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Facts To Understand About Xbox 360 Headset

The Xbox 360 headset livens up the excellent experience of gaming environment. Even if you are playing with your online friends in an online gaming environment, Xbox 360 headset enables you to communicate with your friends while playing with them. In fact, Xbox 360 headset allows you listening music and enjoying movies with real time effect.

Apart from that, during your playing at Xbox Live, you can drop vocal messages to your friends and family members. In this article, we will exemplify setup procedures and common troubleshooting of popular Xbox 360 headset. Here we go.

Setup Procedures


With the blessed of highly advanced technology, Xbox 360 headset is extremely user-friendly and easy to use. While setting up your Xbox 360 headset, you need to adjust the volume by using volume controller located at the left part of the headset. Now you need to insert the connector of the headset to the controller expansion port located at the back side of the game controller. The next step is to put the headset, while adjusting the microphone attached along with. It is really vital to position the headset and microphone. Make it sure that the headset is placed over your head.

Likewise many other advanced headsets, Xbox 360 headset features mute option that you can use to temporarily turn off the volume. You can locate the mute button placed at the cable connector area of the headset. Xbox 360 headset is capable of turning off the entire outgoing sounds.

If you would like to adjust the volume of the headset, you need to use the volume controller button. If someone is exposed to excessively high volume, it may lead to permanent hearing impairment. You need to take sufficient care of your headset to have optimum sound facility.

Common Troubleshooting


If you obtain poor quality of sound from your Xbox 360 headset, you need to make it sure that the connector and jack are free from all debris and dirt. Sometimes accumulation of dirt may interfere with the quality of sound. If you have found that your earpiece is not emitting any sound, don't get panicked, rather check thoroughly whether the connector is plugged in properly.

Sometimes, we simply keep our headset muted and become tensed unnecessarily why other people cannot hear us properly. Sometimes chat also does not work for the same reason. You have to check thoroughly whether the connector is securely plugged in or not.