Xbox One not outputting video feed and a wire-tethered controller not even CONNECTING to my ...

Hello Matutu,

By USB adapter, you're talking about the one designed for Windows, right? The little USB dongle that plugs into a PC and allows controllers to connect wirelessly.

I don't *think* this works on the console itself, but I cannot be sure. I would advise against spending money on that as a solution in the way you describe.

However, there are a couple alternatives:

-- If you don't mind using the controller as a wired controller, you can run a USB from console to where you play and plug the controller in.

-- Alternatively, using a Windows 10 PC in the location you actually play, you can stream the Xbox One's video output to the PC, but, more importantly for you, you can stream controller inputs back from PC to Xbox One.

Elaborating on the Windows 10 example, even if you plan to play on a TV (directly connected via HDMI to the console, or however the setup is currently), you can have a Windows 10 PC in the room to which you stream the video output across the local network
(PC can be connected by wire to router for minimal latency), and to the PC you can either connect the controller by USB cable OR use the Wireless Adapter and have the controller connected to the PC wirelessly. In both cases, controller inputs go from Windows
10 PC back to console, and for video you could be looking at either your existing monitor or Windows 10 PC.

With the Windows 10 setup, with controller inputs and video output now being transmitted across the local network, you may introduce some latency to your gaming, but there's not really any good way to know before you try. If the PC is wired to the router,
the latency should be minimal, but I cannot say for certain. What I do know is that I have streamed the Xbox One video output to my own PC (both connected wirelessly to router) on the highest settings, with a controller connected via USB to console, and I
have not had any significant performance issues.

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For setting up Windows 10 game streaming, and details on system requirements, read this article here:

support.xbox.com/.../how-to-use-game-streaming

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Let us know how you get on, or if you have further questions. I hope this helps.

Same here, I followed the support steps that eventually led me to do a factory reset which was a mistake, now I can't even start my xbox offline. I tried with wired and wireless connection and with a flashdrive with no luck. Some people seem to have success
with updating by tethering a mobile hotspot, but unfortunately my cell phone provider has tethering locked.

You'd need a headphone amp or a pair of computer speakers with a headphone output between the AV output and the headphones. Connecting them straight to a line level output like the AV output on the Xbox 360 would not only lose the ability to control volume
and be extremely loud, but could kill the headphones.

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I'm a bit unsure of how they've set up the AV output though. Given that it's a four-pole type to also output composite video, it might not be wired to be used for audio only (though it should be).

There is a problem with many third party audio adapters in that they're wired to identify themselves as a full AV cable to the Xbox 360. The original audio adapter which is no longer in production, was wired to have its own unique identity.

So in a nutshell, the Xbox 360 thinks it's supposed to be sending composite video over the AV output, not just audio.

And this highlights a limitation to how the Xbox 360 handles video output. For technical and some licensing reasons, it cannot output HDMI and analog video at the same time.

When the Xbox 360 boots it prioritizes HDMI and tries to establish a connection with the receiving device. If there is no response, it instead checks if there is anything connected to the analog AV port and if so, switches over to analog video output. If nothing
is connected to the analog AV port, or a properly wired audio adapter, the Xbox 360 simply keeps on waiting for the HDMI connection to establish.

The same thing happens if the communication over HDMI is interrupted. If there is nothing connected to the analog AV port or a properly wired audio adapter, the Xbox 360 waits for the HDMI connection to re-establish. If there is an analog AV cable connected,
it reboots so that it can configure itself for analog video output.

To solve the problem, you either have to crack open the audio adapter's connector and re-solder it to make it identify itself as an audio adapter, not as an AV cable. If you have a soldering iron and want to take a crack at this, you should be able to find instructions
on the net for which pins to wire.

Another soloution is to try getting hold of a used original audio adapter, or a third party one that is known to be wired correctly.

Of course the most dramatic and expensive solution is to get an Xbox 360S. As stated by Bill Gates in an interview once: "Microsoft has never been accused of not knowing how to make money".

The jackplug in the controller is for chat only. The stereo feed for a headset is taken from an audio adapter connected into the A/V socket on the back of the console, or from the audio output on the TV.