Xbox 360 controller battery power

Sunrunner · 14 Jan 2008 at 16:15

Hi there,

Is there anyway of recalibrating the controller battery level as it started doing the flashing thing meaning it was getting flat but when I checked, its was still showing 2 bars of power ?

I attached the plug and play lead for half an hour but the level didn't really change. Is this normal ?

Thanks

Sunrunner

PiKe · 14 Jan 2008 at 16:15

Sunrunner said:
Hi there,

Is there anyway of recalibrating the controller battery level as it started doing the flashing thing meaning it was getting flat but when I checked, its was still showing 2 bars of power ?

I attached the plug and play lead for half an hour but the level didn't really change. Is this normal ?

Thanks

Sunrunner

Yup, it's not very accurate, it'll go on for some hours once it starts flashing.

Sunrunner · 14 Jan 2008 at 16:17

cool, thanks for the reply

Tobes · 14 Jan 2008 at 17:20

PiKe said:
Yup, it's not very accurate, it'll go on for some hours once it starts flashing.

So freaking annoying though. I have to plug in my P&C kit as soon as it comes up just to stop me going insane.

tom_e · 14 Jan 2008 at 17:22

I just find looking at the game stops me noticing the controller

JUMPURS · 14 Jan 2008 at 17:25

blitz2163 said:
I just find looking at the game stops me noticing the controller

Well unless you play with your controller behind your back, it catches your peripheral vision.

My battery has got worse with the alerts lately. Also my battery has never really fully charged. No matter how long i leave it connected for, it never seems to get full. PITA really.

tom_e · 14 Jan 2008 at 17:27

JUMPURS said:
Well unless you play with your controller behind your back, it catches your peripheral vision.

My battery has got worse with the alerts lately. Also my battery has never really fully charged. No matter how long i leave it connected for, it never seems to get full. PITA really.

I play with my hands and the controller under my desk

Tobes · 14 Jan 2008 at 17:28

So that's what people call it

JUMPURS · 14 Jan 2008 at 17:29

blitz2163 said:
I play with my hands and the controller under my desk

I think we will stop right there thank you very much

tom_e · 14 Jan 2008 at 17:30

I knew id worded that badly

Mr Men · 14 Jan 2008 at 18:06

Put a bit black tape over the guide button, can still press it, if its really such a hardship that flashing lights distract you from a game

Tobes · 14 Jan 2008 at 19:51

Or they could just fix it so it flashes when it gets down to one bar?

Mr Men · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:23

Why would that make any difference? It's still going to flash

Tobes · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:24

Because I have about half the juice left in it. Its like a mobile phone constantly telling you have low battery. You only want it to do it if it does have low battery.

wedgie · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:25

The annoyance is that it flashes long before it needs to.

Mr Men · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:26

Just use a wired pad then if its such a bad thing?

yaboy · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:26

wedgie said:
The annoyance is that it flashes long before it needs to.

Yes. Like the other day I was on Forza 2 doing some big online race and it was flashing didnt know if to change during a pit or what :/

Anyway I saw that Nyko or something battery charging thing looks good, wonder when its released :O

http://www.nyko.com/nyko/products/?i=132
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29575.html

Mr Men · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:27

wedgie said:
The annoyance is that it flashes long before it needs to.

Depends, maybe some don't have plug and play or a battery pack, maybe they need to go to the shop and get new batteries, so in that case its a good time to warn the power is getting low

wedgie · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:28

Mr Men said:
Just use a wired pad then if its such a bad thing?

It's not really something that bothers me, was just explaining that it's the lights flashing too early that bothers people rather than the idea of it flashing at all.

wedgie · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:29

Mr Men said:
Depends, maybe some don't have plug and play or a battery pack, maybe they need to go to the shop and get new batteries, so in that case its a good time to warn the power is getting low

A good time to warn that the battery is getting low would be when it is actually getting low.