Emulated wiimotes won't connect

[reorx66]

Hi guys, I am new to emulation in general. I can get gamecube games running fine with my xbox controller but for some reason no matter what I do emulated wiimote won't work. I have set it up following numerous guides as a classic remote attachment and have the emulated wiimote on but in the console log it just says wiimote is not connected every time I press alt + f5 or launch a game. I cannot find anyone else with this problem so I am desperate.