dumb xbox 360 question

[swbsam]

I can't figure out how to hook up my xbox 360 to my receiver. I have a 5.1 receiver without HDMI - is HDMI necessary for that? The xbox is hooked up to my tv via hdmi, but i can't find anyway to hook up optical out audio cables..

 

[StevenYoo]

there should be an optical output on the xbox, no?

 

[spidey07]

You need the dongle that has optical out. So two things plug into your xbox - hdmi for video and an audio dangle that has left/right and also toslink

 

[theflyingpig]

Yeah, that was a pretty dumb question.

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: spidey07
You need the dongle that has optical out. So two things plug into your xbox - hdmi for video and an audio dangle that has left/right and also toslink

haha, you said "dongle"

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
there should be an optical output on the xbox, no?

yes but you need the non-HDMI adapter attached, which can't be plugged in at the same time as the HDMI, unless you buy the elite cable (like 50 dollars), or hack up the AV cable to make it smaller (at your own risk)

does your TV have optical out that you can hook up to the receiver?

 

[venkman]

if you want to spare yourself the expense, you can just hook up component to your tv since the component dongle has the optical out built in. You won't see any difference in PQ.
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[swbsam]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
there should be an optical output on the xbox, no?

yes but you need the non-HDMI adapter attached, which can't be plugged in at the same time as the HDMI, unless you buy the elite cable (like 50 dollars), or hack up the AV cable to make it smaller (at your own risk)

does your TV have optical out that you can hook up to the receiver?

My tv has a coax out (err, toslink?) that I suppose I can use. Heading to radio shack now.

Thanks for the easiest solution!

 

[spidey07]

swbsam,

Many/most TVs will not output dolby digital from their digital output unless it is from over the air channels. So most likely you'll just get two channel audio and not true DD5.1.

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: swbsam

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
there should be an optical output on the xbox, no?

yes but you need the non-HDMI adapter attached, which can't be plugged in at the same time as the HDMI, unless you buy the elite cable (like 50 dollars), or hack up the AV cable to make it smaller (at your own risk)

does your TV have optical out that you can hook up to the receiver?

My tv has a coax out (err, toslink?) that I suppose I can use. Heading to radio shack now.

Thanks for the easiest solution!

that won't work. That output is just for the internal TV tuner and doesn't connect to the other inputs from the TV.

 

[DayLaPaul]

Originally posted by: venkman
if you want to spare yourself the expense, you can just hook up component to your tv since the component dongle has the optical out built in. You won't see any difference in PQ.
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Not all TV's support 1080p over component though, so he'll have to watch for that if he uses this method.