associated Press, The Canadian Press, Agence France-Presse and Goo (Japanese News Agency). The news channel is quite helpful for checking the news because of the News ticker. You can easily check the newest headlines straight from the Wii Menu. You should visit the News channel every once in a while since the News ticker disappears if the channel isn't visited for some time.

Playing a Slideshow

Viewing the Globe

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The Wii Shop Channel is an application that allows you to download WiiWare and Virtual Console games. The games are purchased using Wii points which can be purchased in store. New games are added every Monday in North America, Tuesdays in Japan and South Korea, and Fridays in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Easter Egg
While downloading a game, if Mario is wearing his Fire Flower Suit you can press A to shoot a fireball!

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The Forecast Channel is the application that allows you to view the weather. Visit the channel every once in a while just like the News Channel so the icon showing the weather remains there.

Viewing the UV Index and 5 Day Forecast

Accessing the Globe

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The Check Mii Out Channel allows you to import other people's Mii's and to enter and judge contests. It's a great deal of fun!

Importing Mii's

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Browsing Nintendo Channel

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[color="blue"]Adjusting Screen Settings[/color]

Select 'Widescreen Settings'. You will be presented with two options, 4:3 and 16:9. If you don't know what aspect ratio your television is, follow the following guidelines. If you have a HDTV, choose 16:9. If you have a SDTV choose 4:3. If 4:3 doesn't display correctly, choose the other (16:9) and vice-versa.

Select TV Resolution. Two options will be presented, 'Standard TV (480i)' and EDTV (480p). If you purchased component cables, choose 'EDTV' but if you use the default cables that came with your Wii for video output select 'SDTV (480i)'.

Select 'Screen Burn-in Reduction'. Select 'Yes' if it isn't already on to prevent [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in"]screen burn-in[/url].

[color="blue"]Adjusting the Sensor Bar and using Parental Controls[/color]

Select 'Parental Controls', if you want to set restrictions on what games can be played on the Wii.  Select 'Yes'. Make a 4 digit pin. Be sure to make a pin that isn't easy to guess. Make a secret question. Be sure to remember the secret question in case you forget your pin. Select 'Game Settings and Pin'. Select 'Highest Game Rating Allowed'. Scroll down selecting the maximum rating you would like your child to play.

Select 'Sensor Bar'. Select 'Sensor Par Position' and select whether the sensor bar is above or below your television.

Select 'Sensor Bar'. Select 'Sensitivity'. Press '+' and '-' on the Wiimote to set sensitivity of the Wiimote. Move the cursor around the screen to check sensitivity.