Use DVDs and CDs with Xbox 360

The Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system handles a range of optical media besides games, from DVD movies and audio CDs to recordable CDs filled with compressed-audio files (MP3 and/or WMA) and image files (JPEG). It even plays mixed-media discs containing a selection of all three of these digital media formats.

• Play DVD Movies and Audio CDs
• Play HD-DVD Movies
• Play Recordable CDs Containing MP3/WMA Audio Files
• Play Recordable CDs Containing JPEG Image Files
• Play Mixed-Media CDs Containing Audio and Image Files

Play DVD Movies and Audio CDs

1. Press the eject button on the Xbox 360 console (or selectOpen Tray from any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to open the disc tray.
2. Place a DVD movie or audio CD on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the console is vertical).
3. Press the eject button (or select Close Trayfrom any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to close the disc tray. The DVD movie or audio CD will begin playing.

Play HD-DVD Movies

To play HD-DVD movies, you must connect an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player to your console.

To play HD-DVD movies

1. Press the eject button on the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player (or select Open HD DVD Tray from the lower portion of the disc tray in any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to open the disc tray.
2. Place an HD-DVD movie on the HD DVD player disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the player is vertical).
3. Press the eject button (or select Close HD DVD Tray from the lower portion of the disc tray in any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to close the disc tray. The HD-DVD movie will begin playing.

Play Recordable CDs Containing MP3/WMA Audio Files

1. Press the eject button on the Xbox 360 console (or selectOpen Tray from any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to open the disc tray.
2. Place a data CD-R or CD-RW containing MP3 and/or WMA media on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the console is vertical).
3. Press the eject button (or select Close Trayfrom any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to close the disc tray.
4. Go to the Media area of the Xbox Dashboard. SelectMusic, Current Disc.
5. To play all tracks on the CD, select either Play All or Add to Current Playlist.
   
   If you have an existing playlist open, Add to Current Playlist will append all tracks on your current CD to that playlist. Selecting Play All will clear a current playlist and create a new one consisting of all the files on the current CD. (Be sure to save your playlist, if desired, prior to selecting the Play All option.) Files are added to a playlist in alphabetical order by file name. Playlists start again from the beginning once the final track has played.

Play Recordable CDs Containing JPEG Image Files

1. Press the eject button on the Xbox 360 console (or selectOpen Tray from any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to open the disc tray.
2. Place a data CD-R or CD-RW containing JPEG image files on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the console is vertical).
3. Press the eject button (or select Close Trayfrom any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to close the disc tray.
4. Go to the Media area of the Xbox Dashboard. SelectPictures, Current Disc.
5. Pictures are shown alphabetically by file name. To watch a slideshow composed of all JPEG image files on the CD, selectPlay Slideshow. To view a specific picture, use the controller's left stick (LS) to highlight the picture you want to see and then press A.
   
   While viewing a slideshow or a single image, use any movement of the LS to call a toolbar with the following controls:
   • Pause (enabled only during a slideshow)
   • Skip back one picture (enabled only from the second picture to the last picture in a slideshow or on a disc)
   • Stop (enabled only during a slideshow)
   • Skip forward one picture
   • Shuffle pictures (enabled only during a slideshow)
   • Repeat slideshow (enabled only during a slideshow)
   • Rotate image clockwise
   • Rotate image counter-clockwise

Play Mixed-Media CDs Containing Audio and Image Files

To view a slideshow and listen to music from files contained on a single mixed-media CD:

1. Press the eject button on the Xbox 360 console (or selectOpen Tray from any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to open the disc tray.
2. Place a data CD-R or CD-RW containing a mix of JPEG and MP3/WMA media on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the console is vertical).
3. Press the eject button (or select Close Trayfrom any area of the Xbox Dashboard) to close the disc tray.
4. Perform steps 4 and 5 of Play Recordable CDs Containing MP3/WMA Audio Files.
5. Once your music is playing, press B or theBACK button twice to return to the Media area.
6. Perform steps 4 and 5 of Play Recordable CDs Containing JPEG Image Files to launch your slideshow, then sit back to enjoy your custom blend of music and pictures. You might wish to set the slideshow to repeat indefinitely (as described in step 5) if your music program is longer than your slideshow.