Media Center Extender for Xbox is a new Xbox title that streams the Media Center PC entertainment experiences onto your TV or display through your Xbox console, so you have even more choice in where and how you enjoy their digital entertainment.
Media Center Extender for Xbox is a packaged software product from Microsoft that runs as an Xbox game. With a wired or wireless connection1 to the Media Center PC, the Xbox console now allows you to enjoy the digital entertainment media from the PC when and how you want.
Store all your digital media on your Media Center PC — photos, music, videos, live and recorded TV — and bring it all to life throughout your home using the Xbox console.
The Windows Media Center Extender for Xbox also supports DVD movie playback. The product includes the following components in the package:
• An infrared receiver
• Setup guide
• Media Center Extender for Xbox DVD
• Media Center Extender for Xbox setup CD (one time install on your Media Center PC)
• 2 AA batteries
• Networking poster
Extend the Windows XP Media Center Edition experience to TVs throughout the house
Simply insert the Media Center Extender for Xbox DVD into your Xbox and bring the familiar Windows XP Media Center Edition experience to any console and TV display in your home. Same interface, functionality, and user experience — now available anywhere on the home network.
A world of digital entertainment — through your Xbox
Turn your Xbox into the ultimate entertainment center. Enjoy all the digital music, photos, videos and TV shows stored on your Media Center PC from the convenience of your Xbox console. Extend the experience through Media Center add-on services offering music and video on demand, news, and sports information. A whole new world for your Xbox awaits.
Stay connected in more ways
Never miss an Xbox game invitation thanks to built-in Xbox Live Aware support. Send and receive Xbox Live game invitations — while watching TV or listening to Internet radio. Your gaming friends are only a remote click away. Also keep in touch with family via instant message through Windows Messenger.
With a wired or wireless connection to the Media Center PC (sold separately), the Xbox console now allows you to enjoy the digital entertainment media from your PC when and how you want. The included remote control and IR receiver also support DVD movie playback. Just grab the remote, drop in the Media Center Extender DVD in your Xbox, and get ready for an entertainment revolution! A whole new world for your Xbox awaits …
• Watch and record television shows.
• Enjoy a free integrated TV Program Guide with no fees.
• Access your Media Center PC’s digital media library music, videos, and pictures.
• Stay connected with instant messaging and Xbox Live.
• Watch DVD movies.
• Listen to FM and Internet radio.
• Entertain Yourself
• Turn your Xbox into the ultimate entertainment center. Enjoy all the digital music, photos, videos and TV shows stored on your Media Center PC from the convenience of your Xbox console.
• Extend the experience through Media Center add-on services that offer music and video on demand, news, and sports information.
Use the built-in Ethernet network support of your Xbox or optional compatible wireless hardware (sold separately) to bring the Media Center experience to televisions all over your house. Just connect the Xbox console to the home network, run the set-up software on the host Media Center PC, grab the remote control, and you’re in business.
PLEASE NOTE: THE XBOX EXTENDERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ARE FOR NTSC TV ONLY. XPMEDIACENTRE.COM.AU HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT PAL VERSIONS SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE FOR EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA SOMETIME DURING MARCH 2005
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www.xbox.com
