How to Hook the Xbox 360 Up to a Laptop Monitor

The Xbox 360 comes with several cables, letting you connect it to most televisions and monitors. Laptops, however, present a challenge. Most laptops don't accept video input. They include video-out ports, which export visual display to projectors or other monitors, but they rarely feature video-in ports. If your laptop's video card contains a video-in port, such as one that accepts S-video, follow your Xbox's instructions for connecting to a external monitor. If you don't have such a port, connect using a VGA-to-USB adaptor.

Things You'll Need

• Xbox 360
• Xbox 360 VGA HD AV Cable
• VGA-to-USB adapter
• Free laptop USB 2.0 port

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Turn off the laptop and the Xbox, and disconnect them from the power supply.

   • 2

     Plug the cable's AV connector to the Xbox console's AV port.

   • 3

     Plug the cable's VGA connector to the the VGA-to-USB adapter's VGA port.

   • 4

     Plug the adapter's USB connector to a laptop USB 2.0 port.

   • 5

     Turn on the Xbox console.

   • 6

     Configure your new screen size and resolution from the console's "System" section.