Microsoft KB Archive/927714

= How to use your Xbox 360 console to play content that is stored on your Zune device =

Article ID: 927714

Article Last Modified on 12/5/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Zune Digital Media Player
 * Zune software

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to use your Xbox 360 console to play content that is stored on your Zune device.



MORE INFORMATION
To use your Xbox 360 console to play content that is stored on your Zune device, follow these steps:  Connect your Zune device to an Xbox 360 console. To do this, follow these steps:  Turn on the Xbox 360 console. Connect the Sync Cable to the Zune device or to the Zune Dock. Connect the other end of the Sync Cable to a USB port on the Xbox 360 console.  Play content on an Xbox 360 console that is stored on your Zune device. To do this, follow these steps:  In the Media section of the Xbox Dashboard, select one of the following options, and then press the A button: <ul> Music</li> Pictures</li> Video</li></ul>

Note Podcasts may be located under Music or Video, depending on the type of podcast.</li> From the list of available devices, select your Zune device, and then press the A button.

Note If your Zune device does not appear in the list, you may have to press the X button to change the source. Also, make sure that no other portable device, such as an iPod, is already connected. If another portable device is connected, disconnect both devices, and then connect only the Zune device. Also make sure that you have the latest Zune firmware update installed on your Zune device. To update the Zune device, connect the Zune device to the computer that has the current Zune software installed, and then update the device to the current device software version. For more information about how to update the software on a Zune device, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

926770 How to update your Zune device

</li> Select the type of content that you want to play, and then press the A button.

Note If a red circle with a line through the circle appears next to the Zune device or next to the files on the Zune device, you may not have all the available updates for the Xbox 360 console. A free system update that became available on December 4, 2007, lets you stream music, pictures, podcasts, and video from a Zune device to an Xbox 360 console. For more information about this update, visit the following Web site:

http://www.xbox.com/support/systemupdates/default.htm

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For more information about what to do if you cannot install Xbox Live auto-updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

916663 Xbox 360: Xbox Live auto-updates do not download correctly

For more information about what to do if you cannot play content on an Xbox 360 console from your Zune device, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

909154 Xbox 360: You cannot play music or video from a portable device on the Xbox 360 console

For more information about how to share content from Zune Software to an Xbox 360, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

927715 How to configure the Zune software to share content from your Zune library to an Xbox 360 console on a home network

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