Where as with the Wireless, when I don't want any of those to occur, simply turning off the Controller illuminates any/all of those annoyances. If I leave a Wired Controller plugged in and then go load up a game, if the sticks are not kept center, that may move u around in-game, or due to game settings, the controller may vibrate at various times, due to how the game was designed to work in conjunction with Game Controllers. Like those games where you'd prefer to just use Keyboard+Mouse. As opposed to a Wired 360 Controller, which you'd like to leave plugged in, but it can get in the way because you may not want to use it, or have it be see by certain games. Only when a Wireless Controller is turned on and connected does a Controller then become seen by games/apps. The receiver can always remain plugged in while not interfering with the system in any way, while it is seen in Device Manager and as a Connected Device on the system itself, it's not seen within games or apps of any kind. I prefer the Wireless 360 Controllers and Receiver for a few reasons. The only time an active search occurs is when the user presses the Connect/Search button the top of the Receiver. Only when u are manually doing a pairing with Controller to Receiver if it is new, was recently used on a different system, or you for some reason it can't find your controller once that has been turned on. The Receiver is never in an active search mode. Either you allow it idle time of 10 mins and it will auto-shutoff, or you un-clip the battery compartment to turn it off.
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The Receiver doesn't really do much besides listen for whatever it is the Wireless Controllers are doing, then capturing & sending that data to the PC for input purposes.ģ60 Wireless Controllers do not have a way to turn off by means of a button or switch. And the Controllers are in no way active once they are off. And the 360 USB Receiver doesn't accept input from other devices. While off, the Controllers can't send/receive any data. It's not seen by games when just the Receiver is plugged in, while no controllers are ON. And Receiver should just remain plugged in. If the receiever were to always be plugged in, and I've essentially turned off my controller after playing, will the controller (even though it is fully turned off) still be looking to constantly pair with the device because it can "sense" it in the room? In which case, I have reasons to believe that the batteries will slowly drain in the controller because of it's constant search for a pair in the room. If the answer to question 1 is "No it's fine," then my next question involves the communcation w/ the receiver and the controller. Is it safe to keep the wireless receiever plugged into the PC always? I only ask because I have concern for constant radiation (I couldn't find a suitable word for what I wanted to say) that could potentially be a problem to health through long term exposure.Ģ. I recently bought a Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver to connect my wireless 360 controller (duhhh), and I had a few small questions.ġ. Hopefully I've posted this in the appropriate section.