360 play and charge kit on PC/Windows RT

Hi guys, I was hoping to use my 360 controller on my pc and tablet. So I tried connecting via play and charge usb adapter.

Is the play and charge kit adapter literally for charging only, or is it supposed to allow input to the pc so I can play?

In the charms pc settings pc devices, it shows up as Xbox 360 Wireless Controller via Play & Charge kit. It also says that exact same line in Device Manager under Xbox 360 peripherals. But on both PC and tablet I can't actually get it to provide input. The
jewel on the controller will never lock into a player one led, it just flashes.

Here's a screen grab of my pc settings with it being detected. While this screen grab is from my pc, it exactly the same on windows rt.

http://www.buggyonpurpose.com/random/playandcharge.png

I would love to use my xbox one controller on windows RT but it isnt supported which really sucks so that's why I need help using a 360 controller.

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[Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit] How do I recharge battery kit on PC using Windows 7?

Hello!

I have purchased the new Xbox gamepad that comes with Play & Charge kit.

On Xbox 360 the battery kit recharges fine but it does not recharge at all in PC using Windows 7.

I also I own the Wireless receiver.

Please note: I'm asking how to recharge the kit, not how I'll play with the gamepad using play & charge kit.

 

Play and Charge for windows

Hello

I play with the xbox 360 controller for windows and i have bought the play and charge kit.

Can i use it on the Pc? I have no xbox 360.

Thank you very much for helping!!!!

 

Hello,

The play and charge only charges the controller, it can not turn a wireless Xbox 360 controller into a wired controller. To use a wireless controller, you will need a Wireless Gaming receiver. However, Microsoft no longer makes these devices. All the ones
being sold on the likes of websites such as eBay and Amazon are third party. They do work, but you may need to do the setup manually. If you run into issues, bookmark this

link. The link is for Windows 7, however the same procedure should work for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

The play and charge driver that was installed, just allows the controller to sync automatically with the receiver if you connect it up via the charging USB cable. It doesn't do anything else. Other than that, you could buy a wired controller.

 

Thanks for the confirmation. That explains my troubles. If only they would make the XBO drivers available for windows RT

 

There is no controller driver to download for Windows 8 because the driver is already installed as part of the Operating System. This applies to both the Desktop version of Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 8/8.1RT for Windows Surface Tablets.

If you have a wired Xbox 360 controller, just plug it in, it will work straight away. For wireless controllers you still need a wireless gaming receiver. And yes, the receiver does work with Windows 8RT.

 

but if you like the xbox one controllers you can use them as wired with the slim usb lead, that's if they have released the drivers for those on windows 8 rt