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No Lifer
So, I use audio via HDMI on my Jasper arcade that I got on Thanksgiving. No worries. Last night I am using it. This morning I turn it on and no audio via the hdmi. I have tried two cables, multiple HDMI channels. I've tried turning it on and off before the tv, after the tv. I've tried removing the hard drive--any multitude of things. Audio works fine via the cheapy ugly white/red, but with HDMI, no dice. Back to walmart. Epic fail.
Link
Apparently others here have had the same problem--one guy's even died on day 27 just like mine! I don't believe it's a TV issue, as I've never had problems with this TV before (11 months old), and for the record I DO still see the HD (720, 1080, etc.) options, so the xbox doesn't think it's VGA; it simply has no audio via HDMI anymore.
I was about to get the extended warranty, too, after my previous Xbox original died after a year and my PS2 after two. Maybe I am cursed, but in any case, these things in my experience are more fragile than Oprah's commitment to a diet. Go with the extended warranty.
*UPDATE*
I have the new console on there and same thing. I think it must be my TV. In the thread I linked to, some people felt it was their TV and others felt it was the 360, but this new one still refuses to work for audio with HDMI so I'll have to cut up the yellow/white/red cable so that it will squeeze in alongside the HDMI.
OK, after extensive testing, I believe my TV is now incapable of receiving audio via any of the HDMI channels. Two cables, any of the four HDMI inputs and all that, it's no good. If I use analog (white/red) no problems. Too bad it did this, I'm not inclined to get it fixed as it seems a bit strange to use the TV as a "hub" for audio anyway, but oh well.
I ripped apart the analog's plastic covering, so now I have the HDMI cable to TV and standard analog straight to receiver. This will probably help with the lag problems I sometimes have in guitar hero anyway (yes I know it can be calibrated).
* UPDATE 1/3/2009*
OK, this is a legit one:
error1.jpg
The console was off, and cold. I turned it on by hitting the eject on the disc tray, stuck a disc in, and while it was doing its boot sequence changed my TV's input to the HDMI channel for the 360 and this is what I got, along with a red flashing ring. Turning the console off and on repaired this. I know that the TV talks back to the console (somehow, when I change input settings on the TV, like if I go to cable and want to keep the console turned on, it will instead reboot when I revert back to the game channel), so I wonder if that impacted this.
FAQ online says E68 is insufficient voltage. I do have the 150W power pack.
Link
Apparently others here have had the same problem--one guy's even died on day 27 just like mine! I don't believe it's a TV issue, as I've never had problems with this TV before (11 months old), and for the record I DO still see the HD (720, 1080, etc.) options, so the xbox doesn't think it's VGA; it simply has no audio via HDMI anymore.
I was about to get the extended warranty, too, after my previous Xbox original died after a year and my PS2 after two. Maybe I am cursed, but in any case, these things in my experience are more fragile than Oprah's commitment to a diet. Go with the extended warranty.
*UPDATE*
I have the new console on there and same thing. I think it must be my TV. In the thread I linked to, some people felt it was their TV and others felt it was the 360, but this new one still refuses to work for audio with HDMI so I'll have to cut up the yellow/white/red cable so that it will squeeze in alongside the HDMI.
OK, after extensive testing, I believe my TV is now incapable of receiving audio via any of the HDMI channels. Two cables, any of the four HDMI inputs and all that, it's no good. If I use analog (white/red) no problems. Too bad it did this, I'm not inclined to get it fixed as it seems a bit strange to use the TV as a "hub" for audio anyway, but oh well.
I ripped apart the analog's plastic covering, so now I have the HDMI cable to TV and standard analog straight to receiver. This will probably help with the lag problems I sometimes have in guitar hero anyway (yes I know it can be calibrated).
* UPDATE 1/3/2009*
OK, this is a legit one:
error1.jpg
The console was off, and cold. I turned it on by hitting the eject on the disc tray, stuck a disc in, and while it was doing its boot sequence changed my TV's input to the HDMI channel for the 360 and this is what I got, along with a red flashing ring. Turning the console off and on repaired this. I know that the TV talks back to the console (somehow, when I change input settings on the TV, like if I go to cable and want to keep the console turned on, it will instead reboot when I revert back to the game channel), so I wonder if that impacted this.
FAQ online says E68 is insufficient voltage. I do have the 150W power pack.
