New Features
· 1.Download Manager: Marketplace items now download in the background, you can queue up to six pieces of content.
· 2.DVD bookmark support will remember the film’s timing and location when resuming viewing. ·
3.Fast-forward and rewind now offered at 2x -16x for any videos saved to hard drive. ·
4.Boot to Dashboard setting will bypass the loading of any disc in the drive and open directly to Dashboard during power-on. · You can begin slideshows from any photo. · The music player saves "shuffle" setting. · The music player saves "repeat" setting. · The music player now displays which file is currently playing in the playlist. ·
5.The music volume level persists between game / reboots. ·
6.Eight new locales added (Chile, Brazil, India, South Africa, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia). · 7.Separate settings are now offered for Game and User volume controls. ·
8.Themes can now be set from the "System" blade on the Dashboard. ·
9.User-selected music continues play when switching from Dashboard to game or game to Dashboard. ·
10."All Arcade Games" added as a selection in the Xbox Live Arcade area. ·
11.Personal gamer pictures are now allowed, displayed only to those on your friends list. · 12.Added support to disable sound effects when navigating Dashboard. ·
13.Instantaneous "Change Theme" option has been added upon downloading new Dashboard Themes. ·
14.You can preserve the folder structure of source when viewing photos. ·
15.A / B labels now provided to identify memory units in Dashboard.
16.Online status is set to "Away" when screensaver becomes active. System Improvements DVD Player · 1.Improved the audio/video sync after extended pauses. · 2.Improved the visual quality. · 3.The DVD player outputs at native resolution over VGA connection. · 4.Improved the playback smoothness. · 5.Improved the fast-forward and rewind smoothness. · 6.DVD play continues to attempt to read a disc after "disc read" error. · DVD play Pause / Play jitter / out of synch issues improved. · DVD play Slow Play / Play jitter / out of synch issues improved. · Repaired issues with missing menu selection icon from DVD disc menu for certain films. · Improved Xbox 360 Guide efficiency during certain films. · Repaired playback stutter during certain films. Music Player · Player now populates music data (Title, Artist, etc.) when no track information is available. · User music now pauses, instead of stopping, when games override user-selected background music. · Selecting an artist’s <UNTITLED> album no longer displays <UNTITLED> albums for all artists. · Improved the performance when retrieving playlists from a Windows Media connection. · Music tracks listed in order when viewing albums by specific artist. · Unified music controls available for music player in Dashboard and pop-up Guide. · Improved the playback for mono AAC-encoded files. · Improved the connection timing between console and CD database over Internet. · The player no longer allows hard-drive selection when no hard-drive is connected. · Removed handling of MTP/USB devices when playing music from them more robust. · Improved error codes / messaging associated with unplayable content. Localization Improvements · Fixed partially truncated strings in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. · Korean clock / date format corrected after initial set-up. · Fixed system hang when changing the language of the console immediately after signing out. · Korean virtual keyboard "down" navigation now works for lower-right button. · Korean virtual keyboard caps disabled for input mode. · Fixed overlapping characters for pre-paid Gold membership card (Japanese localization). · Removed extra spaces in several translated words (French localization). · PC name displayed properly when containing Japanese characters. · Support added for single-apostrophe character for Japanese virtual keyboard. Memory Area Improvements · Streamlined selection: no profile selection required. · Improved overall performance, allowing quicker access to content. · Improved content views including name, file type, size, profile owner, and location. · Faster identification of file types and fewer steps for actions such as copy, move, delete, etc. · Capacity (or percentage-full) of storage device is now consistent between select-a-device and storage scenes. · Device selection now shown on each screen to improve usability. Miscellaneous System Improvements · Time elapsed now displayed when playing music files. · Media library categorization enhanced. · Accelerated scrolling added for large music lists. · New "shuffle" icon added. · Repeat / Shuffle icon now operates as toggle button. · Default button for manual IP address is now "A" instead of "Done." · Hidden and system folders are no longer displayed from MTP / mass storage devices. · Difficulty levels for gamer profiles are now ordered correctly. · Added additional line and word-wrap to "Publisher" in video area. · Shuffle / Random no longer skips last image in list when viewing photos. · Improved handling of Friend Requests between gamertags that have changed names. · No longer asked "Exit to Dash?" when switching between areas in the Dashboard. · New error messages appear when Windows Live ID requires password change. · Unlocked Achievements are now displayed first in Game Summary page. · Selecting an Achievement now shows the specific Achievement details. · Updated messaging added for deleting arcade games purchased by different profiles. · System no longer launches music CD in disc-tray when moving from Live sign-up to Dashboard or Network Troubleshooter. · Voice quality improved when connected through wired gamepad. · "Last Played Game" selection in Xbox Live Arcade shown first before enumerating all games (when Arcade game was last game played). · Improved performance of picture enumeration from iPods formatted for Mac. · Latest updates adopted to Cero-based ratings for Family Settings. · Videos downloaded from Marketplace now shown in the Video area of the Media blade. · Improved usability added around "Play Now" when downloading demos, trailers, and videos. · Added support for South Africa-specific Family Settings. · Updated support for Japanese game ratings. · Video area changed to include game trailers and entertainment videos. · Improved robustness of Gamerscore when doing account recoveries. · Improved messaging around handling corrupt or non-fully recovered profiles. · Improved download performance for popular content being downloaded through Marketplace. · Total USB keyboard support added. · Testing Live connection while streaming music from PC now works correctly. · Next item / Focus sound not played when scrolling past the bottom of the video list. · Handle profiles on memory units inserted into system while enumerating profiles from other storage locations. · Warning / Alert icons now show as part of deleting items in Memory area. · Repeat rate for remote control matches game controller repeat rate. · "A" button disabled when in a list with no items available. · Wireless battery level added to mini-pop-up guide over backward-compatible games. · Pop-up guide / Dashboard now supports USB keyboard. · Console no longer enters "charge" mode when shutdown and the battery has been removed from wireless controller. · System no longer waits indefinitely when attempting to contact Windows Media Connect service on XP PC. · Improved Marketplace storage device selector added. · Correctly set focus on selected item when back button pressed on "select a game" scene. · Notify users when multiple wireless SSIDS with identical names are within reach. · Gold membership information provided when trying to join a session or accepting game invites with Silver accounts. · New text to highlight the ability to clear the passcode for Live account signing. · Photo slideshow no longer resumes when pressing "previous" or "next" from paused state. · Improved handling of corrupt profiles added when deleting them. · System no longer turn off wireless gamepads after system update reboot. · More robust handling of initial setup experience for memory unit users added. · Improved handling of backward-compatible update experience, reboot back into Xbox v1 environment instead of Dashboard. · Improved handling for "block communications" from other players. · Improved keypress sounds when using USB keyboard. · Improved usability and performance of content enumeration for storage devices. · Visual location for where Xbox Live Arcade games reside now shown. · Improved user messaging added when overwriting content while copying. · Improved consistency of messaging between "sign out" and "switch profile." · Updated troubleshooter text for connection to Windows PCs joined to domain. · Better support for Xbox 360 game disc recognition added. · Improved initial setup text messaging added. · Improved overall error message terminology added. · Game updates downloaded to memory unit no longer show "please reinsert" notification when memory unit removed. · More robust support added for handling game deletes from memory unit and simultaneously removing memory unit. Improved system performance added between console and affiliated Windows Media Connect PC.