Xbox sounds

Richie63
Richie63 Posts: 2,132
edited August 2010 in The Crudcatcher
Just got a Logitech X-530 sound system to attatch to the X-box for the young un.
Problem the only connection possible it seeems is to get rid of the loverly HDMI cable and fit in the scart connector, run the yellow lead through this then the red/white to the sound system.
I don't have red/white sound leads but will ordinary HI- Fi leads do from the telly to the X-530 system ( monster cables name not size ). Enabling me to put back the HDMI cable. I did try this but couldn't get the sound to work. Am I missing something?

Cheers for ant thoughts

Ps the telly is a samsung flat screen
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    as far as I know.. the only way to use a HDMI from a console with a sound system is through a HDMI pass through system or optical.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Yes, ordinary hifi leads from the telly to the soundsystem should be fine. They don't need to be monster cables. NOTHING ever needs to be monster cables.

    I reckon MS dropped a bollock on this one. On the PS3, you can connect the console to your TV via HDMI, and still use the other connector for audio as well, but you physcially can;t on the Xbox.
  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    the xbox cables with hdmi and optical support aint cheap :evil:
    just used a normal hdmi cable and took the casing off on an old xbox cable so I could plug them both in to the xbox
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  • chedabob
    chedabob Posts: 1,133
    Big waste of a 5.1 system if you're just using the hifi leads.
  • Richie63
    Richie63 Posts: 2,132
    chedabob wrote:
    Big waste of a 5.1 system if you're just using the hifi leads.

    Yeah I no but the system was cheap but we want the hdmi cables functionality but it seems crackers that Xbox do things this way, might take the composite lead apart to make it fit

    Oh by the way went to lee quarry for the first time and thought it was top fun :D
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    projectsome wrote:
    just used a normal hdmi cable and took the casing off on an old xbox cable so I could plug them both in to the xbox
    Ah, I wasn't sure if this would work. I thought there was a reason they'd made them like that, to prevent people asking why they couldn;t have both, see.

    Good man!
  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    projectsome wrote:
    just used a normal hdmi cable and took the casing off on an old xbox cable so I could plug them both in to the xbox
    Ah, I wasn't sure if this would work. I thought there was a reason they'd made them like that, to prevent people asking why they couldn;t have both, see.

    Good man!

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  • chedabob
    chedabob Posts: 1,133
    Richie63 wrote:
    chedabob wrote:
    Big waste of a 5.1 system if you're just using the hifi leads.

    Yeah I no but the system was cheap but we want the hdmi cables functionality but it seems crackers that Xbox do things this way, might take the composite lead apart to make it fit

    Oh by the way went to lee quarry for the first time and thought it was top fun :D

    Check on eBay, you can get the AV thing cheap so you can use both HDMI and Optical.

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