Hi

Just got a xbox and installed XBMC as an app. Will try to make it a dashboard soon if I upgrade the harddisk and some other mods . XBMC is a sweet program, still need to get a hang on how to use it.

The thing that is bugging me now is that the time keep reseting to 2002 after I off the xbox. Does the xbox has something like a internal battery (like a PC) and the battery has lost all it power or is this a normal behavior for xbox (ie cannot retain the time) - as I see you can get the time from NTP .

Thanks in advance.

xbox got no internal battery....
once u install the dashboard, hopefully ur xbox is connected to ur streamyx router, enable internet time sync on ur xbmc....
i cant personally tell u where coz i dont have mine with me right now...
although u already enable time sync through streamyx, everytime u shutdown the xbox including the power point, it will reset ur xbox time to the manufacturing date of the xbox, its it the bios...
u cant do anything much bout that...
hope this helps, u'll get used to it as i did, as most of all xbox v1 did...
happy xbmc-ing..
oh, get the latest xbmc with mc360 skin...
i'm using the xbox360 system blade skin on my xbmc...its cool....

old xbox time set will last 4 hrs or less if u switch off ur console (main switch) so if u want u have to keep it on...like 'peti sejuk' swicth off ur xbox but ur plug keep it on...the problem is if u using stepdown u 'koyak lah'....my advice is dont bother...

Thanks for clearing things up. I think the XBMC I download was quite recent, compiled by BLINGBLING 2006-11-29 - pre 2.1 release. mc360 skin and colour schema is quite hard on my eyes (especially the fonts) so I am sticking with the default gotham skin.

Currently I haven't link my xbox to the net yet, just my local LAN for me to FTP stuff but I think should not be a problem. Now the time/date and need to sync with a NTP server seems to be design flaw (might as well just dump the set date and screen option on the original xbox dashboard altogether as it serve no purpose )

Mine is direct 220V (HK unit I think) but I don't think I will waste electricity like this by leaving the main on. Got a bad experience with lighting, so all my console will be unplugged after gaming session.

yup so i think dont bother as long ur xbox is good to play...good luck