How to Change an Xbox Dashboard
While seasonal updates to your Xbox 360's dashboard change its functionality and features, you can go one step further and customize the dashboard yourself. Changing its appearance is accomplished by purchasing themes created and sold by Microsoft. Apply these themes to give your dashboard a custom feel with, for example, art work from games like "Gears of War" or online comics like "Penny Arcade."
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Instructions
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Power on your Xbox 360. Make sure the console can access the Internet by plugging an Ethernet cord into the back of the system.
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Insert a memory unit into your console. You will only need to do this if you do not have an Xbox 360 hard drive.
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Scroll down with the analog stick and highlight "Game Marketplace." Scroll to the left and highlight "Explore Game Content" and press "A."
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Press down on your analog stick to highlight "Themes and Gamer Pictures." Scroll to the left, highlight "Browse" and press "A."
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Choose the theme you wish to download and press "A" to access the download menu.
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Press "X" to add Microsoft Points to your account to purchase premium themes.
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Highlight "Confirm Download" and press "A" to begin the download process. Press "B" when the download has completed to return to the top menu.
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Select "My Xbox" and scroll to the image of your Xbox 360 avatar. Press "A" and then select "Change Theme" and press "A" again.
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Choose the theme you downloaded from the list of available themes. The dashboard of your Xbox 360 will change to preview this theme. Press "A" to confirm the change and return to your dashboard.
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Tips & Warnings
A selection of free dashboard themes are available on your console. You can access them from the "Change Theme" menu.
