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Xbox 360 Secrets

105 Responses (Add) | Friday, February 1st, 2008 at 10:16pm

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I know many people consider themselves “experts” when it comes to knowing all about the Xbox 360. XeWoN has sent in the following list of “tips”… which cover Xbox 360 features that are largely unknown to most people.

  • Shut Down Feature. Shut down is featured in 2 places on the Xbox 360. You can, of course, turn it off from the power button, using a media remote or by disconecting the power. You can also shut the console down by pressing the “guide” button, and then going to the personal settings. Select “shut down”. The other way is to hold the “guide” button down for about 3 seconds and choosing “shut down”.
  • Xbox Orignal Custom Music. If you wish to listen to your music on the 360 and play an orignal Xbox game… all you need to do is start the music playing and then insert the game. It should then start to load the game while playing your music. The only problem is that the music from the game will still be playing, and can overlap your music.
  • Manual Moving Visualization. When you are listening to your music in the music player, you may have seen that there is a visualization. You are able to use your right thumbstick to move and change the speed of the visualization.
  • Composite and Compenent. When you have the composite/compenent cable pluged in and you switch to standard definsion setting, the image is produced down both cables. You can plug the Xbox 360 into two screens, but you don’t get two different images. It’s the same image on both screens.
  • Change Vision Camera Effect. You can change the effect that the vision camera does to the dashboard background. To start with, you need the Xbox 360 Vision Camera plugged in to the Xbox 360. To change the effect, all you need to do is press the “guide” button, go to “personal settings”, then “themes”. Select “customize”, and then “camera effect”.

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February 3rd, 2008
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Technobabble

February 3rd, 2008
at 9:34pm

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Nick Day

February 2nd, 2008
at 6:05am

If you go to and click the link at the top right, you can download a Neon (the sound visualizer) manual. It’s very fully featured.

Richdad

February 2nd, 2008
at 6:39am

Not that big secret anyways.

Brad

February 2nd, 2008
at 2:00pm

I already knew some of this stuff but the music thing really got me interested. I ended up trying out after playing your video on youtube. That was the most best thing that has ever been put on a top five list. I am totally going to be doing that all the time. Thanks Chris.

Peeky

February 2nd, 2008
at 3:07pm

Ehm.

Knew all of this.

Mostly useless stuff anyway.

simon

February 2nd, 2008
at 5:56pm

wow!! those secrets are mindblowing!!! dont let microsoft know your spilling there beans. those are the type of secrets people die for.

Gramzon

February 2nd, 2008
at 8:53pm

It seems Microsoft’s philosophy when it comes to designing interfaces is to include more than two or three ways to do something, especially shutting down the system.

Thanks for the tips!

Chris

February 3rd, 2008
at 2:18am

This is the most useless pile of drivel I’ve ever read. It’s all completely obvious and not a single thing is a “secret”. If you don’t know about your 360 you’ll get a kick out of it, but if you’ve been playing it for more than a month or actually read the instruction manual there’s nothing here that will come as a surprise to you.

2nd gen gamer

February 6th, 2008
at 1:48am

ya, i knew all that a long, long time ago.

Bill Gates

February 19th, 2008
at 11:32am

God I want my 30 seconds back.

And it’s COMPONENT you tech guru.

2468linkinpark

May 6th, 2008
at 3:39am

your gay but the xbox 360 is wayyyy better that thew ps3 most people dissagree with me

0neCrazyCracker

May 6th, 2008
at 4:49am

played the ps3 and didnt like it

postokenhoney

May 7th, 2008
at 8:14am

FREE►►Get a free Xbox 360 and Iphone by printing stamps from your computer►► only takes 10 min. to do

message me if you have any questions

postokenhoney

May 7th, 2008
at 8:15am

except he has a wife

gmoneypainter

May 7th, 2008
at 9:31am

why do they call it an xbox 360? cuz when
you see it, you turn 360 degrees and walk
away! haha!!

Scooterwhat203

May 7th, 2008
at 10:53am

Wow your real bright, you’d be facing the Xbox again. 360 = full roatation!

jakeislegend360

May 7th, 2008
at 4:46pm

hahahah your funny, dickhead

manny346

May 9th, 2008
at 5:14am

Doing these… Fufufu fufifu fufufu fufifu…lol!

mandaant

May 9th, 2008
at 9:43pm

this guys a freakin nerd!

ANDprocductions

May 10th, 2008
at 5:59am

doesnt make any sense
i see what you are tryin to say but a 360 turn is a whole turn meaning if i looked at the 360 and turned 360 degrees around i would still be looking at the console
180 is half a turn
lol
im just informing you

gmoneypainter

May 10th, 2008
at 6:09am

WOW!!!! you’re the first person who hasn’t been a complete asshole about my comment. Its a joke I know that 360 degrees is a full circle but its just funny to see everyones responses.

ANDprocductions

May 10th, 2008
at 6:11am

i was only sayin
i didnt realise it was a joke
and i apoligise for writing the comment if it offended you
i truly am

thehulk2099

May 10th, 2008
at 2:20pm

wow u must feel like an ass for that

MMAguy18

May 11th, 2008
at 8:53am

lol everybody knows how to shut it down….

ThatCanadianGuy420

May 12th, 2008
at 7:29am

wow..i can smell his virginity from here.uber nerd?

gmoneypainter

May 13th, 2008
at 7:55am

yea its all good. nah it takes a lot more to make me offended. you shouldve seen what everyone else is writing. geez

falconsfan393

May 13th, 2008
at 8:34am

lemme go trade my ps3 for 360 so i can play geometry wars with super cool guys like him!
HAHAHA!losers.psn=free of geeks n little kids.

Hyymie

May 15th, 2008
at 9:04am

I Want 5 Minutes Of My Life Back..

kaboom413

May 15th, 2008
at 9:55am

want a free xbox 360? message me and ill show u how.

ShaolinSnowman

May 21st, 2008
at 2:08am

where is this webpage you left on your comment supposed to take you apart from this vid?

nonofurbuzness

May 21st, 2008
at 2:40am

to a website that shows you how to get a free xbox 360

xFreakyShowx

May 21st, 2008
at 7:47am

xbox.getino(dot)de/ref(dot)php?id=48903

plages300

May 21st, 2008
at 11:56am

i guess i dont have a life because i already knew al of those things besides the camera one.

XboxBunsterjohn

May 22nd, 2008
at 3:28am

Your telling us stuff we knew almost straight away when we got our xbox’s

XboxBunsterjohn

May 22nd, 2008
at 3:28am

Your telling us stuff we knew almost straight away when we got our xbox’s

FWNiightmare

May 22nd, 2008
at 4:31am

any 10yr can figure that out with just having the system on for a hour…

FWNiightmare

May 22nd, 2008
at 4:31am

any 10yr can figure that out with just having the system on for a hour…

FWNiightmare

May 22nd, 2008
at 4:31am

any 10yr can figure that out with just having the system on for a hour…

FuckenCeeJay

May 22nd, 2008
at 7:03am

A five yearold could figure all this out

I did in the first like hour of getting the 360

FuckenCeeJay

May 22nd, 2008
at 7:03am

A five yearold could figure all this out

I did in the first like hour of getting the 360

FuckenCeeJay

May 22nd, 2008
at 7:03am

A five yearold could figure all this out

I did in the first like hour of getting the 360

Sebass512

May 22nd, 2008
at 9:33am

we all know dumbass… he is probably proud

itwasaladream

May 22nd, 2008
at 4:44pm

most known feature is the red ring of death and its scratching of disks feature sweettt! o yea and get fixed for free as many times as you want for free!! awsssommmmeee i sure cant wait for my 360 to come back in the mail…i guess i just have to stick with my realiable ps3 that never let me down once in anyway ahhh mannnn…

crazydude9631

May 23rd, 2008
at 9:42am

yeah cause ps3 is a good blu-ray player but the game r shit

dominicanair

May 23rd, 2008
at 11:46am

what are you talking about….this games dont suck
Metal Gear Solid 4
Resistance 2
Killzone 2
LittleBigPlanet
Call of Duty 4
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
SIREN: Blood Curse

dominicanair

May 23rd, 2008
at 11:46am

what are you talking about….this games dont suck
Metal Gear Solid 4
Resistance 2
Killzone 2
LittleBigPlanet
Call of Duty 4
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
SIREN: Blood Curse

wtfpwnedd

May 23rd, 2008
at 5:57pm

never say neat with that expression again

oneforthewin

May 23rd, 2008
at 9:05pm

the 360 is getting old bring on the 720:)

oneforthewin

May 23rd, 2008
at 9:05pm

the 360 is getting old bring on the 720:)

crazydude9631

May 24th, 2008
at 9:22am

MGS4-okay so thats a good game
resistance 2-mediocore
killzone 2-….didnt killzone 1 get 6.9?????
LPG-i cant say this game aint gonna be good
COD4-….ummmmmm…..thats not exlusive
GT5pro-we have forza 2 and PGR4
SIREN:blood cure-…WTF???? IF IT IS SO GOOD Y DID NT I HEAR ABOUT IT?

dominicanair

May 24th, 2008
at 2:24pm

PS3 will outsell Xbox360 in 2008.

#1 The Xbox360’s market penetration is already above average – most people into these video game consoles already purchased a 360 and have been either waiting for the Dual Shock 3, or just saving money to afford the new $400 PS3.

#2 Metal Gear Solid 4 will sell systems

#3 People who recently bought an HDTV will want a low cost Blu Ray solution as suppossed to the OUTGOING HDDVD format which you’d have to buy a $179 Xbox360 addon to use.

CUNsTretcher

May 26th, 2008
at 1:26pm

START USING 24 HR CLOCK DYKHEED

CUNsTretcher

May 26th, 2008
at 1:26pm

START USING 24 HR CLOCK DYKHEED

WESLEYPIPE5

May 26th, 2008
at 7:51pm

wow. 5 minutes of my life wasted then watching that. thanks

WESLEYPIPE5

May 26th, 2008
at 7:51pm

wow. 5 minutes of my life wasted then watching that. thanks

marv126p

May 27th, 2008
at 12:27am

why would you post this crap, man you need a life, and when you are crying to yourself screaming WHY OH WHY dont i have a girlfriend! just watch this and you will know. oh i have a tip for you put you finger in your bum and masterbate its called a pokey bum wank its much more fun than xbox

ps3freak78

May 27th, 2008
at 4:52am

I HAVE SOME REAL XBOX 360 SECRETS

joneselius

May 27th, 2008
at 7:38am

Dude stop falming this guy, people like different things, who cares of he’s single?

You people are the ones who need lives, coming onto a stream site to flaunt your’ ego’s….. Get out more :)

HE IS TRYING TO DO SOME (I REPEAT SOME) PEOPLE A FAVOUR!

MistahClean47

May 27th, 2008
at 9:06am

goematry wars????
wtf

mario678

May 27th, 2008
at 10:51am

eww marv ur gay if u do that

13579pq

May 28th, 2008
at 4:54am

this nerd deserves to eat shit off a stick for acting like a dick head

jamesissocoollike

May 28th, 2008
at 5:14am

what the !$%£ is this crap?

postokenhoney

May 29th, 2008
at 10:38am

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rontron

May 29th, 2008
at 5:52pm

Great video =]

I have been getting free PC, XBOX, Wii, PS3, DS, and PSP games and consoles! It’s really fast and easy and you can be recieving your choice in little as a week of signing up!

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chris420man

May 30th, 2008
at 6:02am

lol I masturbate to my xbox 360 an set the new record for the biggest cumshot. Add my gamer tag:

chris420

rontron

May 30th, 2008
at 4:45pm

Awsome Video :D

I have been playing Xbox 360 for a while now and the best part is I never paid a penny for online play or microsoft points! I can buy anything off the marketplace whenever I want! Its awsome and it works for wii points, xbox live and WoW cards too.

Over 3000 people already have seen my secret! Go to my channel now to see for yourself!

zknighty

June 1st, 2008
at 12:45am

no 2 is called system link

svrrox

June 2nd, 2008
at 6:32am

dude u are totaly gay

12yearoldspartan

June 2nd, 2008
at 9:19am

Ok well I only knew all of 4 and all of 5.

wtfpwnedd

June 2nd, 2008
at 1:22pm

NEver and i mean NEVER say neat like that again

Halo3BossHog

June 2nd, 2008
at 6:36pm

i recommend that u kill yourself. Just my perspective though

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June 6th, 2008
at 8:29pm

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Billy Bob Joe

September 28th, 2008
at 8:00am

Cut, Print, Gay.

eli

February 3rd, 2009
at 3:30pm

I was wondering if you can turn into a hunter

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