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Hmm I went to play Bioshock last night and it DC'd me from Xbox Live as there was an update available, played it today and noticed that it now seems to freez for a few seconds moderate - frequently, has anyone else has this issue? I figured it must be due to the update but I will try some other games later to make sure, it has better not be my Elite thats gone wrong or something because that would just be too annoying >< as I don't expect any problems being that it should be improved and not suffer from the problems that some of the first gen 360's did.

I have a spherex 5.1 surround sound system which I just use for everything, great audio quality and I've had no major problems with it. http://www.spherexinc.com/products_xbox51.aspx

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True, I was just stating what I know from my experience from TV's, generally yellow is used for video while red and white are used for sound but yes TV sets do vary a lot when it comes to connections and what they can be used for. Afaik you can get Stereo through the RGB scart cable, through your TV at least but beware, the official RGB scart cable does NOT come with seperate red and white audio connectors so it's no good if you want to use it with a surround sound setup, there probably is a way to work around it but not without buying aditional cables and splitters, there may also be a thrid party cable that has the additional audio leads but I've yet to see an unofficial RGB scart lead for the Wii that does.

Probably Red, White and Yellow if so then that won't work as Yellow = Video while Red & White = sound, you need Red, Green, and Blue inputs on the back of your TV for component (the red input is different from the one thats used for sound as the R,G,B inputs are exclusively for video afaik) hope this helps.

From what I've seen from playing Bioshock so far the HDMI is an improvement visually, I quite like the black colour of the unit (something a bit different from the default white colour) and the 120GB HDD will come in useful. *shrugs* I'm happy with it and as long as it doesn't break down for some pointless reason I will continue to be. So I'll be selling my Premium once data is transferred, also I'm considering selling my Bioshock faceplate which I'll list at the same time if I do, not sure on prices though, I'll probably take offers nearer the time if people are interested. Also I'm quite enjoying Bioshock atm ^^ I'm not sure if I'd describe it as "Shooter 2.0" even though it does offer something new to the genre, anyways it's fun to play atm and thats what counts.

In a word, Yes, I created a thread releated to this on Friday http://www.n-europe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16497 basically as soon as I've transferred my data with the kit (when i receive it) I'll be selling my Premium unit.

Ok so I got my Elite on Friday, works fine, using my 20GB HDD until I get the transfer kit, Bioshock looks amazing in HDMI btw, a reasonable improvement over component from what I can see atm IMO. Assuming all goes well with the transfer I will most likely be putting my Premium system up for sale on the trade boards soon so look out for that if you are after one. ^^

Ok so, I've had an Xbox 360 Premium almost since it was released and I have opted to upgrade to the Elite which *should* hopefully be arriving any time now in the post via courier (I assume) from Play.com, also I've just recieved Bioshock moments ago and I'm thinking I might as well wait until I get the Elite to play it assuming I get it today. I'm going to send off the form to get a transfer kit from M$ or I might just phone them if theres an option to do that, basically a few questions... Has anyone actually transferred their data yet? from what I understand you connect the old HDD via the cable to the Elite with the new HDD on top of the black behemoth, then you wait an hour or something and it's done? It supposedly transfers everything but I have a memory card so is it better to keep my gamertag on the memory card for the purposes of the transfer? When I get the Elite I was gonna use the old HDD from the moment I switch it on untill I get the transfer kit as any data put onto the 120GB HDD would get overwritten anyway so I'm guessing this is the best way, finally, you get a months free Live gold access with it, now thats great but I will be using my old Gamertag with it so does that mean I don't get the free month or is it just a redeemable code? Hmm I think thats everything, quite a few questions I guess but if anyone can answer any of them it would be greatly appreciated. ^^ Thanks, Sam.

yes, I think it was the main Coaxial cable used to connect the sub to the PC, I mseed about with it and tested it for a good 3 hours and it seems fine now, most odd... Oh well, feel free to use this thread as a general speaker setup / problem thread until it expires. *update* hmm as with most intermittent glitches, I turned my PC on this morning and my sound system and within the first few minutes it buzzed again :/ but I turned it off and switched the ends of the coaxial cable around and it seems fine again... it's been on for over an hour no and no problems, we shall see how long it lasts...

I'm a cook working in the staff restaurant at The Evil Supermarket Chain Overlords (TESCO) it's not so bad, mostly afternoon / early evening shifts so I get the morning and a bit on most days to do what I want, plus it's away from the customers, a very welcome bonus. though I still have to deal with the staff who are variable at times... >>

Recently I've been getting odd buzzing sounds from my two rear speakers when used with my PC, it's only happened recently (within the last few days) my speaker system is connected to the pc via a Coaxial cable, I have the Spherex 5.1 system and I use some software called Realtek HD Audio Manager (never really liked it, came with the PC) I guess it could be anything as it's an Intermittent thing but it's getting more frequent now :S I had thought that it might be just some program causing background interferance but it's only the two back speakers, or it could be a really annoying virus except my last full system scan (last night) shows nothing of the sort. So anyways I just wondered if anyone has had similar problems or has any software suggestions or anything that might help before I start replacing the speaker cables or something (probably pointlessly). Thanks.

Yes that would work, annoying to have to do for every single Xbox game that you want to play nearly but yes it will work.

He does, he shows up briefly in the intro video.

Truly Awesome news but they really need to have an explorable map because for a sequel to TOS, click to get from point A to B = part of the experience killed. And what about... [spoiler=]"flying about on the Rheiards, that won't be possible anymore" The explorable map was quite a big part of the game, especially considering the amount of land you got to travel across. I hope this changes cos I don't want to wait nearly two years for this to come out only to find part of the game is "missing" due to Namco taking shortcuts, they took none with the original TOS so why should they now? Put in the extra effort Namco if this really is a true sequel.

Theres no doubt that Resi 4 : Wii Edition is awesome but, one thing still puzzles me, isn't it meant to fill the whole screen on a widescreen TV? currently even with 16:9 mode selected I get half inch black borders on the left and right? yet didn't Zelda have 16:9 too and that fills the screen on the same TV? Is there a way to get it to completely fill the screen?

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Happy Birthday to me! *goes back to writing VC Weekly and playing Resi 4 : Wii Edition*

I did a quick search to see if I could find anyone having similar probelms and it seems that a lot of people are, anyways, heres a link to a forum thread which seems to suggest various causes including driver conflicts, the control panl being a non-standard item? and the first windows vista virus/exploit, which was the cursor bug, which is really an IE issue; apperently. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/759057.html Anyways, I dk if it will help but sometimes randomly browsing through forum topics of people who have had similar problems can often bring about a solution somewhere in the thread or might suggest something you haven't tried yet, even though evidently you have tried lots of things to fix it, but often there is always something that hasn't been tried even if you don't realise it at the time, it's sometimes the way with errors.

XP Home also ty for the feedback, yes an external HDD might be a good idea I guess, though I only want to back up a DVD's worth atm, I'll probably download Nero.

Hmm DVD + R because I have a pack of them lying around that I haven't used yet, does it make that much difference if it's DVD + R / - R or +R & -R ? seeing as it is only a backup of a few gigs of files. is one format more reliable or something?

Ok so I've decided to backup some files to DVD+R and I've just discovered that for some bizarre reason, my PC seems to have no software for backing up files to DVD, so anyways... Can anyone recommend a decent piece of data backup software? I was thinking of getting Nero or something but if there is anything better thats available (and free) I'd rather get that. Thanks,

I made this sig today, (my first one lol) after ages of not having a sig at all I felt inspired by the news today of Zelda being a playable character in Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Thanks Stefkov, I'll have a go at setting it up on Wednesday. also, Uzit this one might be of use to you... http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/1131488/Netgear-WGT624-108-Mbps-Wireless-Firewall-Router/Product.html It's the one that requires an external modem to be plugged in? I think thats the type you were after, the one I linked to previously has a modem built in.

Thanks Stefkov, also I've just recieved it in the post and am going to try setting it up tomorrow, but I looked on the bottom of the router and I can't seem to find the Wep key? which I'll need to connect my Wii, DS etc, unless it's listed as something else, or maybe I have to find that out from logging in? anyways if you know how to obtain it's wep key, I'd like to know, but other than that I'm not anticipating any problems with it, also on a sidenote, it's really small... I may stand it vertically next to my Wii. Also, Uzit I would recomend the one I just got, assuming it works, if it's the one with the modem built in which you need there is a link to it here... http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3309601/Netgear-DG834GT-108-Mbps-Super-Wireless-ADSL-Router/Product.html Although you can get it about £10 cheaper at http://www.morecomputers.co.uk (where I got mine from).