how do you turn on xbox 360 wireless controller

Hi,

Powering on Xbox 360 controllers is the same as powering on a Xbox One controller - press the guide button until it flashes green. The guide button is silver on Xbox 360 controllers and white on Xbox One/Series X|S controllers.

Support guides for Xbox 360 controllers can all be found on the Xbox Support website (https://support.xbox.com) simply by typing ‘Xbox 360 controller’ into the search box. I’ve added them here though, to refer to.

How to turn on/off your Xbox 360 console and wireless controller

And for wired controllers:

Connect a controller to your Xbox 360

More Xbox 360 controller guides:

Xbox 360 wired and wireless controllers

Set up an Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller disconnects or can’t connect

How to replace the batteries in your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller

For help with a Xbox One/Series X|S controller (I understand you’re enquiring about Xbox 360, but I’ve also included the guides for Xbox One in case needed, and to help others):

Connect an Xbox Wireless Controller to your console

Get to know your Xbox One Wireless Controller

Troubleshoot your Xbox Wireless Controller

Update your Xbox Wireless Controller

This applies to both Xbox One/Series X|S and Xbox 360 controllers:

If the controller light is flashing and doesn’t eventually turn to a solid colour, then this means something is preventing it from connecting/powering on (it’s possible it could be all these factors and reasons so be sure to consider this and verify everything):

1. You need to replace the batteries.

2. It’s out of range from your console - try moving closer.

3. It’s not synced to your specific console - try resyncing it, referring to the guides above. The re-sync should be instant but can take a few seconds.

4. The console is off (if the controller is synced to your console, then the power supply would be disconnected, as turning on the controller automatically turns on the console).

Sometimes the light is incorrectly flashing (indicating that it’s resyncing even when it isn’t), although if the controller is working okay, then you can ignore the blinking light - you may want to restart your console if this persists.

Hope this helps!

Hello im tring to hook up my xbox 360 controller with charge cord....

H,

That's your problem, right there. Unfortunately, if you connect your wireless Xbox 360 controller with a charging cable, all your doing is charging the controller.

The 360 wireless controller can't be turned into a wired controller with the charging cable as neither the controller or the wire were designed to send data this way.

You either need 360 wired controller or an Xbox One controller. Xbox One controllers can use wired or wireless, but wireless is only supported via Windows 10.

Hope that helps.

what you should do is first turn off the Xbox 360. Then sync the controller if that does work good, but if it does not try going on Xbox 360 Wireless controller problems you can always change batteries if that's the proplem

Is the controller a wireless controller or wired? If it is wireless, how are you connecting it? If by using the play & charge kit, then the Xbox 360 controller will not work, as the cable is only recognized on PC for charging only. You need to use a Xbox
360 Wireless adapter for PC to connect a wireless Xbox 360 controller to your PC.

Turn off and disconnect all controllers from the Xbox 360 and disconnect the wireless headsets from the controllers.

Connect the wireless headset to the Xbox 360 using the USB cable. Turn on the wireless headset.

Sync the headset to quadrant 1 by pressing the "Connect" button on the on the Xbox 360. Then press the "Connect" button on the wireless headset for two seconds. Do not continue to press the "Connect" button on the wireless headset, as this will change the
quadrant to which it is connected. If the headset now works without the controllers attached, the problem must be with one of your controllers. If the headset still does not work, then the problem is with the headset.