Wii Shop Channel - Can I stop the Connection?

[Judhudson]

I tried going into the Shop Channel, and it's been at the "Connecting, Please Wait" screen for over 10 minutes and still nothing. I want to shut it off, but I do not know if shutting it off will harm my Wii in any way. Is it safe to cut it off during a connection?

My apologies on such a stupid post....

[Tybee]

I tried going into the Shop Channel, and it's been at the "Connecting, Please Wait" screen for over 10 minutes and still nothing. I want to shut it off, but I do not know if shutting it off will harm my Wii in any way. Is it safe to cut it off during a connection?

My apologies on such a stupid post....

This is the only thing that's frozen my system so far. I just held down the power button and it reset. That was the only thing that worked.

[Judhudson]

Thank you very much!

[Travelsized]

It happened to me earlier today as well. I held down the power button for 5 seconds or so to kill it, and it was fine. (If it were updating the system, it would tell you.)

On someone else's suggestion (I think I read it here), I went into my router settings and chenged it from channel 6 to channel 1. After that (and the Wii reboot), it worked great. Don't know why, but I haven't had trouble with the shop channel since.

[botticus]

Been having the same problem, just changed my wireless channel, we'll see what happens.

And by God it works. No clue why.

[Chibi_Kaji]

It has happened to me a few times. I figured the problem has something to do with the system. Hopefully it'll get fixed in a future update.

[Cambot]

YOu can also try the home button.

[botticus]

YOu can also try the home button.Nope... much like a DVD that doesn't let you skip the FBI warning, this flashes the "Anti-Home button" image in the corner.