Hi,
I live in New Zealand and I have a hard modded Pal Xbox. I have a 4:3 T.V (it is not Hi-Def) and it has component in sockets (Y,Pb, Pr).
I bought a Xbox Advanced HD AV Pack (http://store.richspsxparts.com/xbhideavpafo.html) thinking that after using the Enigmah video switch all would be fine and dandy but when in the M$ dashboard I still don't have any options under video for different resolutions just the usual Normal, Letterbox, and Widescreen. And when I plug in the HD Pack Component cable I get absolutely no picture whatso ever. But my dvd player outputs to the same TV via component just fine.
Now is this because I need a TV that supports progressive input or what?
I would be very grateful if someone can explain the ins and outs as there is a lot of conflicting and confusing info out there on this matter.
Thanks
p.s. I have not tried hooking it up to a true Hi-Def TV yet.

[quote name='stone2' date='Sep 9 2009, 02:39 AM' post='4530655']
Hi,
I live in New Zealand and I have a hard modded Pal Xbox. I have a 4:3 T.V (it is not Hi-Def) and it has component in sockets (Y,Pb, Pr).
I bought a Xbox Advanced HD AV Pack (http://store.richspsxparts.com/xbhideavpafo.html) thinking that after using the Enigmah video switch all would be fine and dandy but when in the M$ dashboard I still don't have any options under video for different resolutions just the usual Normal, Letterbox, and Widescreen. And when I plug in the HD Pack Component cable I get absolutely no picture whatso ever. But my dvd player outputs to the same TV via component just fine.
Now is this because I need a TV that supports progressive input or what?
I would be very grateful if someone can explain the ins and outs as there is a lot of conflicting and confusing info out there on this matter.
Thanks
p.s. I have not tried hooking it up to a true Hi-Def TV yet.

Q. Do I have to have the component cables connected to a HDTV to get the options to appear in M$ dashboard settings?

The HD options in the MS Dash only appear when you have the component cable connected to the Xbox. In your case, as you can't see a picture when you have the component cable connected, that means you'll never see those options. Try a different TV with component inputs, or if you can't get access to a different TV you should be able to get a black and white picture if you connect the green Y component lead from your Xbox to a standard yellow composite input on your TV.

Yeah I tried the Y cable to the video in on the tv but picture was too scrambled to see anything. Thanks for your reply tho.
Cheers

The socket on the back of the xbox has 2 pin's that are used to detect the type of AV pack connected to the xbox. These 2 lines make 4 possible different AV packs possible. The M$dash will only show the higher resolution options if the xbox is ntsc and if there is a component AV pack connected.

regards.

Thanks, I'll have to wait until I can connect a HDTV to it and see if those options become available.