Fibre optic sound cable

sh4un · 2 Mar 2006 at 17:31

Hi

I bought an expensive cable for my xbox360, video is fine, but the audio cable is fibre optic, and my hd telly (panny pv500) dosnt seem to have a fibre optic input, anyway around this with adaptors etc?

Thank

Shaun

Phil99 · 2 Mar 2006 at 17:34

Which cable exactly did you buy?

Most should come with a red/white plug which your TV should have.

The optical cable is for 5.1 audio mainly and needs to be used with a Dolby Digital receiver.

sh4un · 2 Mar 2006 at 17:56

I think im ok to post the link to it, if not i oppologise to the mods

http://www.monstercable.com/monstergame/xbox360/productPage.asp?pin=3559&LastPage=XBOX

This is the cable, all help appreciated

Rich_L · 2 Mar 2006 at 18:01

If the cable doesn't have stereo RCA plugs then I don't think you'll be able to get sound through your TV.

If your sound system has a optical in you can use that, or if it has a coax input then you can get an optical->coax adaptor for £20 or so IIRC.

monkeyspank · 2 Mar 2006 at 18:04

The official MS component lead has 2xRCA plugs for stereo audio.

sh4un · 2 Mar 2006 at 18:40

I know this isnt the official lead i got with the xbox, what i need to know is, is there any way to get it working with my panny pv500 ?

Phil99 · 2 Mar 2006 at 18:47

You could buy a Dolby Digital decoder unit and take the outputs of that in to the TV, but it'd be cheaper to take that cable back and buy the official one.

DaveyD · 2 Mar 2006 at 19:11

As what Phil99 and Rich_L have said, to use the optical cable, you need a device that is capable of decoding Dolby Digital, which is usually in the shape of an amplifier or mid-high range all-in-one DVD player. There is no 'cheap' option to convert that 5.1 signal to anything other than another 5.1 digital signal (i.e. coax from optical).

Otherwise, you have to use an Xbox 360 cable that has normal 2 channel sound (Red/White). It's kind of silly that that cable doesn't come with normal 2 channel sound.

Sagalout · 2 Mar 2006 at 20:47

Send it back and buy this one:

http://www.monstercable.com/monstergame/xbox360/productPage.asp?pin=3560&LastPage=XBOX 360

The one you have is only dolby digital, whereas the one above is like the official - ie it has stadard rca's but also a plug for DD5.1.

To be honest though if you've spent the money on a PV500 it would be criminal not to partner it with a proper surround set up. You need it to truly experience the likes of COD2 etc