The odd duck is Other Devices Can Turn Console Off. You can also check Console Sends Volume Commands if you have a media remote, which is particularly useful if you use your Xbox for more than gaming. With these two checked, your TV and sound system will follow the power state of your Xbox, so if you turn your Xbox on, your TV will turn on, too. We recommend turning on Console Turns on Other Devices and Console Turns Off Other Devices, at least. Once you turn on HDMI-CEC, you’ll have four additional options. You’ll need a TV with an HDMI port that supports HDMI-CEC and to have your Series X connected to that port. Here, you can turn on HDMI-CEC, which allows your Xbox to control your TV and sound setup without needing multiple remotes. In the TV & Display Options menu - found by following Settings > General > TV & Display Options if you skipped down - select Device Control. That’s it for video settings, but don’t quit out of the display options yet. The only box you should leave unchecked is Allow YCC 4:2:2. There are a lot of technical details, but in short, YCC 4:2:2 is a video compression method that requires less bandwidth than RGB, which is useful for compatibility with older 4K displays. If your TV doesn’t support a particular feature - such as a 50Hz refresh rate for some PAL content - the setting will be grayed out. This menu is a catch-all area for various display settings, and you should turn everything you can on.

Next, go back to the display options and select Video Modes. Here, you can see what resolutions, refresh rates, and HDR versions your TV supports, as well as what apps they’ll work on. With your resolution set, go back and select 4K TV Details. Select whatever resolution matches your display (4K for most modern TVs). The first setting to adjust is your output resolution. In the Settings menu, follow General > TV & Display Options to see the output settings. There are a few ways to get there, but the easiest is pressing the Xbox button to bring up the guide, then tabbing over to your Profile icon and scrolling down to Settings. With your Series X connected correctly, boot it up and head to the Settings menu.

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