My wireless controller on a vtech vsmile motion is not talking to the game. it has been a really long time since it has been played. new batteries are in. do I have to reprogram? couldn't find the manuals.

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We had the same problem. Put alcohol on a q-tip. Pull back the plastic sleeve on the Smartridge (game) and clean both sides
of the metal contact. Insert the Smartridge into the Smartridge slot and remove quickly. Then insert Smatrige and turn on the power.

I did this to all of the games and now it works like new!

Hope this helps!

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Here is wild stab in the dark
the Vtech is a cart based game
sometimes the contacts that are at the end of the cartridge and the hole in the machine may get a little dirt in them and stop the game from playing.
if you open the slot in the machine and blow in the slot you may dislodge any dirt
you can do this with the cartridge as well
if this fails you may want to clean the contacts with a cotton cloth with 100% alcohol (or CD lens cleaner)
I hope this helps.

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Go here:

http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Battleship(electronic)talking.PDF

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My daughter's was doing this too! It turned out there was a short in the wire that hooked to the TV. We bought a replacement and it was fine.