RE: Lost with the whole Xbox thang ...

["Jake Liddell" <Jake.Liddell@xxxxxxx>]

If you order from www.ilantech.com it comes pre-installed with everything
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ou need.  XBMP is already on there.  So is the DVD player, FTP software,
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ox dashboard, and a explorer-like file manager.  All you then need to
provi=
de is some music or video.  (This might be the same for baldbouncer -
haven=
't tried his)

The music or video can be loaded onto the xbox hard disk, but if you're
goi=
ng to go down this route I recommend getting an HD upgrade when you buy,
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the xbox only has 8Gb.   But if you have a home network, you don't have to=
put your music on the xbox hard disk - the xbox can access a relax or smb =
share on your PC.  But again, you won't need to install any additional
soft=
ware on your xbox, as the ftp server stuff is already installed.

But I suggest you don't worry about the hows until you've got your xbox in
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front of you - it all becomes much easier to understand once you can see
th=
e software on your telly!

Rgds,
Jake.

(No connection to ilantech - just a previous customer.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerard McGovern [mailto:stuff@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Lost with the whole Xbox thang ...


>From what I can gather I can buy an Xbox, with this Xecuter Pro chip,
and t=
hat will allow me to not only play games but also be a media player, dvd
pl=
ayer and all other manner of things.

So let's say I order the =A3199 package from http://www.baldbouncer.co.uk/x=
box.htm ... how do I then turn it into the Media Player? I assume I need
so=
me disc ... if so, does this disc have to be booted from each time I want
i=
t to be a Media Player? Is the disc easy to get hold of? Why do I keep on
a=
sking myself questions?

Sorry if I sound dumb ... I've been out of the loop on consoles despite
own=
ing about 10 of the bastard things.

Thank you in advance,

G

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