Connecting 360 via VGA, wheres the sound?

elrasho · 21 May 2011 at 23:19

Hello all,

As the title suggests I want to connect my 360 to my 22" DELL TFT using the offical VGA cable. The thing is I dont know what type of speakers I will be able to connect to my 360? I have some Logitec X530 5.1 speakers, all I want is stereo sound, Im not fussed about surround sound. Will I need some adapter cables?

squerble · 21 May 2011 at 23:28

I thought the official VGA cable also has the stereo out jacks?

Mr Men · 21 May 2011 at 23:42

yeah it has the stereo out jacks and slot for optical out, it should also come with a 3.5mm adaptor IIRC

Bevysters · 21 May 2011 at 23:54

Mr Men said:
yeah it has the stereo out jacks and slot for optical out, it should also come with a 3.5mm adaptor IIRC

Afraid it doesn't

elrasho · 21 May 2011 at 23:54

So I can plug the 3.5mm into the back of my sub woofer right?

Bevysters · 21 May 2011 at 23:55

elrasho said:
So I can plug the 3.5mm into the back of my sub woofer right?

You could if it came with one and it there was a 3.5mm port on the adapter somewhere.

Helveticat · 22 May 2011 at 00:00

I don't know what kind of sound setup you have but normally you'd want to connect the optical on the VGA cable to your amp.

elrasho · 22 May 2011 at 00:24

Helveticat said:
I don't know what kind of sound setup you have but normally you'd want to connect the optical on the VGA cable to your amp.

I dont have an amp, just the subwoofer that Logitec X530 has. What are the cheapest speakers I could get that will give me basic sound on my 360?

EDIT: Are the Turtle Beach Ear Force X11 Headset any good?

Bevysters · 22 May 2011 at 00:28

elrasho said:
I dont have an amp, just the subwoofer that Logitec X530 has. What are the cheapest speakers I could get that will give me basic sound on my 360?

EDIT: Are the Turtle Beach Ear Force X11 Headset any good?

I had X1's many moons ago which are basically last gen X11's and they were superb.

elrasho · 22 May 2011 at 00:34

Bevysters said:
I had X1's many moons ago which are basically last gen X11's and they were superb.

Think I'll get the Turtle Beach Ear Force X11 headset, but by looking on the diagram I dont understand how the sound comes to the headset, does it need to be plugged into a TV? looking at their instrcutions it seems the audio to the headset comes from the headphone socket of a TV. Obviously my DELL monitor doesnt have one, so how do I go setting this up?... Can the green headphone lead plug into the back of the 360 somehow and get sound from it?

EDIT: Would I plug the two red and white connections from the xbox 360 into the two red and white connections that come with the turtle beach?.. but where would the green headphone one go?

Helveticat · 22 May 2011 at 00:43

If I were you I'd sell your Logitec X530 and get a cheap but decent 5.1 setup with an optical input.

elrasho · 22 May 2011 at 01:00

Helveticat said:
If I were you I'd sell your Logitec X530 and get a cheap but decent 5.1 setup with an optical input.

I only play 2 games on my 360 so its not feasable to get a 5.1 setup hence the headset option

Bevysters · 22 May 2011 at 01:13

elrasho said:
Think I'll get the Turtle Beach Ear Force X11 headset, but by looking on the diagram I dont understand how the sound comes to the headset, does it need to be plugged into a TV? looking at their instrcutions it seems the audio to the headset comes from the headphone socket of a TV. Obviously my DELL monitor doesnt have one, so how do I go setting this up?... Can the green headphone lead plug into the back of the 360 somehow and get sound from it?

EDIT: Would I plug the two red and white connections from the xbox 360 into the two red and white connections that come with the turtle beach?.. but where would the green headphone one go?

Im sure it had an adapter for the green microphone cable that hooked up to the controller.

I would be able to run through the full set up but I haven't used turtles for a while now.

elrasho · 22 May 2011 at 01:25

Found this thread: http://www.avforums.com/forums/xbox...-x11-xbox-360-vga-cable-computer-moniter.html

So basically I dont actually need anything other than the stuff that comes with the Turtle Beach

will13 · 22 May 2011 at 01:29

All you need is 2 RCA females to 3.5mm male to plug it into a headphone jack, look on bay, you can pick them up for about £3

Edit: It might be RCA males you need, been a long time since I used my VGA cable

elrasho · 22 May 2011 at 01:42

will13 said:
All you need is 2 RCA females to 3.5mm male to plug it into a headphone jack, look on bay, you can pick them up for about £3

Edit: It might be RCA males you need, been a long time since I used my VGA cable

Thanks but did you read the forum link in the post above yours?

will13 · 22 May 2011 at 01:44

elrasho said:
Thanks but did you read the forum link in the post above yours?

I didn't sorry

Mr Men · 22 May 2011 at 09:43

elrasho said:
Found this thread: http://www.avforums.com/forums/xbox...-x11-xbox-360-vga-cable-computer-moniter.html

So basically I dont actually need anything other than the stuff that comes with the Turtle Beach

You will need the VGA cable and Turtle Beaches, the headphones connect to the stereo jacks on the VGA lead, and USB to the console.

elrasho · 24 May 2011 at 21:56

Gor the Turtle BEach today and first impressions are bad. Firstly whenI heard the hissing after plugging it in I instantly thouight "cheap!". Then in game the sounds are tingy and distorted with very little base. Wish there was a Fatal1ty headset equivalent for the 360. Kinda wanna give them back but it's better than no sound... just.