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Silverktty
03-01-2009, 07:16 PM
i bought rb2...and everything but the mic are wireless...now i dont have the money to keep going out and buying batteries everytime an instrument goes down...is there a way i can get the wires that go from the guitar/drums to the 360?

my friend has rb1 and he had wires..but he's not giving up his wires for me to play my game..T.T

so can anyone point me into the right direction before i lose another set of batteries? ty...
dovanon
03-01-2009, 07:34 PM
You can't make the instruments communicate via a wire, but you can power them via AC adapter or USB. See my thread HERE (http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88775).
Silverktty
03-03-2009, 11:07 PM
that was all so confusing...could you explain it in a more simpler term? cuz i need it explained...and does it work for the guitar also? or just the drums...i'm afraid i'm gonna fry my stuff and i can't go out and get another one..:(

can you help?
nicko68
03-03-2009, 11:14 PM
Buy NiMH rechargeable batteries and a charger. You will be spending some money up front, but you an recharge the batteries hundreds of times.
dovanon
03-03-2009, 11:19 PM
that was all so confusing...could you explain it in a more simpler term? cuz i need it explained...and does it work for the guitar also? or just the drums...i'm afraid i'm gonna fry my stuff and i can't go out and get another one..:(

can you help?

You can use that method on both drums and guitar as they use the same voltage, but I can't explain it much simpler than that. Fellow modders will vouch that I have written that for as non-technical a user as I possibly can. The simpler method is the alligator clip method which has no chance of frying your equipment if you follow my directions.

But I will give you the very simplest way there is to make wired power:

1. Get a USB cable (6 feet at the very least).
2. Cut off one end and strip the jacket.
3. Strip the red and black wires.
4. Connect the red wire to an alligator clip.
5. Connect that alligator clip to the terminal where the positive battery terminal connects to the rest of the internals (as shown in my other thrad).
6. Connect the black wire to an alligator clip.
7. Connect that alligator clip to the terminal where the negative battery terminal connects to the rest of the internals (as shown in my other thread).
8. Connect the intact end of the USB cable to your system, a powered USB hub, or one of the those AC adapters with a USB output.