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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Johnson, Brian. Xbox 360 for dummies. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2006 (OCoLC)64560709 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Brian Johnson; Duncan Mackenzie |
ISBN: | 0470037539 1280652039 9781280652035 9780470037539 9781118084830 1118084837 |
OCLC Number: | 75283504 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 332 pages) : illustrations. |
Contents: | ""Xbox 360 For Dummies""; ""About the Authors""; ""Dedication""; ""Authors� Acknowledgments""; ""Contents at a Glance""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""What�s in This Book""; ""How to Use This Book""; ""How This Book Is Organized""; ""Icons Used in This Book""; ""Where to Go from Here""; ""Part I: Xbox 360 out of the Box""; ""Chapter 1: Meet the Xbox 360""; ""Parents, Start Here""; ""Playing with an Xbox 360""; ""Xbox 360 Packages""; ""Shopping Smart""; ""Making Your Way around the Xbox 360""; ""Connecting to Your Home or the World""; ""Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Xbox 360"" ""Opening the Box""""Planning Your Xbox 360 Installation""; ""Connecting the Xbox 360 to a TV""; ""Connecting Your Sound System""; ""Connecting to the Internet""; ""Flipping the Switch and Testing""; ""Troubleshooting Error Messages""; ""Part II: The Xbox 360 Blades""; ""Chapter 3: Dealing with the Dashboard""; ""Initial Setup""; ""Finalizing Setup Details""; ""Introducing Blades""; ""Multiple Gamers""; ""Chapter 4: The Live Blade""; ""What�s Xbox Live?""; ""Send and Receive Messages""; ""Using the Xbox Live Marketplace""; ""Finding Out What�s Happening Online"" ""Chapter 5: The Media Blade""""DVD Movies""; ""Accessing Your PC""; ""USB Media Devices""; ""Videos""; ""Chapter 6: The System Blade""; ""Setting Up with the System Blade""; ""Console Settings""; ""Family Settings""; ""Memory""; ""Network Settings""; ""Computers""; ""Initial Setup""; ""Chapter 7: The Games Blade""; ""Saying Hi to the Games Blade""; ""Listing Your Achievements""; ""Reviewing Played Games""; ""Playing Games on Xbox Live Arcade""; ""Playing Demos and Viewing Trailers""; ""Part III: Xbox 360 in Your Entertainment System""; ""Chapter 8: HDTV, EDTV, Plain Old TV"" ""Television Basics""""Thinking about a New TV""; ""Using a Computer Monitor""; ""Recording Your Games for Fun and Posterity""; ""Chapter 9: Getting the Best Audio Experience""; ""Xbox 360 Game Sound""; ""Hooking Up Xbox 360 Sound""; ""Great Sound Systems""; ""Buying a New Home Theater System""; ""Chapter 10: Customizing Your Console""; ""Faceplates""; ""Dashboard""; ""Wireless Accessories""; ""Part IV: Pushing the Outer Limits""; ""Chapter 11: Parental Control""; ""Rating Systems""; ""Controlling Access""; ""Xbox Live""; ""Family Rules""; ""Chapter 12: LAN Parties"" ""What�s a LAN Party?""""Play Games with Your “Real� Friends""; ""System Link""; ""Going Mobile""; ""Chapter 13: Windows Media Center Extender""; ""What Is Media Center?""; ""Extenders""; ""Setting Up the Xbox 360 as an Extender""; ""Comparing Media Center with TiVo""; ""Getting Windows XP Media Center Edition""; ""Using Media Center through Your Xbox 360""; ""Part V: The Part of Tens""; ""Chapter 14: Ten Great Web Sites""; ""www.xbox.com""; ""http://forums.xbox.com""; ""www.bungie.net""; ""www.majornelson.com""; ""www.joystiq.com""; ""www.activexbox.com""; ""www.teamxbox.com"" |
Series Title: | --For dummies. |
Responsibility: | by Brian Johnson and Duncan Mackenzie. |
Abstract:
Microsoft's Xbox now accounts for 37 percent of the game console market, and the new Xbox 360 is due out for the 2005 holiday season, months before Sony's PlayStation 3.
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