Connecting Xbox 360 to my monitor

[jibberishballr]

I have this monitor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824009163

I connect it via hdmi and get great picture but can't get audio because it has no speakers and no audio ports. My motherboard has hdmi and my monitor does but I don't know how to get audio. What's my best solution?

 

[DayLaPaul]

Easiest solution is to get a VGA adapter off Monoprice. Should be around $10. Then you'll have your choice of digital out or RCA. You will still running at 1080p for video, but it will be an analog signal rather than digital.

 

[jibberishballr]

I'm looking at the site but am not sure exactly what to look for.

 

[skulkingghost]

http://www.monoprice.com/produ...id=4010&seq=1&format=2

That is what you want, then you will have the red / white plugs available to plug in to your speakers, if you have a regular 2.1 adapter get this
http://www.monoprice.com/produ..._id=678&seq=1&format=2

and this
http://www.monoprice.com/produ...=1&format=1#largeimage

now your speakers will play out the computer speakers. You can also optionally get a 3.5mm Y jack so you can have your pc speakers and 360 speakers running at the same time so you never have to worry about switching the plug when you want to game.

 

[jibberishballr]

So I should get all of those if I just have basic xbox 360 hookups?

 

[jibberishballr]

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[DayLaPaul]

You for sure need to get the first item he linked. What is your audio setup? Whether or not you need the 2nd and 3rd items he linked depends on your answer.

 

[jibberishballr]

I have a 6 speaker with receiver stereo setup. I use a 15 foot cable that has a red-white rca jacks to headphone jack setup that runs from my receiver to my audio port on my computer.

 

[jibberishballr]

Edit: double post

 

[jibberishballr]

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[Farmer]

So your speakers output to a stereo 3.5mm male plug (the plug that almost all computers take)? Then all you need is the first cable and the third cable.

Damn, had I only known that monoprice had all these cables last year. I would've saved myself $40.

 

[jibberishballr]

Ive been trying to figure out how this is going to work and decided I would upload a picture of how my setup is now and see if I can get some clarity.

heres the link:

http://i54.photobucket.com/alb...computeraudiosetup.jpg

So Thats how Im set up and I included if I got the first item the xbox 360 vga cable. From there on I need help. Also I wanted to note that the xbox, computer and monitor, are within a foot of each other but the stereo is about 10-15 feet away.

 

[DayLaPaul]

If you are hooking up the Xbox to a receiver, then bypass those adapters and pick up the VGA cable and a Toslink cable for audio.

 

[Farmer]

Originally posted by: jibberishballr
Ive been trying to figure out how this is going to work and decided I would upload a picture of how my setup is now and see if I can get some clarity.

heres the link:

http://i54.photobucket.com/alb...computeraudiosetup.jpg

So Thats how Im set up and I included if I got the first item the xbox 360 vga cable. From there on I need help. Also I wanted to note that the xbox, computer and monitor, are within a foot of each other but the stereo is about 10-15 feet away.

Hmm, I see the situation you have there. One way is just to run a long RCA cable to where you have your "audio to RCA adapter." When you want to play your Xbox, manually switch over to the Xbox out, and when you're done, manually switch over to the PC out. I don't know how feasible that is.

Here's another possible solution:

1.) Put an RCA to 2xRCA splitter where you have your "audio to RCA adapter."
2.) Run (long) RCA cables from the Xbox "RCA Jacks" to one of the split connectors.
3.) Put your audio to RCA adapter on the other split connectors and connect to your PC.

The problem with that is I don't know if an RCA to 2xRCA splitter actually exists. And, depending on the type you get, you may have to shut off your PC whenever you use your Xbox to avoid interfering signals.

To follow up on DayLaPaul, your audio system is hooked up through a receiver? If that is the case the receiver can act as your switch/splitter. Hook up your Xbox via RCA to, say, "AUDIO IN 1," and your PC as currently set up to "AUDIO IN 2." And when you switch between the two devices press a button on your receiver to switch to the appropriate input.

 

[jibberishballr]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
If you are hooking up the Xbox to a receiver, then bypass those adapters and pick up the VGA cable and a Toslink cable for audio.

How would I connect a Toslink cable to my xbox?

 

[jibberishballr]

It seems like the simplest solution would be to run another cable with the same rca adapters (one on xbox end and one on receiver end), but If theres a better way I'm all for it. I'm a visual guy so I'm trying to figure all this out.

 

[Farmer]

What is your speaker receiver like? Does it take multiple inputs?

 

[jibberishballr]

it has multi channel input, audio/video input, digital input (coaxial and optical), and component

lots of ports are unused, right now I just use the front v aux for xbox sound with my tv and the back multi channel (red/white) jacks from my soundcard on my cpu.

 

[Farmer]

Well, as long as you have multiple RCA ins, just hook your Xbox up to another RCA in. If not, get the appropriate adapter. The Xbox VGA cable linked above has RCA outs: your Xbox will automatically output video through the HDMI and audio through the RCA.

Why can't you continue using the front connector (on your receiver) for the Xbox?

 

[jibberishballr]

After I get the VGA adapter for the 360 I can plug the 360 into another input, but I don't have that yet. When I do have it, the RCA jacks still wont reach the receiver from the xbox. I guess I could run another cable straight from the xbox rca jacks to another input but I was trying to do this with the least amount of cables and adapters possible.

 

[jibberishballr]

Man I'm super confused. This shouldn't be this difficult. The main problem is getting the red and white rca jacks back across the room to the receiver. So that's my question. How should I do that ?

 

[skulkingghost]

http://www.amazon.com/Terk-Tec...&qid=1238112555&sr=8-2

buy that, or something like it. Better images here:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-Y...k-Leapfrog-LF-30S.html

 

[Farmer]

Or you could just buy a really long RCA cable.

 

[jibberishballr]

Would this work straight from the vga xbox adapter rca jacks to my receiver?


http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Male...r=1DYDW46RP7CB01XFMV93

 

[jibberishballr]

Also something I just thought about. I have HDMI on the monitor and and HDMI cable. I could use the HDMI Cable for video. Are there any adapters that would make it so I could run audio from an HDMI cable to my stereo?