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Admiral Huddy
18-11-2009, 09:59
I'm going to get my son up and running Xboxlive for Christmas. I guess I'll need a wireless adaptor and a gold account for him. Can I buy an annual gold card without subscription? I find that odd that you buy a game with multi-player, then you have to pay for a subsciption to play it online?? Anyway, is there anything else I need?

Also, does the xbox come with parental control, and can i fix the IP address? I know this sounds noob'ish but really, I know nothing about the xbox other than to send them back when they go wrong.

Thanks
Mark
18-11-2009, 10:15
Yes, you can buy a 12 month Gold subscription card. There's a few places that send the codes electronically, and they're often the cheapest. You don't need to add a credit card to the account (I haven't added one to mine). If you want to buy any stuff from the Arcade, you'll obviously need some points, but they're not needed to play what you've got.

Parental control? Yes, I believe it does. Fixed IP? Don't recall, but probably. Mine's fixed but I probably did that at my router, which is what I normally do.
Daz
18-11-2009, 10:17
Can I buy an annual gold card without subscription?
Aye, I'm sure someone will come along with some good links (I forget the name of the popular sites)

Also, does the xbox come with prenatal control
Yep, you can limit the time they spend on it, the rating of the games they play, and what they can and cant do on live, and probably some other stuff. Sign him up with a child account.

and can i fix the IP address?
Yep.

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Good parental control links:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/familysettings/
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/familysettings/childaccount.htm
Admiral Huddy
18-11-2009, 10:20
Ok cheers guys.
Wossi
18-11-2009, 10:23
jasper1675.com for live subs. picked up a 13 month gold sub from him back in January for not much. After a quick look, it seems he is out of stock though :(

I'll have a look tonight, but I think I still have the MS wireless adapter at home, saves you forking out £45 ish
Mark
18-11-2009, 10:32
Turned these up from a quick trawl of BD. YMMV.

http://www.jasper1675.com/UKgoldcards.html (currently showing out of stock)
http://www.live-codes.com (also currently out of stock)
http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/860394/Xbox-Live-12-Month-Gold-Membership-Card/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0 (try PlayTrade, but use caution)
And, of course, eBay (use lots of caution)
leowyatt
18-11-2009, 10:43
they have released an updated wireless adapter for the 360 which is N draft so you could use that, but they are around £45.

I personally use an ethernet wireless access point which I bought from scan which cost £27 and I can use it on any machine.
Jingo
18-11-2009, 11:11
It's inevitable that I'm going to be pwned by a father/son team on COD now :p
leowyatt
18-11-2009, 11:13
It's inevitable that I'm going to be pwned by a father/son team on COD now :p

we'll be playing on the same team so no whupping, well at least tomorrow that is :D
Admiral Huddy
18-11-2009, 11:16
It's inevitable that I'm going to be pwned by a father/son team on COD now :p

He's pretty good. I went away one weekend, hacked his way on my PC and played L4D. Told his nan it was ok. I think he got about 30 achievements in the time we were away. Cheeky fecker.. In the meantime, my 2½ year old quite likes fallout 3. He can move the mouse around, fires the gun and reloads.. :D
NokkonWud
18-11-2009, 11:38
I'm going to get my son up and running Xboxlive for Christmas. I guess I'll need a wireless adaptor and a gold account for him. Can I buy an annual gold card without subscription? I find that odd that you buy a game with multi-player, then you have to pay for a subsciption to play it online?? Anyway, is there anything else I need?
I'm confused... You don't buy Gold on a per game basis. You pay for Xbox Live Gold as a bundle which can come in various durations, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months.

Once the subscription is active the gamertag it is redeemed on will be Gold enabled for the duration of the card. You do not need to buy a game with multiplayer.

Xbox Live Gold enables you to play games online and also to get access to premium content a week or two earlier.

Also, does the xbox come with parental control, and can i fix the IP address? I know this sounds noob'ish but really, I know nothing about the xbox other than to send them back when they go wrong.
Comes with parental control, you can set certain age ratings to play fine and others to require a pass code to access.
You can also sort all the IP settings.