Xbox One General Discussion - Part 3

EoinHef · 29-12-2017 3:04am

Mate has an issue im hoping someone here can help me solve.

He bought a monitor from amazon for his young lads xbox one (OG)instead of a TV due to space rsetrictions. He bought a set of speakers to go with it as the monitor had no speakers. Problem is the monitor also has no 3.5mm jack and he didnt notice:(

I dont think the one has a 3.5mm jack on it?

So other than using headphones,not ideal as its an extra cost, or using some sort of adapter to strip the audio from the hdmi is there anything else anyone can think of?

wotzgoingon · 29-12-2017 3:09am

EoinHef wrote: »

Mate has an issue im hoping someone here can help me solve.

He bought a monitor from amazon for his young lads xbox one (OG)instead of a TV due to space rsetrictions. He bought a set of speakers to go with it as the monitor had no speakers. Problem is the monitor also has no 3.5mm jack and he didnt notice:(

I dont think the one has a 3.5mm jack on it?

So other than using headphones,not ideal as its an extra cost, or using some sort of adapter to strip the audio from the hdmi is there anything else anyone can think of?

I used to use one of these below with my old Xbox One as I also used a monitor. It's so handy with a 3.5mm controller though which I now use but that device below is good as well it's just a lot tidier with the headphones plugged into controller.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Toslink-Converter-Adapter-Optical-Black/dp/B00KNNSKV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514513231&sr=8-1&keywords=spdif+to+3.5mm

EoinHef · 29-12-2017 3:31am

Cheers,that looks the job alright. Cant see any way of doing it other than something like that.

Was trying to avoid this route givin the extra cost so im going to tell him to message amazon and see what the policy would be on returning the monitor in exchange for another with a jack but cost of sending it back may make it not worth it.
If not the prozor looks a good cost effective fix.

Poor lad has been playing all his new games with no audio since christmas day:(

wotzgoingon · 29-12-2017 3:42am

EoinHef wrote: »

Cheers,that looks the job alright. Cant see any way of doing it other than something like that.

Was trying to avoid this route givin the extra cost so im going to tell him to message amazon and see what the policy would be on returning the monitor in exchange for another with a jack but cost of sending it back may make it not worth it.
If not the prozor looks a good cost effective fix.

Poor lad has been playing all his new games with no audio since christmas day:(

You can get them cheaper on ebay from China but you will be waiting for about 2-3 weeks for delivery which really isn't a option since the young lad wants to play. I see your location is Dublin. I wonder if you tried a B&M shop to see if they have any as it would be at least Friday or even the following Monday before you get one delivered from UK.

wotzgoingon · 29-12-2017 3:45am

I'm in Mayo and you can have mine if you want. My mother is going to Dublin on Saturday and if you were to meet her at Heuston Station when she arrives to pick it up off her.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 29-12-2017 3:52am

EoinHef wrote: »

Cheers,that looks the job alright. Cant see any way of doing it other than something like that.

Was trying to avoid this route givin the extra cost so im going to tell him to message amazon and see what the policy would be on returning the monitor in exchange for another with a jack but cost of sending it back may make it not worth it.
If not the prozor looks a good cost effective fix.

Poor lad has been playing all his new games with no audio since christmas day:(

Can he not just plug any set of headphones into his controller and he'll have sound?

Stone Deaf 4evr · 29-12-2017 3:55am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm in Mayo and you can have mine if you want. My mother is going to Dublin on Saturday and if you were to meet her at Heuston Station when she arrives to pick it up off her.

Also, fair play, lovely gesture.

dunworth1 · 29-12-2017 3:23pm

EoinHef wrote: »

Cheers,that looks the job alright. Cant see any way of doing it other than something like that.

Was trying to avoid this route givin the extra cost so im going to tell him to message amazon and see what the policy would be on returning the monitor in exchange for another with a jack but cost of sending it back may make it not worth it.
If not the prozor looks a good cost effective fix.

Poor lad has been playing all his new games with no audio since christmas day:(

if he's going the return route hed be better off getting a tv

ThisRegard · 29-12-2017 7:31pm

Is there a way to hide installed games from the games list of a family member? I thought it would automatically hide games outside of the age category of that family member but it just requests permission to play them.

wotzgoingon · 29-12-2017 7:32pm

ThisRegard wrote: »

Is there a way to hide installed games from the games list of a family member? I thought it would automatically hide games outside of the age category of that family member but it just requests permission to play them.

I'm pretty sure you cannot do that. But I'm not 100% certain.

EoinHef · 29-12-2017 9:15pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm in Mayo and you can have mine if you want. My mother is going to Dublin on Saturday and if you were to meet her at Heuston Station when she arrives to pick it up off her.

Thank you very much,very nice gesture.

Sadly im heading off tomorrow for a few days and wont be back till the 3rd so wouldnt be able to make it saturday. Again thanks for the offer though.

EoinHef · 29-12-2017 9:21pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Can he not just plug any set of headphones into his controller and he'll have sound?

His father said he hasnt got any,told him any phone ones should do for the moment to get him by till we get the issue sorted. If he cant find any ill give him a pair to tide him over.

Most likely go with the DAC at this point,seems to be the best option.

ThisRegard · 29-12-2017 9:23pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm pretty sure you cannot do that. But I'm not 100% certain.

That's the conclusion my googling brought me to. It's an odd omission I think.

dunworth1 · 29-12-2017 9:37pm

ThisRegard wrote: »

That's the conclusion my googling brought my to. It's an odd omission I think.

you can hide games from the install list. by hitting menu over the highlighted game and selecting hide from list

but I assume that it hides it from everybody

to download the game in the future you'd need to go to the game in the store

ThisRegard · 29-12-2017 10:04pm

dunworth1 wrote: »

you can hide games from the install list. by hitting menu over the highlighted game and selecting hide from list

but I assume that it hides it from everybody

to download the game in the future you'd need to go to the game in the store

Yeah, it's not a proper solution.

MiskyBoyy · 01-01-2018 2:12am

Happy New Year ladies & gents.

Love,

Misky x

panevthe3rd · 01-01-2018 11:06am

I have an odd problem that maybe someone here can shed some light on.

I had Sonic Adventure downloaded on my One X. My son played it a bit and unlocked an achievement so I know I didnt imagine it.

One day it wouldn't launch. Kept asking me to insert disk. I uninstalled thinking that might help but the game didn't show up in my ready to install list.

If I go to it on the store the price comes up in dollars for some reason even though my location is set to Ireland.

Any ideas whats happening here?

TitianGerm · 01-01-2018 11:11am

panevthe3rd wrote: »

I have an odd problem that maybe someone here can shed some light on.

I had Sonic Adventure downloaded on my One X. My son played it a bit and unlocked an achievement so I know I didnt imagine it.

One day it wouldn't launch. Kept asking me to insert disk. I uninstalled thinking that might help but the game didn't show up in my ready to install list.

If I go to it on the store the price comes up in dollars for some reason even though my location is set to Ireland.

Any ideas whats happening here?

Did you download a trial version of the game originally?

panevthe3rd · 01-01-2018 11:24am

emmetkenny wrote: »

Did you download a trial version of the game originally?

Didn't think so but I must have.

wotzgoingon · 01-01-2018 4:45pm

panevthe3rd wrote: »

Didn't think so but I must have.

Log into Xbox.com and see what games you purchased if not there it was deffo a trial.

panevthe3rd · 01-01-2018 5:00pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Log into Xbox.com and see what games you purchased if not there it was deffo a trial.

It's not showing up there. Must be a trial. Didn't think achievement unlocked in the older trials.

ThisRegard · 02-01-2018 3:20pm

The internet is drawing a blank, but is there any difference other than dimensions and appearance between a Western Digital Elements and a Western Digital Elements SE hard drive?

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 12:43am

Bad news for anyone looking for a Kinect adapter, they've been totally discontinued now. The Verge has more here. Most likely they only did one batch of them, and aren't going to waste money ordering a load more.

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 12:44am

ThisRegard wrote: »

The internet is drawing a blank, but is there any difference other than dimensions and appearance between a Western Digital Elements and a Western Digital Elements SE hard drive?

I took a quick look around, I can't see any real difference either.

amadablam · 03-01-2018 12:54am

CatInABox wrote: »

Bad news for anyone looking for a Kinect adapter, they've been totally discontinued now. The Verge has more here. Most likely they only did one batch of them, and aren't going to waste money ordering a load more.

Some exorbitant prices being mentioned in that article. Seems like cornering the market on sourcing these adapters would be more lucrative than bitcoin investment, a few years ago.

Would people seriously have paid such silly prices for that adapter?? Madness

03-01-2018 8:45am

Quick question: Do USA download codes work on an Irish xbox?

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 9:09am

Deleted User wrote: »

Quick question: Do USA download codes work on an Irish xbox?

For Xbox One games, yes, for Xbox Live, no.

03-01-2018 9:14am

CatInABox wrote: »

For Xbox One games, yes, for Xbox Live, no.

Ok thanks. What do you mean by xbox live? Do you mean multiplayer won't work?

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 9:29am

Deleted User wrote: »

Ok thanks. What do you mean by xbox live? Do you mean multiplayer won't work?

No, you can get codes for Xbox Live from the US (or anywhere, really), but those codes won't work on anything other than a US (or relevant countries) account.

EDIT: Ah, I may have misunderstood. The multiplayer on Xbox must be paid for, it officially costs around €60, but can usually be gotten for around €40 from CDkeys. It also comes with 4 free games per month, called Games with Gold.

EDIT 2: I was totally wrong.

03-01-2018 10:02am

CatInABox wrote: »

No, you can get codes for Xbox Live from the US (or anywhere, really), but those codes won't work on anything other than a US (or relevant countries) account.

EDIT: Ah, I may have misunderstood. The multiplayer on Xbox must be paid for, it officially costs around €60, but can usually be gotten for around €40 from CDkeys. It also comes with 4 free games per month, called Games with Gold.

Ah ok. no sorry it's me who misunderstood. You mean Xbox live codes won't work, but game codes do. Sorry, still waking up!

Yes it's a game code from Amazon I'm wondering about. Thanks for the help!

maximoose · 03-01-2018 10:21am

CatInABox wrote: »

No, you can get codes for Xbox Live from the US (or anywhere, really), but those codes won't work on anything other than a US (or relevant countries) account.

You sure that is true? I've definitely redeemed US Xbox Live codes no issue

Only one I've read won't work (and had a problem with personally) is a Brazilian code.

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 10:53am

maximoose wrote: »

You sure that is true? I've definitely redeemed US Xbox Live codes no issue

Only one I've read won't work (and had a problem with personally) is a Brazilian code.

Huh. You're right, Brazil and Mexico are the only countries with this restriction. Was full sure that there was more restrictions.

More here.

wobert · 03-01-2018 11:32am

Hi, Could anyone please help me with following problem, its driving me nuts.
Santa got my son xbox 1 with fifa & Forza horizon/hot wheels.
Fifa was included as disc but no Forza (which i assume you download)
I cant figure out how to find it to download.
I have googled and still cant find any info.
Its not in apps and in the shop it either to tells me buy it or use a redeem code(which I dont have).
I emailed harvey norman to see if code should have been included when purchased but no response.
thanks

maximoose · 03-01-2018 11:35am

Yes, there should have been a little insert with the code on it, looks like this:

TitianGerm · 03-01-2018 11:35am

wobert wrote: »

Hi, Could anyone please help me with following problem, its driving me nuts.
Santa got my son xbox 1 with fifa & Forza horizon/hot wheels.
Fifa was included as disc but no Forza (which i assume you download)
I cant figure out how to find it to download.
I have googled and still cant find any info.
Its not in apps and in the shop it either to tells me buy it or use a redeem code(which I dont have).
I emailed harvey norman to see if code should have been included when purchased but no response.
thanks

Did you not get a card in the box along with an EA Access and Xbox Live trial? Scratch the back of the card and you'll see a code, redeem that.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 03-01-2018 11:36am

wobert wrote: »

Hi, Could anyone please help me with following problem, its driving me nuts.
Santa got my son xbox 1 with fifa & Forza horizon/hot wheels.
Fifa was included as disc but no Forza (which i assume you download)
I cant figure out how to find it to download.
I have googled and still cant find any info.
Its not in apps and in the shop it either to tells me buy it or use a redeem code(which I dont have).
I emailed harvey norman to see if code should have been included when purchased but no response.
thanks

in the packaging that the xbox came with, there should be a thing that looks like a black sleeve. In that, there is slips of paper, one will have a month of free game pass on one side and a month of free live on the other. there will be another one in there with the forza codes. go the the store, and click redeem code, then enter the 25 digit code on there and download away.

wobert · 03-01-2018 11:44am

Thanks for response
I didnt see anything in the box like the above.
Just rang my wife to ask her to check and she said oh yeah I put that in the drawer where we keep the instructucions:mad::mad:
She has been watching me trying to sort this out since christmas day.
Jesus wept
Thanks again

GBX · 03-01-2018 11:46am

wobert wrote: »

Thanks for response
I didnt see anything in the box like the above.
Just rang my wife to ask her to check and she said oh yeah I put that in the drawer where we keep the instructucions:mad::mad:
She has been watching me trying to sort this out since christmas day.
Jesus wept
Thanks again

The main thing is its found even if its frustrating!

wobert · 03-01-2018 11:56am

Yes very true.
I should have asked here in the first place. Saved myself a lot of hassle.
Next time I'm stuck I will.
cheers

marcbrophy · 03-01-2018 11:57am

Regarding the Kinect adaptor, keep an eye on CEX here!
You might get lucky

IE Site (€28)
https://ie.webuy.com/product.php?sku=0885370862478#.Wky1rE1ii70

UK Site (£65)
https://uk.webuy.com/product.php?sku=0885370862478#.Wky2vU1ii70

I have a feeling that UK might be aware of their worth :P

maximoose · 04-01-2018 9:30am

Got my IPTV up and running in Kodi on the One lastnight, this is lovely

Now I really wish snap was still a thing

Fuzzy Logic · 04-01-2018 10:26am

I much prefer using the stand alone IPTV apps than having to trudge through Kodi. Definitely agree about snap being removed, sometimes if I really want to play a game and want to keep an eye on a match or something I switch the IPTV to the iPad but would prefer both on screen.

04-01-2018 10:29am

maximoose wrote: »

Got my IPTV up and running in Kodi on the One lastnight, this is lovely

Now I really wish snap was still a thing

Has it been updated ? Didn't see SimpleIPTV or similar in the list of add on's when I looked the other day. Use it on my pc to grab live tv from the main tv box running kodi/tvheadend

maximoose · 04-01-2018 10:31am

I much prefer using the stand alone IPTV apps than having to trudge through Kodi. Definitely agree about snap being removed, sometimes if I really want to play a game and want to keep an eye on a match or something I switch the IPTV to the iPad but would prefer both on screen.

Yeah I have the SmartIPTV app on my TV, which is probably a little quicker - but find the EPG and general UI of Kodi much nicer.

Deleted User wrote: »

Has it been updated ? Didn't see SimpleIPTV or similar in the list of add on's when I looked the other day. Use it on my pc to grab live tv from the main tv box running kodi/tvheadend

Can't remember the name of the add on but it's in TV services, think it begins with P and has IPTV in the name

marcbrophy · 04-01-2018 10:38am

Anyone get live TV from a STB working with Kodi?

tinimc · 04-01-2018 10:48am

I'm very new to all this xbox stuff. We got out sons the Xbox 1 S for xmas. We took it out before xmas and did all the downloads, what we didn't realise was how much internet it takes as in GB not MB. He did it at work as they had fast broadband as he used up all his 10GB on his phone. We dont' have internet at home only on our phones so was using our hotspots but we can't keep doing this going forward as we're afraid it will go over our limits. We've been giving alot of mixed messages from where we bought the console and others. Basically i'm asking what does people use for updating the system. Everytime they put in a disc it has to be downloaded first. My son is actually getting annoyed now. Think we all thought that once all the updates were done, you put in your disc and played. Even his brother had to create an account to play multi player. So i'm asking for advise on what best to do with regards to downloads etc. We've been told that if we had an old mobile broadband dongle and put in a SIM card and top it up by €20 that we could use this then for the xbox and if the credit runs out then we can just top up again, it saves getting any hefty bills with our mobiles. Has anyone done this, i've got a vodfaone and a three dongle at home and phone sim cards. Sorry for lengthy post but need advise please. thanks.

TitianGerm · 04-01-2018 10:57am

tinimc wrote: »

I'm very new to all this xbox stuff. We got out sons the Xbox 1 S for xmas. We took it out before xmas and did all the downloads, what we didn't realise was how much internet it takes as in GB not MB. He did it at work as they had fast broadband as he used up all his 10GB on his phone. We dont' have internet at home only on our phones so was using our hotspots but we can't keep doing this going forward as we're afraid it will go over our limits. We've been giving alot of mixed messages from where we bought the console and others. Basically i'm asking what does people use for updating the system. Everytime they put in a disc it has to be downloaded first. My son is actually getting annoyed now. Think we all thought that once all the updates were done, you put in your disc and played. Even his brother had to create an account to play multi player. So i'm asking for advise on what best to do with regards to downloads etc. We've been told that if we had an old mobile broadband dongle and put in a SIM card and top it up by €20 that we could use this then for the xbox and if the credit runs out then we can just top up again, it saves getting any hefty bills with our mobiles. Has anyone done this, i've got a vodfaone and a three dongle at home and phone sim cards. Sorry for lengthy post but need advise please. thanks.

What games do they have?

You can set the Xbox to offline (discount from the internet) and you won't have to download anymore updates.

tinimc · 04-01-2018 11:00am

Minecraft came with the console and had to be downloaded but certain parts need the internet to work (don't ask cos i haven't a clue i just here this from the boys), we got Ben 10, Marvel Avengers, very basic games, my son is 8. so nothing too major.

TitianGerm · 04-01-2018 11:04am

tinimc wrote: »

Minecraft came with the console and had to be downloaded but certain parts need the internet to work (don't ask cos i haven't a clue i just here this from the boys), we got Ben 10, Marvel Avengers, very basic games, my son is 8. so nothing too major.

If he's working on servers on Minecraft your going to have to stay connected to the internet then. Then every new game they get will have new patches that need to be downloaded, and older games may get the odd patch to improve things.

All consoles are like this now. As suggested in one of the shops it might be worth investing in a 4G dongle.

Tipsy McSwagger · 05-01-2018 6:21pm

Tried to buy RDR on the Microsoft marketplace all morning for €12.89 and it wouldn't let me. Checked there again and it's now €29.99, fair disgusted tbh.

Xbox One General Discussion - Part 3

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