Online status and notifications

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A user asks: "It would be nice if it was possible to deactivate the notifications for DVD playback. (but make them still appear if you play games) "

What I do when I'm watching DVDs is to set my online status to Busy. That disables all the online notifications. When I'm back into the Dash or a game, I set my online status back to Online.

You can also set your online status before you sign-in: Press the Xbox button to start the Guide, select Personal Settings and the Online Status you want.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    Great tip! Thanks

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    Great! Thanks for the info! :-D

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    That is a good feature.  I didn't know you could do that.

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    Why not make it so it automatically sets your status to busy when watching a DVD?

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    I've recently been setting my status to Busy when watching DVD's as well. But still think it'd be nice to have a setting something like "Automatically set online status to Busy when watching DVD - Yes or No". It'd be nice if that was implemented when the "Autorun - On or Off" feature is implemented :)

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    hey, Can you guys publish an update which you allow background downloads + why my platinum edition PGR2 doesnt work on Xbox 360

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    PGR2 isn't on the Xbox 360 Backward Compatability list. ( http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm ) We all keep praying that this list will get updated someday.  

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    I didn't even know you could do that....  Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2006
    Yeah, having it do that automatically would be great. I live in a shared house, and while I'm happy to do that, all they want to do, is watch a dvd without having to mess around with settings

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2006
    I have my Xbox setup so that my profile is not automatically loaded.  That way, when the kids throw in a DVD no profile is loaded, I don't show up online, and no one sees player messages.

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2006
    While we're at it. It would be nice if:

    - The music player would remember the volume I last had it on.
    - If my memory card failed after unlocking an achievement I don't permanently loose that achievement (happened a few times due to a faulty memory card slot, now I can't ever get these because the XB thinks I've already got them).
    - The music player would remember where I am in the folder directory of a portable device. So I can quickly change songs or folders.
    - I could chat to multiple people :P (couldn't resist)
    - Download in background.
    - You could create playlists for portable devices and save them on your HD/memory card.
    - When asked for private chat, invite etc. I could hold down or double press the XG button to accept.
    - I didn't have to waste £8 to change my gamertag (ok, so that isn't your department).

    There just a few little suggestions which I would love to see implemented.

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2006
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    February 21, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2006
    They won't do the memory card thing, simply because it will allow people to easily get gamerpoints they shouldn't be able to. There's already a 3rd poart one available from Datel, what's wrong with that? 3rd party just means it's cheaper.

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2006
    Id love to download a better quality software dvd player - maybe off live marketplace?

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2006
    I'll second that request for better DVD playback.  I've got a $39 "Cyberhome" Progressive scan DVD player that gives a smoother picture than my $400 Xbox 360.  

    That's just wrong on so many levels..

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2006
    Going for some cross-blog lovin' here. I too discuss the online status features in my blog, if you're curious about the different statuses: http://spaces.msn.com/members/XboxElle/Blog/cns!1pUP4M-J1d781v7Ac0Ta8FDw!148.entry

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    February 25, 2006
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    February 25, 2006
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    February 25, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    February 28, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    February 28, 2006
    Greedy :P Yes I've heard lots of rumours about that. I think, being Microsoft, they probably will integrate it with MSN. Microsoft tend to be good with integrating their services, although not always free.

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    July 23, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Is it possible that you can keep your status to online without it automaticlly going to "Away." If I wanted for example to keep my comp turned on for a couple days and have my status remain online..does that make sense and is that possible? Thank you

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    May 23, 2008
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