My Xbox One

Bill Loguidice is a critically acclaimed technology author, as well as co-founder and managing director for the online publication, Armchair Arcade (www.armchairarcade.com). A noted video game and computer historian and subject matter expert, Bill personally owns and maintains more than 450 dif­ferent systems from the 1970s to the present day, including a large volume of associated materials.   Bill is the author of the following major books: Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time (2014), CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer (2013), My PlayStation Vita (2012), My Xbox: Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox LIVE (2012), Motorola ATRIX For Dummies (2011), Wii Fitness For Dummies (2010), and Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time (2009).   Bill was also a writer and producer on the 2014 feature film documentary on the history of video games titled Gameplay: The Story of the Videogame Revolution and is hard at work on other exciting books, articles, and creative projects.   Christina Torster Loguidice is a scientific, technical, and medical (STM) edi­tor and writer. Over her publishing career, she has overseen numerous peer-reviewed clinical journals and healthcare technology magazines. Christina is currently the editorial director of Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging, a monthly, peer-reviewed, clinical journal dedicated to improving the care of long-term care residents. She is also a contributing editor on the clinical journal, Consultant, and reports from several medical conventions annually.   Christina is the author of the following major books: Cancer Nutrition and Recipes For Dummies (2013), My PlayStation Vita (2012), My Xbox: Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox LIVE (2012), and Wii Fitness For Dummies (2010).   Christina is also the developer and course instructor for the online course Explore a Career in Medical Writing. She also served as a production assistant on the 2014 feature film, Gameplay: The Story of the Videogame Revolution, a documentary on the history of video games.  

Prologue: Getting to Know the Xbox One

Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Xbox One

Making a Home for Your Xbox One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Hook Up Your Xbox One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Power On for the First Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Playing Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Insert and Remove Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Manually Eject Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting Up a Cable or Satellite Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Begin First-Time Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting Additional Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Use Kinect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Use the Accessory Pairing Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Use a Micro-USB Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setting Up Your Headset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Understanding Your Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 2 Navigating Your Xbox One’s Dashboard and Settings

Navigating the Dashboard with Your Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Understanding the Dashboard Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Reviewing the Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Examining Pins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Checking Out the Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Understanding Kinect Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Navigating the Dashboard via Motion Controls. . . . . . . . . . 55

Navigating the Dashboard via Voice Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Breaking Down the Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Set Up a Passkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Changing the Console Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Kinect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

TV & OneGuide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Disc & Blu-ray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Display & Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Closed Captioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Power & Startup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Adjusting Family Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Add Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Remove Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Managing Other People and Guest Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Remove Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Adjust Guest Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Multitasking with Snap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Snap and Unsnap Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Switch Over to Your Snapped App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

View a Snapped App in Full Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Chapter 3 Examining Xbox Live

Understanding Xbox Live Memberships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Joining Xbox Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Redeeming Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Scanning Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Enter a Code Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Paying for Purchases with PayPal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Connecting PayPal and Your Xbox One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Earning Achievements for Games and Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Accessing Xbox Live Gold Anywhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Connecting to Xbox on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Enjoying Xbox Live Rewards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Understanding Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Chapter 4 Personalizing Your Xbox One Experience

Understanding Your Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Get into Your Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Customizing Your Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Change a Gamertag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Building an Avatar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Select a Base to Work From. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Change My Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Change My Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Create a Gamerpic with Your Avatar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Assigning a Profile to a Wireless Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Automatically Assigning a Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Manually Assigning a Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Accessorizing Your Xbox One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Keyboards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Universal Remotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Headphones and Speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Networking Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Security Locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Kinect Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Chapter 5 Getting Your Game On

Coming to Grips with the Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Installing and Uninstalling Games and Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Managing Installs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Playing as You Install a Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Managing Game Saves in the Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Delete a Saved Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Buying Add-ons and DLC with Tokens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Install an Add-on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Referencing Machinima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Working with Game DVR, Upload, and Upload Studio. . . . .154

Record with Game DVR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Upload a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Using Upload Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Streaming with Twitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Install Twitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Log In to Twitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Broadcasting with Twitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Checking Out Some Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Understanding Game Ratings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Perusing Retail Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Perusing Digital-Only Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Chapter 6 Making the Social Connection

Understanding the Friends App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Interacting with Friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Add a Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Ways of Interacting with Friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Send a Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Learning About Your Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Getting the Party Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Send a Party Invitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Joining Parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Invite Friends to a Game from the Home Screen. . . . . . . .196

Invite Friends to a Game from in the Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Keeping in Touch via Skype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Set Up Skype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Examining the Skype Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Make a Voice and Video Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Accepting Skype Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Send a Text Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Chapter 7 Viewing Videos and Video Content

Working with OneGuide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Add and Watch Your Favorite Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Using App Channels to See Your Streaming Video Apps. . . . . . . .212

Enjoying TV Shows, Music Videos, and Movies with Xbox Video. . . . . . . . . . . .213

Purchase or Rent Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Controlling Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Stream Videos and Photos from Your Computer . . . . . . . .217

Stream Videos from a Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Using Apps to Watch Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Netflix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Hulu Plus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Amazon Instant Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

YouTube. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Watching Other Video Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Playing DVDs and Blu-rays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Controlling DVDs and Blu-rays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Chapter 8 Tuning In to Music

Accessing Xbox Music and Xbox Music Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Install Xbox Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Sign Up for an Xbox Music Pass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Understanding the Xbox Music Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Controlling the Music and Video Playback Menus. . . . . .243

Create a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Create a Radio Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Streaming Your Personal Music Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Playing Your Music CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Install the Audio CD Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Understanding the Audio CD Player Interface. . . . . . . . . . .251

Chapter 9 Managing Files with OneDrive

Getting to Know OneDrive on Xbox One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Install OneDrive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Taking Control of OneDrive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Integrating OneDrive from Other Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Change Folder Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Add Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Share Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Report Inappropriate Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Chapter 10 Surfing with Internet Explorer

Understanding Internet Explorer on Xbox One. . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

Set Up Internet Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Grasping the Internet Explorer Menu Options. . . . . . . . . . .271

Adjusting Internet Explorer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Learning the Internet Explorer Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274

Work with Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Save and Delete Favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Navigating Web Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Chapter 11 Looking Through the SmartGlass

Downloading and Installing the SmartGlass App. . . . . . . . . . .282

Download and Install on a Windows 8 Device. . . . . . . . . . .282

Download and Install on an iOS Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Using the SmartGlass App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Tell Your Xbox to Talk to SmartGlass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Connect SmartGlass to Your Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

Find Your Xbox One’s IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288

Using SmartGlass without Your Xbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Getting to Know the SmartGlass App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Using SmartGlass as a Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

Using SmartGlass as a Second Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295

 

 

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