Help with xbox 360

icehockeyfan

Hi

Does anyone know if there is a service where an engineer or someone visits your home to set up gaming systems. I'm in Essex/Greater London area. My ds is wanting an xbox in August and we are completely out of our depth in connections etc

Thanks

Fonz_2

icehockeyfan wrote: »

Hi

Does anyone know if there is a service where an engineer or someone visits your home to set up gaming systems. I'm in Essex/Greater London area. My ds is wanting an xbox in August and we are completely out of our depth in connections etc

Thanks

There will be instructions in the box - given that you need to connect just one cable, I'd be loathed to pay any money to someone to do this.

icehockeyfan

Fonz- Thanks. Is it really just one cable? He wants it connected so that he can play online, our pc is downstairs and the xbox will be upstairs

Fonz_2

Networking adds a slightly more complex element to the process but not enormously. How do you connect to the internet, is it a modem connected directly to your pc or do you have a router with/without wireless?

gaming_guy

icehockeyfan wrote: »

Fonz- Thanks. Is it really just one cable?

not quite.....

you have (at the minimum) one for power and another for connecting to the TV.

Fonz_2

gaming_guy wrote: »

not quite.....

you have (at the minimum) one for power and another for connecting to the TV.

I'd hope most people are cool with putting a plug in the wall

icehockeyfan

Fonz wrote: »

Networking adds a slightly more complex element to the process but not enormously. How do you connect to the internet, is it a modem connected directly to your pc or do you have a router with/without wireless?

We have a modem directly to the pc

duncansby

If your PC and Xbox are in different rooms you would need a wireless router for your pc and an xbox wireless network adaptor which costs more I'm afraid

4743hudsonj

duncansby wrote: »

If your PC and Xbox are in different rooms you would need a wireless router for your pc and an xbox wireless network adaptor which costs more I'm afraid

not true

http://www.funny-videos.co.uk/videoTheXbox360JasperVersion.html
:rotfl:

yes anyways

duncansby is correct

either that or a very long Ethernet cable will be needed:)

gaz310

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/default_ShopGroup.asp?ShopGroupID=61&Alt=Yes

they do work i have 2 360's and my PC both running on these

straight out of the box

just noticed the speed is 14mbs you can get quickers ones now