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Connect Zune to your Xbox 360.

Anyone wonder if they can connect their Zune to their Xbox 360? Hell yes you can!

Use your Zune usb cable and Connect it to your xbox's usb port.

Select the Media blade and Music, you should see your zune as you named it on your computer.

From here its really simple, you can play your files on your Tv, This is usefull for playing some videos to your Tv in various formats.

Have fun with it.

Tips On conserving Battery Power.

Here Are some nice tips and tricks to help you conserve battery Life.

They were taken from Zunemods.net

Tip 1

Complete Power Down
When many people are done listening to their Zune they hold the play button thinking they are turning their device off. WRONG, holding play puts your device into a suspended sleep mode. This sleep mode is good for people who use their Zune off and on a lot throughout the day, but if you are going to shut off your Zune and keep it off for longer than 10-15 minutes a complete power off is a good idea.

Turn Off Your Zune

To turn off your Zune, you hold 'down' and 'back' simultaneously for about 5 seconds. This will completely turn off your Zune. The only downside to turning it completely off is that when you choose to turn it back on (hold 'play') it has to boot up, which takes 5-10 seconds.

Tip 2

Backlight Timer

Changing the backlight timer is an easy way to improve your battery life. The Zune backlight timer works by automatically turning off your Zune screen backlight after a period of inactivity (not touching and buttons). In most cases the average user would find 15 or 30 seconds plenty of time for the backlight timer.

How to Change

It Start at the main menu, going down to 'settings', then navigate down to 'display' and hightlight 'backlight' and click the select button. The choices are: '1 second', '5 seconds', '15 seconds', '30 seconds', and '1 minute'. For optimal battery life use the lower settings. (below 30 seconds)

Tip 3

Turn down the lights!

This one goes along with Tip 2. The brightness of your Zunes backlight can also be adjusted. By default it is set to medium, which for most people may be a good option, but for best battery life set it to low.

Set your Backlight Brightness

Start at the main menu, going down to 'settings', then navigate down to 'display' and hightlight 'brightness' and click. There are 3 settngs: 'Low', 'Medium', and 'High'. For optimal battery life use the 'Low' setting.

Tip 4

The Wireless Transmitter

Everyone loves the WiFi features of the Zune. Sharing songs, sending pictures, and see what others are listening to. It's a first in the mobile music player business. But the WiFi transmitter also eats up battery life, and if you can keep it off during normal use, and only turn it on when you are going to make a transfer it will increase your battery life.

Toggle Your WiFi On/Off

Start at the main menu, go down to 'settings', and with 'wireless' selected click the select button. There are 2 options: 'On' and 'Off' Tip 5 The Built-in EQ Many people don't know this, but using the built-in equalizer actually lowers battery life. This is because your Zune must run all of your music through the equalizer before sending it out to your headphones. But, you will notice little to no difference between EQ settings, and furthermore when set to "None" it will play your song the way it was meant to be heard. Sounds good right.

Turning Off the EQ

Start at the main menu, and head down to "settings". From there navigate down one to "music". From this menu go all the way down to "equalizer". Click the "equalizer" setting until it displays "none".

Tip 6

Movies in Moderation

It's common sense, I know, but it still has to be said. Watching videos on your Zune is the fastest way to drain your battery. Music Videos, Movies, Podcasts etc.. Watching them significantly reduces battery life. The Zune has an estimated 3.5 hours or battery life while watching video. Thats much less than the 12 hours of music it delivers.

Tip 7

Dont Run it on Empty

One last way to ensure your Zune battery retains its full charge for as long as possible is not to let the battery fully deplete. Each time you run your Zune battery to empty the Lithium Ion battery loses a bit of its potential charge. So the more you run your device to empty, the less charge your Zune will hold.

Thanks ZuneMods.net for these tips.

Use and View Zune as a Portable Hard Drive.

Turn That Ol' Zune into a Portable Hard drive!

Also Note that this is a Pre Requisite for sending any file type over wireless.

This modification is completely computer-side, meaning that you will have to change no settings on your Zune. This is a good thing and a bad thing. The good news is that there is no worry about voiding your Zune's warranty, but the bad news is that you must complete this mod on every computer you with to use to access your Zune as a portable hard drive.

Check it out here!

http://www.zunemods.net/Zune_Portable_HDD_Mod-va6.html

Battery Upgrade Mod.

Battery mod.

Ok this mod doesnt seem that useful considering the battery they use really only gives about an extra hour of use. The trick would be to find a higher density battery to fit in the same space.

It is a really cool mod anyway, check it out.

http://www.zunemods.net/cms_view_article.php?aid=20

Headphone Jack Replacement. (Dont throw away those headphones!)

This great tutorial will help all of us who throw headphones away before their time!

I am SOOO glad I found this.

here you go guys!

Headphone Jack replacement.

http://www.zunemods.net/cms_view_article.php?aid=21

Zune Harddrive Mod

Ive found a nice post on the net for modding the hard drive. The mod seems easy, also you can mod any size hard drive you want, as long as it follows the model specs.

The cost seems a bit high considering that most people dont have broken hard drives in the first place.

http://www.zunemods.net/cms_view_article.php?aid=11

I will check around online for some good deals and these hard drives. Then ill add them to the new reviews section.

Enjoy.

Share any file type wirelessly with your Zune.

Ive come across a way to share any file wirelessly. Since the Zune supports sharing photos, all you need to do is rename your .zip file into a .jpg file. I have not tested whether you need to name is .jpg or .jpeg however I think it works the same.

Also note that you need to complete the Zune as a Portable Hard Drive before you can Send the file.

Enjoy.

Great Investigation....begins...

Today I am completely bored at work. I think ill search around on the net and start filling up the Zune Hack links.

If anyone has any hacks, or knows of any... let me know and ill post them.

New Zune! I love it so far

I bought my zune at Target. I love it! So here I am writing about it. I decided to make a post about the different zune types, accessories, and hacks (if I find any).

If anyone has any tips dont hesitate to comment.

HERE WE GO!