Microsoft 360 User manual

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Model: 360

Type: User manual

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Safety is no game.

Is your family set?

A Family Guide to Video

Games and Entertainment

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Table of Contents

3 Overview

Get Set: A Quick Guide to Using

Xbox 360 Family Settings

7 Get Set: A Quick Guide to Using Xbox 360

Family Settings for the Online World

11 A PACT for Families

How Computer and Video Games are Rated

Get Set: A Quick Guide to Using

Windows Vista Parental Controls

20 The Language of Video Games

Other Resources

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Tip:

Look at what computer and video games

are in your home. Make sure they meet your

approval and are appropriate for your child

based on ESRB ratings.

Overview

Microsoft

is committed to helping provide a safe and secure environment

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Our goal is to help parents and caregivers with simple and straight-forward

information to help them make the right decisions for their family around

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As a continuation of our commitment to families, we are providing this

brochure to give you more information about the world of computer and video

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, this Family

Guide helps explain Parental Controls, called “Family Settings” for use on your

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A PACT FOR FAMILIES

We have created a way in which adults and children together can set

guidelines for media use—whether playing video games, watching TV and

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It is our hope that you will use this information, share it with your children

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All of this information and more to help families make the choices that are

right for their children is available at www.xbox.com/isyourfamilyset

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Tip:

Set rules on how often and when video games can be

played. Both Xbox 360 and Windows Vista have time

controls to help parents manage these guidlines.

Get Set:

A Quick Guide to Using

Xbox 360 Family Settings

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that can help parents and caregivers choose the gaming and entertainment

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The Xbox 360 Family Settings can help control the types of games and movies

that family members can play or view, based on their content rating, and they

can help families manage the amount of time each child uses the Xbox 360

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For more in-depth directions or for more information on how to control

interactions on Xbox LIVE, please visit www.xbox.com/isyourfamilyset

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Choosing the appropriate games for your Xbox 360:

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Choosing the appropriate videos for your Xbox 360:

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Tip:

Get to know the video games your kids play

and who they interact with online. Xbox LIVE

child accounts have the most restrictive

settings and are defaulted to “Friends Only”

for online play.

Get Set:

A Quick Guide to Using Xbox 360

Family Settings in the Online World

On Xbox LIVE, the online gaming and entertainment network of Xbox 360,

Microsoft provides safety measures to block inappropriate content and

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To allow or block access to Xbox LIVE:

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Tip:

Communication is key. Sit down as a

family and put your household media

guidelines into writing.

To create an Xbox LIVE account for your child:

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After all of this information is entered, you will have the opportunity to choose

the extent to which gamers in your family will have access to the many online

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Completing your Xbox LIVE account:

If you and your family are connected to Xbox LIVE, you have the ability to

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has built-in settings to ensure gamers are playing and communicating with the

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control access to video communication, go to the “Privacy and Friends” menu

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Family Timer (available Dec. 2007 via Xbox LIVE):

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pop-up will alert you to the ending of the session and offer you three options:

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the “Add More Time” and “Suspend Timer” functions, you will be required to

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A PACT for Families

In addition to the Family Settings technology we have developed a new,

interactive tool to facilitate the discussion that families may want to have

about the rules for access to computer and video games and to video content

and access to the Internet—whether using Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE or any other

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way for parents and children to discuss and put into writing guidelines for

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Parents and caregivers, please make a Family PACT with each child in your

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Additional copies of the Family PACT can be downloaded at:

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MS_FamilySettingsBooklet.indd 11 11/2/2007 4:35:21 PM

SAFETY IS

NO GAME.

IS YOUR

FAMILY SET?

MAKE A

PACT

TODAY!

For more information on Xbox 360 Family Settings and

Windows Vista Parental Controls, please visit

xbox.com/isyourfamilyset or

gamesforwindows.com/isyourfamilyset.

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is permitted to use Xbox LIVE: with ad

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Timer settings turned on for all game systems and computers:

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Parent/Caregiver Signature:

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Tips:

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Windows Vista Tip: Parents can view activity

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“User Controls” followed by “Activity Viewer” to

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message that their session is about to expire,

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Dear Parent/Caregiver:

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to make a PACT to help guide your

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can your child use, based on their

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Setting guidelines is key to promoting

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when they are clear, comprehensive

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with built-in controls for parents to

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Entertainment & Devices Division

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Sincerely,

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Tip:

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children about which types of

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and how you came to that decision.

How Computer and

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enforces advertising guidelines and oversees privacy issues in the video game

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Along with the written submission materials, publishers must provide a

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Early

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Everyone

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may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild

violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.

Everyone

10+

Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have

content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older.

Titles in this category may contain more cartoon,

fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or

minimal suggestive themes.

Teen

Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be

suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this

category may contain violence, suggestive themes,

crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling,

and/or infrequent use of strong language.

Mature

Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be

suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this

category may contain intense violence, blood and

gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

Adults

Only

Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that

should only be played by persons 18 years and

older. Titles in this category may include prolonged

scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual

content and nudity.

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rating. (This symbol appears only in advertising

prior to a game’s release.)

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content descriptors that triggered that rating—from comic mischief to

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MPAA FILM RATINGS

General

Audiences

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language, nudity and sex, violence, etc. that would,

in the view of the Rating Board, be offensive to

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Parental

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parents before they let their children view it. The

label PG plainly states parents may consider some

material unsuitable for their children, but leaves

the parent to make the decision.

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Rating Board, leaps beyond the boundaries of the

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restricted R category.

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patently too adult for their youngsters under 17.

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Get Set:

A Quick Guide to Using

Windows Vista Parental Controls

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specifying certain times of day that users have access to the computer with a

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The Microsoft Games for Windows Web site at www.gamesforwindows.

com/isyourfamilyset has an article with tips for determining if a game is

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genre of games, the Game Advisor will provide a list of age-appropriate

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Web sites that offer opportunities to view footage, or possibly, participate in a

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At this point, parents will be given choices to control a variety of

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Computer Games

Parents can restrict the types of computer games played based on two criteria:

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Tip:

Teach your children that they should

immediately tell you if anyone online makes

them feel uncomfortable and can do so

without fear of getting into trouble or losing

video game playing privileges.

Time Limits

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understand schedule, parents can set when the computer can be used and for

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Finally, parents can also review activity reports to monitor what their children

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accomplished by viewing the “Activity Viewer” in the “User Controls” section

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the Games for Windows branding take advantage of the new gaming features

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The Language of Video Games

If you want to help protect your kids while they play video games, you need to

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WHAT TYPES OF GAMES THERE ARE

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the game, the character earns experience points for completing tasks or

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RTS: Real-Time Strategy A type of game where the player controls an

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