HOW TO: Connect a wireless controller to your Xbox 360

So you have been playing your Xbox One for several months now and decided to turn on your 360 once again, maybe to check out The New Games With Gold or just for nostalgia or you bought a new controller.  You powered that beast up but notice your controller is not syncing to your 360, what next?

1.  Turn on your console.
2.  Press and hold the Guide button on the controller until it turns on.


3.  Press and release the connect button on the console.

Xbox 360 S console

Xbox 360 E console

  Original Xbox 360 console

4.  Within 20 seconds, press and release the connect button on the controller.

The lights around the console's power button will stop flashing once the controller connects to the console.

On the Xbox 360 S and Original console, connected controllers have one of four positions. Each position appears as a lighted section around the console power button and the controller Guide button. 

On the 360 E console, a solid green light on the front of the console shows that the controller is connected. To see the player position, look at the ring of light around the Guide button on your controller.