Xbox 360 (hardware)

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Contents 1 Custom background using a PSP 2 Clear hard drive cache 3 Hard drive maintenance 4 Use background from PC 5 Original Xbox game controls 6 Control Media Center PC applications 7 Music in Xbox games 8 Save game corruption 9 More...

Custom background using a PSP

Note: Your PSP must have photos on it. Plug your PSP into the USB ports on the bottom of the system. On the PSP, choose the "USB Connection" option. On the Xbox 360, go to the "Media" slide and choose "Pictures". Then, choose the "Portable" option. Go into the PSP file and the photos file. Any photos on your PSP should appear here. When you find the picture you would like to be your background, press X. If done correctly, the background on every slide should appear to have the picture on it.

Clear hard drive cache

Turn on the Xbox 360 while holding A to remove old cache files from the hard drive. Note: Your saved games an media will be intact, however downloaded game updates will be deleted. They can be restored by playing the game again while Xbox Live enabled.

Alternately if your system had the Spring 2006 patch installed, enter the "System" menu. Select the "Memory" option. Highlight the hard drive, then press Y. The Device Options screen for the hard drive will appear, with "Rename" and "Format" options. Press X(2), LB(2), X(2) to clear the cache.

Hard drive maintenance

Go to the "System" tab, then "Memory". Press Y for device options, then press either LB, RB, X(2), LB(2), X(2) or X(2), LB, RB, X(2), LB, RB. You will get a message stating that the system is performing maintenance.

Go to the Xbox 360 Dashboard with no game inserted. Scroll all the way over to "System" and select "Memory". When in the "Memory" screen, press Y and it will open the screen. Press X(2), LB, RB, X(2). You will get a confirmation screen asking if you would like to have maintenance done on your hard drive. Press A to confirm your choice. This will not erase anything on your hard drive.

Use background from PC

If you have a Media Center PC, connect it to the Xbox 360. Then, go to the picture files on the computer using the Xbox 360. Any picture can be used as a background by pressing X.

Original Xbox game controls

When playing an original Xbox game, press LB instead of White and RB instead of Black.

Control Media Center PC applications

The Xbox 360 media center remote can be use to control Media Center PCs. While someone has an application such as Word, Notepad, or Explorer open, press Up, Down, Left, or Right on the remote. Whatever they are doing will either scroll or move in that direction.

Music in Xbox games

In backwards compatible games, music can be played. Before playing the game, while still on the Dashboard, go to "Music". Select the music you want to play and put it on shuffle or continuous play. Then, load the Xbox game. Even though the guide cannot be opened, your favorite music still plays. This works best with an iPod.

Save game corruption

Use the following steps to prevent your games and hard drive from becoming corrupted. Go into the Xbox 360 Dashboard and scroll all the way towards "System". Once there, go to "Memory". Select your hard drive or memory card, then select "Games". Go to the game that may be giving you trouble. Scroll through the game's saved data. If you see a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark inside it along with the word "Corrupted", select it. Once it comes up, select "Delete". You will be prompted "Are you sure you want to delete this file?". Press A to confirm and this should fix any problems you may have had with that game, and will also keep data for other games from becoming corrupted.

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