Gadget Geek Gear: Xbox 360 Accessories

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headset is that it works even with the wireless controller! Figure 4.2. The Xbox 360 wireless. controller provides. excellent and precise ...

 

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Gadget Geek Gear: Xbox 360 AccessoriesPage 14Gadget Geek Gear:Xbox 360 Accessories159863173X_CH04_79_13/02/2006Yo ur Xbox 360Page 2The earliest video game consoles typically included two controllers and offered little or noadditional accessories. Although the first NES came with a goofy robot for the North Americanrelease the motive for it was to market the NES as an educational tool because Nintendo believedthat consumers would not buy a video game console purely for entertainment. Times havechanged! Accessories are all the rage today for the latest consoles and consumers are buyingthem. It was once true that most consumers never bought additional hardware accessories fortheir console and used only what came in the retail box. But today with so many different typesof televisions (from HDTV to SVideo to composite) and so many genres of games accessoriessuch as highdefinition cables wireless controllers and driving wheels are popular.CONTROLLERSThe Xbox 360 is the first video game console to offer a wireless controller as standard equipment(in the Premium package). The Core package comes with a wired controller.Standard ControllerThe standard wired controller is shown in Figure 4.1. This controller has been refined quite abit since the Controller S on the original Xbox came outgreatly improving on the originalXbox controller which was bulky and uncomfortable to use in the opinion of many.Figure 4.1The Xbox 360 standardwired controller.Wireless ControllerThe wireless controller is shown in Figure 4.2. This controller uses a radio frequency transceiverbuilt into the Xbox 360 (located just behind the power button).CHAPTER 4 Gadget Geek Gear: Xbox 360 Accessories80159863173X_CH04_80_13/02/2006 Page 3The wireless controller is powered by two AA batteries or a rechargeable battery pack that isoptionally available. The Charge & Play kit shown in Figure 4.3 comes with a rechargeablebattery. A controller cable (USB like the wired controller) plugs into the small socket on t ...

 

 

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