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I have 2 360s(neither have HDMI)...My buddy brought his over and we tried hooking up the HDMI cable to my Sony...I noticed immediately that there was no place to plug in the optical cable to my receiver(as I don't have HDMI in). Am I missing something? My sony has an optical output on the TV. I could have probably just ran the HDMI to the TV and them the optical to my receiver...this just don't seem right now...why would M$ do that?
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Nope if you want to use optical you have to use the component cables. I was trying to use analog outputs for L/R but couldn't hook up both cables. So the xbox runs to the tv and then the tv runs to my amp. -
Wrong, wrong, wrong. If you go buy an Xbox Elite, or any of the new ones with HDMI, you also get a little toy with it. In the box with all the other cables and such is what Xbox calls an "Audio Dongle" Not sure if I spelled it right. It is a small adapter cable. It plugs into the A/V port right above the HDMI. You plug the HDMI into its spot for the video and run it to the display. You plug the Dongle into the A/V spot right above the HDMI. It has an "Optical out" and an "Analog Stereo out" on the end of it. You just use the optical and call it a day. Your friend just didn't bring it over. The HDMI will pass the audio, but you can also use the optical if you need to retro into non-hdmi gear. Problem solved. That is how I run mine and it is far better than the component video. Email me at saput@sbcglobal.net if you need anymore info about it. Hope this helped.Parasound Halo C2
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Well thats funny as I have a newer Xbox with HDMI and I didn't get such a cable. I have the cable that has the HD component connections and it has an optical jack on it. If thats the cable your talking about then your wrong as it doesn't leave enough room to plug in an HDMI cable when its plugged in.Comment
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If you got an elite, you should've gotten the cable for it.
It's to the left of the power supply "brick" in this image.
Digital Audio makes me Happy.
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Well I don't have an elite so I guess its just the elite. The regular Xbox Pro doesn't have it. Or so it would seem.Comment
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