| The Xbox 360 is one of the popular gaming consoles | | | | You will find the file system that it in use. |
| that allow playing the most complicated games. Apart | | | | Switch-on and switch-off: |
| from playing games, you can use the 360 to play | | | | There is a simple feature of turning on and off your |
| music. This console allows playing games online or | | | | Xbox 360. Press the `Guide` button on your controller |
| using it with wireless controller. | | | | and hold it for some time to power on the console. |
| Here are some tips and trick you will find useful for | | | | Again, you can follow the same process when the |
| playing your favorite games and using the console | | | | console is on to find a little side bar with options for |
| properly. | | | | either shutting down the whole console or turning off |
| Playing your favorite music: | | | | the wireless controller. |
| Whether you are in a game or not, Xbox 360 allows | | | | Protecting the console from overheating: |
| you listen to your favorite music from a number of | | | | The power under the hood of Xbox360 is more than |
| sources. After setting up the console, you just need to | | | | any modern PC and it hence, the device needs proper |
| press the `Guide` button to load up the music and play | | | | airflow. Hence, you need to make sure that the |
| in your favorite game. The dashboard of the Xbox | | | | console is exposed to enough ventilation while using it |
| that runs in the background can mute and override the | | | | to keep it from overheating. Generally, the console |
| music that is in the game. However, the original Xbox | | | | remains warm while running the game, but you have to |
| games that run via backwards compatibility don`t allow | | | | make sure that the console doesn`t get too hot |
| this feature. | | | | making it difficult to touch. You can follow some of the |
| Use your audio CD: | | | | safety measures to keep the device cool. |
| You have the option of inserting your CD into the hard | | | | Compatibility: |
| drive of Xbox 360. But you must remember that you | | | | Although the USB storage devices, standard |
| can get only 12GB of free space in the hard drive of | | | | thumbdrives and iPods work with the Xbox 360, most |
| the console. You can free up maximum 1 gigabyte of | | | | of the MP3 players won`t work. For more information |
| space by deleting pre-loaded media. Alternatively, you | | | | on the devices that don`t work, you can check the list |
| can use any form of sharing of your 360 if you have | | | | on the website of Microsoft. In such cases you may |
| large collection of music. While playing your MP3 off a | | | | have to update the software of your MP3 player to |
| thumbdrive or portable harddrive, ensure that the drive | | | | make it compatible. In case there is a need for that, |
| is formatted with FAT32 file system as the 360 is not | | | | you must make backups of the data. |
| able to read from hard drive formatted with NTFS. For | | | | Changing the Position: |
| the Xbox 360 owners with an old hard drive it may be | | | | It is more about caution that tip. You must not change |
| a problem. | | | | the position of the Xbox360 from vertical to horizontal |
| Checking for the NTFS: | | | | or vice versa when there is a disc inside the DVD |
| Want to check if your portable drive is NTFS? The | | | | drive. |
| simple process is to connect to your PC and enter to | | | | There are many other necessary must-do tips for the |
| the control panel and then administrative tools. After | | | | Xbox 360 users. You can follow them for better |
| opening the computer management, select the Disk | | | | performance of the console. |
| Management to find out your portable drive in the list. | | | | |