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Don't hassle with earthworks through a shelf full of game cases to notice the right disc. Instead, buy games online and download the content directly to the hard drive of your Xbox 360. While you may install an Xbox 360 game from a disc to your console, this will not enable you to play the game without the disc—it will only meliorate loading times, reduce the noise coming from your counsel, and subtract the wear and tear on the disc.[ane]

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    Connect your Xbox to the internet with an Ethernet cable. To download a game to your console, you will need to connect to Xbox Alive. This is but possible if yous are online. When relying on a wired connection, you will need an ethernet cablevision, a high speed cyberspace connection, and a modem, gateway, or router.

    • Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the back of your Xbox 360.
    • Insert the other end into your modem, gateway, or router.
    • If using a modem, turn off the Xbox console and unplug the modem's power string. Wait for 1 minute earlier you replug the modem and turn on the Xbox.
    • Test your Xbox Alive connection. Press the "Guide" button on your controller. Select "Network Settings," followed by "Wired Network." Choose "Test Xbox Live Connection."[2]

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    Connect your Xbox 360 E or Xbox 360 S wirelessly to the cyberspace. To connect wirelessly, you will need a loftier speed net connection and a wireless admission signal, modem, or gateway.

    • Brainstorm by pressing the "Guide" push button on your control and select "Settings."
    • Under the "Settings" menu, cull "Organization Settings" followed by "Network Settings."
    • Within the "Network Settings" menu, select "Available Networks."
    • Cull your network and input your network password.[3]

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    Connect your original Xbox 360 wirelessly to the internet. If yous have an original Xbox 360, you volition need a wireless adapter to connect wirelessly to the net, a fast cyberspace connection, and a wireless access point, modem, or gateway.

    • Unplug the network cable from the dorsum of your console.
    • Snap the wireless adapter's ii plastic tabs into the slots located on back of the Xbox console.
    • Plug the adapter's USB cable into the USB port.
    • Flip up the adapter's antennae and wait for a dark-green light to announced.[four]

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    Press the "Guide" button on your controller. Select "Settings," followed by "System Settings" and "Network Settings. Select your wireless network and enter your password.[5]

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    Access the online marketplace. You may purchase games from the Xbox online market place, which is accessible from the primary carte.

    • To return to the main menu, press the "Xbox" push on your controller, followed past "Y."
    • If you are in the center of a game, press the "A" button to confirm your decision to return to the dashboard.
    • Locate the "Games" tab in the top left hand quadrant of the screen and click on the icon. This will open the marketplace domicile screen.[6]

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    Browse and search for downloadable content. In the Xbox market place you can find downloadable content in a variety of ways. Use the "Search" function to find a specific games, scan for games past category, or view featured games. Choose the method that is best for you.

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    Select and buy the game of your choice. Choose the game you would like to download. Click "Ostend Download." Pay for the game through your Microsoft business relationship or with a credit card.

    • Downloadable content ranges in toll, some content costing as little as $two.99 and others exceeding $49.99.
    • The size of content also varies. Some smaller files are only about 100KB; larger files may exceed 1 gigabyte.[7]

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    Allow the download to complete. The download time will depend on the size of the game you've purchased and the speed of your Internet connection. Kickoff your download before going to bed, before leaving for school, or earlier you lot head off to work. When you wake up or return dwelling house, your download will be complete!

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    Access the Xbox dashboard. You can navigate to the dashboard in a variety of ways:

    • If your Xbox is off, plough it on by either pressing the "Xbox" button on the front of your console or pressing the "Xbox" button on your wireless remote. Once on, the principal menu volition announced. [8]
    • To return to the main menu from a game, press the "Xbox" button on your controller, followed by the Y push button. Printing the A push to confirm your determination to return to the dashboard.

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    Select "Games" from your dashboard. Employ your controller to select the "Games" from the master carte du jour. This volition open up upwards your game carte options. Select "My Games."

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    Selection your game of choice and bask. Scroll through the "My Games" section until you locate the game you would similar to play. Select the game. Relish hours of entertainment![9]

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    Navigate to the Xbox dashboard. You tin access the dashboard in a diversity of means:

    • If your Xbox is off, turn it on by either pressing the "Xbox" button on the front of your panel or pressing the "Xbox" button on your wireless remote. Once on, the main menu will appear. [10]
    • To return to the main menu from a game, press the "Xbox" push on your controller, followed by the Y button. Press the A button to confirm your decision to render to the dashboard. [11]

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    Insert the disc and return to the Xbox dashboard. Place the disc in the disc bulldoze. If the game starts automatically, return to the Xbox dashboard past pressing the "Xbox" button on your controller. [12] Press the Y push, followed by the A button to confirm your decision to render to the dashboard.[13]

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    Select the game y'all wish to install and download information technology. Use your controller to select the game you would like to install. Press the X button on your controller and select "Install." If required to choose which storage device to use, select "Hard Drive."[fourteen]

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    Wait for the download to finish earlier playing the game. Installing a game from a disc to your hard drive may have up to 12 minutes. Once the download is complete, exit the disc in the disc drive and enjoy the game!

    • Remember, installing an Xbox 360 game from a disc to your panel will non enable you to play the game without the disc. This will but improve game load times, decrease noise coming from your console, and reduce wear and tear on the disc.[fifteen]

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    Why does my Xbox 360 all of a sudden turn off in the middle of games?

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    Community Answer

    It depends. When it turns off, does the ring plow red? This is called the red band of death, a common defect on the Xbox 360. https://www.wikihow.com/Set-Xbox-360-Issues

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    Does my Xbox need to exist on to download the game?

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    No, if y'all go into settings and browse around in downloads, you should find an option for "background downloads." Press that and yous will exist able to download with the car off.

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    Will an ethernet cord volition work for Xbox Alive?

    Community Answer

    Yes. As long every bit you are connected to the net, it should work.

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  • Most downloadable content must exist purchased at your own cost or redeemed through gift cards.

  • Be enlightened that each title yous download volition have up space on your 360'south hard drive, and then continue in mind how much space is available.

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