Xbox 360: change to PAL 60hzSaturday 05 May 2007 10:25 Tags: xbox 360, TV, television After getting back my Xbox 360 from repair I was reminded of an awkward bug in the system. I couldn't play two of my games, DOA and Crackdown, because they only run in PAL 60Hz. The default setting for my Xbox system is PAL 50Hz. Seems ok right? just go to settings > video and make the changes. But its not so simple. My Xbox is running in HD mode through component input to my TV. This completely removes the options for choose PAL settings from the system menu leaving (I presume) many users lost. The solution is to turn off your Xbox 360, change the switch on the video cable from HDTV to TV and then turn back on. This usually involves digging out the video block, connecting it up and finding a scart input to your TV. Now you can access the PAL settings to make the change to 60Hz. Then you can unplug all your cables and put it back as it was! This is incredibly annoying. It seems these games are detecting a system setting and refusing to run, even when you're running in high-def mode and that setting (I assume) doesn't figure in to the equation as the Xbox doesn't even let you access it when in HD mode. Comments welcome! Comments (6) 3 Jul 2007 10:04 by jonah U just saved me hours mate. top work! 26 Jul 2007 11:51 by WS85 U just saved my xbox from being thrown out the window! it was really starting to annoy me!
Cheers dude. 10 Aug 2007 01:35 by Yaab thx mate!
very helpful! :-) 14 Aug 2007 06:29 by Spud Cheers dude - i was lucky, your site was the first hit on my Google search and your insutructions saved me a lot of time!
One small thing i noticed - you don't even have to find a scart input to your TV after you switch the video cable from HDTV to TV; i just left the component cable connected as it was and that enabled me to access the PAL settings under System - Console Settings - Display. Big thanks for the instructions dude! 6 Sep 2007 12:15 by Halo3 Addict Thanks for the info. Shame there isn't any mention of this on xbox website or in the manual, could have saved me a lot of trouble. 7 Sep 2007 02:02 by matty.s nice one mate i thought it was going to be my t.v that would allow the xbox to run in 60hz. | Show channel: 05 May 2007 Xbox 360: change to PAL 60hz 04 May 2007 Chicago Town Deli Quiche 30 Apr 2007 Lost Planet: Kill Giant Worm 29 Apr 2007 Grace Park in Command & Conquer 3 27 Apr 2007 Sky Anytime TV 26 Apr 2007 Spongebob Squarepants & Lyrics 20 Apr 2007 England Smokefree 19 Apr 2007 Xbox 360: Lost Planet - Kill Green Eye 18 Apr 2007 Xbox 360: Lost Planet - Kill Giant Moth 17 Apr 2007 UK Road Pricing : Big Brother Britain 16 Apr 2007 Xbox 360 returned! 14 Apr 2007 Stilton Cheese, The King of Cheese 13 Apr 2007 Movie Review: A Scanner Darkly 12 Apr 2007 HTML content above transparent Flash |
