How to turn on or off your Xbox 360 console and your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller

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INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to turn your Xbox 360 console and your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller on and off.

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Methods to turn on your Xbox 360 console and your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller

To turn on your Xbox 360 console and your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, press the Xbox Guide button on the controller.
To turn on your Xbox 360 console only, press the power button on the console.
To turn on your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller only, press the START button on the controller.

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Methods to turn off your Xbox 360 console and your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller

To turn off your Xbox 360 console and your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, press and hold the Xbox Guide button on the controller for three seconds. Next, select whether you want to turn off just the controller or both the controller and the console. If you select the console, the console and all connected controllers are turned off.
To turn off only the console, press the power button on the console.

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Additional support

If the steps in the previous section did not resolve your issue, your console may have to be repaired. For more information about how to start the online repair process, please visit one of the following Web Page links:

United States customers - Online console repair (http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/LiveIDSignIn.aspx? redirectUrl=http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/registerdevice.aspx? step=repair)

Outside the United States - Online console repair (http://www.xbox.com/support/)

Note: Online console repair service is currently not available in all countries and regions.

For more information about how to contact Xbox Customer Support directly, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.xbox.com/support/contact (http://www.xbox.com/support/contact)

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft XBox 360 Video Game System
Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
Microsoft Xbox

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