Help me with Xbox junk!

AlyceInWonderland

I don't know how to connect my Xbox 360 to a network. I don't have the adapter for it, but isn't there a way to hook it up to the connection on a computer?

Bartholamue

If you have a cable or DSL modem, connect the ethernet line to the port in the xbox's ethernet input. That should get you connected.

Dalboz

What Bartholamue said.

If you're actually looking for it to talk to your PC, you can't connect directly. You would have to use a hub/router, and after that I don't know, as I doubt they would talk without software help of some kind.

EclecticGroove

Dalboz wrote:

What Bartholamue said.

If you're actually looking for it to talk to your PC, you can't connect directly. You would have to use a hub/router, and after that I don't know, as I doubt they would talk without software help of some kind.

Well you can get a crossover cable to connect the PC and xbox directly. They would then both need manually assigned IPs. Physical networking aside, that's easy.

But as was said, the xbox was not made to talky with your pc like another pc, if you have a modded xbox, then sure, lots of stuff is possible.

Grimm

Unless he means he wants to share media on a computer with the xbox. Something i have yet to get working myself.

AlyceInWonderland

OKay, I got the cord, I bought xbox live gold membership, and now I'm having trouble setting it up.

I have no idea how to set up the gold membership. help plzz.

Grimm

It should just ask you for the basic information. Name, credit card number, etc. All pretty self explanatory. Wouldnt you have to go through all that to actually buy the gold membership anyways?

AlyceInWonderland

No, see i bought the member ship at best buy. It had it in the pack. I figured if I was there, I might as well buy that.

exoplasm

Yeah it's called instructions that come with the product. Seeing as you can type legibly here you should be alright for reading basic directions.

It would also have saved you some time.

Grimm

I've only ever set up a live account through the dashboard. Trying to google something up for ya but i cant find anything.

AlyceInWonderland

exoplasm wrote:

Yeah it's called instructions that come with the product. Seeing as you can type legibly here you should be alright for reading basic directions.

It would also have saved you some time.

Don't be a dick. You don't think I would have checked that already?

It only gives instructions on how to get a connection (Ethernet cord).

Cariblue

Fire up the 360 console and then goto the dashboard, in one of those screens it will ask you to connect to live or something, do it. It will then prompt you to set up a Live membership and then you choose redeem code, then enter the code that came with your box and it will activate Gold year membership. From there you just enter all your information and you should be gold.

AlyceInWonderland

See it asks me to set up the gamer tag first, which I did, and then it asks me to put in the pin number of the credit card that I used to purchase it online...which I never did to begin with.

Grimm

Im just guessing but they might want a credit card number so they can keep billing you after the 12 months are up.

AlyceInWonderland

it says enter the last four digits. So it's not the entire number. I tried it anyway and it said the info was invalid. so, yeah.

Cariblue

AlyceInWonderland wrote:

See it asks me to set up the gamer tag first, which I did, and then it asks me to put in the pin number of the credit card that I used to purchase it online...which I never did to begin with.

No you are doing it through the wrong setup, you have to select the Redeem Code one, otherwise its thinking you want to purchase it online. Once you select the Redeem Code one it will let you enter your code.

I am in the same boat as you, and it never asked me for a CC number.

AlyceInWonderland

What do you mean, redeem code one? It doesn't show that at all.

forexample. I go to my dashboard, and this is what I get


(not my profile)

Where do I go from there?

capnrico

Assuming you're logged in on the profile you want to put your Gold membership on:

Highlight the section that's highlighted there (your gamercard, with bucket0mischief, gamerscore, zone, etc. showing). Hit A.

Go down to Account Management. Hit A.
("This will exit your current session, etc." - hit up, to highlight yes, then Hit A).

You'll be on Memberships. Hit A.

Xbox Live Gold Membership (or something along those lines) will be highlighted. Hit A.

2 clicks down to "Redeem Code." Hit A.

Enter the 25-character code from your prepaid card (there should be SOMETHING in that box you have with a code on it).

I don't have a prepaid card to help you from there, so hopefully you can figure it out from there.

Hope that helps.

AlyceInWonderland

"Account management" isn't anywhere, at all.

capnrico

You vex me. :P

Okay, hit your guide button. Hit A. 5th option down (second from the bottom) should be Account Management.

Edit: again, assuming you're signed in. Also assuming you're connected to Live, I suppose.

AlyceInWonderland

5th option-Join Xbox live
-wants me to create a gamer tag
-wants me to type in credit card number. (It's telling me to confirm identity by typing in the last digits of my credit card [that I didn't use], my name, phone number and postal code. It goes straight to that)

That's how it's going.

capnrico

Okay. I'm gonna try and sign out and walk through it that way.

Join Xbox Live.
Join Xbox Live. (Are you sure you want to exit? Yes.)
Connecting to Live./Downloading updates (wtf, dunno what that is :P)
Continue.
Enter a gamertag.
Do you have a Windows Live ID?
Yes? - Enter E-mail address and password.
No?
Select locale.
Select Language/Date of Birth. Next.
E-Mail address. Next.
Password/Secret Question/Secret Answer. Next.
First Name/Last Name/Phone Number/Contact E-Mail. Next.
Terms of use. Accept.
Live ID created. Continue.
Redeem Code.

That's completely from scratch, so failing anything else, that HAS to work

AlyceInWonderland

I love you.