Xbox 360 with detachable hd and kinect

[ghostman]

I know nothing about consoles and had trouble finding this info out. I have an old Xbox with a 20gb detachable HD. Can I still get a kinect unit for this? Can I still use the HD at the same time?

Sorry. Basic question, but wanted to repurposed the Xbox for some kids.

 

[heymrdj]

Is this a 360 or a regular xbox, your varied between subject and body. If a regular Xbox 360, then yes it will work. The kinect units come with USB plugins, so if you don't have a newer 360 with a kinect plug, it will work just fine with older units as long as you have an available usb port.

On a technical sid, the newer 360's Kinect plug carries USB and power in one plug. But for older X360 units without that plug, the kinect comes with a USB power plug Y cable. So you'll have a USB cable to your xbox 360, and then another cable that goes to a wall outlet to power it.

20GB of space is enough, the only requirement I've seen is that you at least have a hard drive, as internal storage and 512MB cards are not enough to hold things.

 

[ghostman]

Thanks for the response. Would I be able to use both the kinect and the hard drive at the same time? I want sure if it would occupy the available USB slot. I don't have the Xbox with me, so I have no clue what ports it has. It's the 360 premium.

And to be clear, when I buy a kinect unit (likely used), it must have a separate power cable and y splitter? Sorry for my lack of familiarity with the devices. I've never owned one before and this current one is not for me.