I have a new xbox 360. The main controller turns on but the 2nd controller only blinks. I can't get the 2nd controller to engage. Any ideas?

I guess it's as easy as pressing A or Start.

But if the controller really isn't connected anyways, you have to:

1: Turn on controller, and hold the sync button ( just to the right of the Left Bumper ).

2: Press the Sync button on the Xbox 360
> Slim version: Sync button is placed just beside the usbports on the front of the xbox.
> Original version: The sync button is placed just beside Memory Slot B ( looks pretty much as the one on the xbox controller.

3: The controller should connect and sync automaticly to your Xbox 360.

i dont have a soulition

It's possible the xbox 360 controller isn't connected to the xbox 360. Turn the xbox 360 on by pressing the power button, and wait until it reaches the dash board. Then press the controller syncing button on the xbox 360 itself and wait until the xbox 360's ring lights start to spin around. Then press and hold the synch button on the controller (located near the charge port) and the controller should synch up with the xbox 360.

Hi angelia howe

Hi try this method and see if it helps
To reset the display settings of the Xbox 360 console to the default settings, follow these steps:

1. Remove any discs from the disc tray.
2. Turn the console off.
3. Turn the console on. Note If you are using an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, turn the console on by using the Xbox Guide button on the controller. Make sure that you use the player 1 controller when you do this. The player 1 controller will have the upper-left quadrant light illuminated.
4. As the console starts, press and hold the Y button, and then pull the right trigger at the same time.
5. The Xbox Dashboard resets the display settings to the default settings, and then automatically restarts the console.

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try putting new batteries in the controller.

If the ring of light keeps blinking, it means that the remote controller was not connected to a receiver which is the XBox 360 console. Try to press the connect button on the console and the wireless controller to sync them together.

Needs to be reset with console.


http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/Hardware/Console/SetupYourConsole/ConnectToWirelessController.aspx

Try this link,should help you.

Try getting a new controller, the problem is probably a hardware failure. make sure to get a wired one if possible, they are way more reliable

you could try looking in the gapes just in cas

Push the controller connection button ( Small button, towards the center below the Mem.Card slots, on the front of the console ) at the same time as the controller's main button.