Use a Windows Media Center–Based PC with Xbox 360

Your Xbox 360™ console can deliver the ultimate integration of gaming and room-to-room entertainment—including watching or recording TV shows, viewing your digital photos, and listening to your digital music library—from a Windows Media Center–based PC to any TV in your home.

When you connect your console to the same network as your Windows Media Center–based PC, the experience is delivered to your Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. (You can connect up to five consoles to a Windows Media Center–based PC.)

Your Xbox 360™ console can deliver the ultimate integration of gaming and room-to-room entertainment from a Windows Media Center–based PC to any TV in your home you can:

• Listen to your music collection
• View pictures
• Watch live TV
• Pause and replay live TV
• Record TV shows then watch them later
• Watch Videos
• Download and watch movies
• Buy music online

Set up Windows Media Center on a Windows Media Center–based PC

1. Connect your console to your PC with a simple Ethernet connection from the Ethernet port on the back of your Xbox 360™ console to your PC. (An Ethernet cable is supplied with the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system; not included with the Xbox 360 Core system.)
   
   Or use one of the connection types described in Connect to Xbox Live.
   

   

2. Go to www.xbox.com/en-AU/pcsetup and clickSetup to download the latest Windows Media Center software update to your Windows Media Center–based PC.
   
   
3. On your Xbox 360 console, go to Media, then select Windows Media Center. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish Windows Media Center setup.

Along with standard DVD remote control functions, the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote features a Windows Media Centerbutton that lets you access a connected Windows Media Center–based PC.

For detailed, Xbox 360–specific information about Windows Media Center (including everything from feature explanations to firewall troubleshooting), visit www.microsoft.com/extender.

For more information about home networking, see Connect to Xbox Live.