Seperating sound from HDMI for 360 Elite

AlexTrickle · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:22

I'm just about to return to uni n october and realised I don't know what to do about sound for my 360.

I'll only be taking my PC/laptop monitor which doesn't have speakers and there isn't a TV in my room.

Is there such a cable that can split the HDMI cable from my elite into HDMI for the visual and say a 3.5 so I can plug my PC speakers in?

shamzzz · 26 Sep 2011 at 08:21

is there not a 3.5mm jack on the monitor?

Parmesan · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:18

This may sound like a long shot, I've got my xbox straight to the telly via a hdmi cable, then I've stripped the casing off an official microsoft vga cable. This has the vga connector and the red and white audio cables.

The red and white go to the amp, so I get the sound through the stereo, but between the amp and vga I've got a very handy little splitter that came with my new Turtle Beach headset.

Its Red/White go through cable with a 3.5 headphone jack split off it, this would let you plug the PC speakers

Just having a search through google for you now

Edit:

This this is what I use (Sorry about the time image)

You trust email ok? I'll send you a link and explain a bit more how to do it?

L33 · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:40

Pick up one of these:

Can be had for less than £1 used. Then using the cable JoeRiches posted above (or similar depending on what connector your speakers use)

Parmesan · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:42

L33 said:
Pick up one of these snip...

Forgot about those, they fit even with a HDMI cable in dont they?

Drake5 · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:47

JoeRiches said:
Forgot about those, they fit even with a HDMI cable in dont they?

Yep.

I'm hoping if I use one of those with this cable plugged into the back of my line in socket, I will get sound from my PC speakers.

Could anyone confirm if this would work please?

L33 · 26 Sep 2011 at 11:40

Tom_D said:
Yep.

I'm hoping if I use one of those with this cable plugged into the back of my line in socket, I will get sound from my PC speakers.
[IMG_]http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5645/31oyafwl5l.jpg[/IMG]

Could anyone confirm if this would work please?

Yes it will, as long as the PC is on of course

Drake5 · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:23

L33 said:
Yes it will, as long as the PC is on of course

Great stuff.

I couldn't see why it wouldn't work myself but I thought I missed something.

So RCA Adapter ---> 3.5mm RCA Cable ---> Line in, and all should be well.

PumpkinSteve · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:38

AlexTrickle said:
I'm just about to return to uni n october and realised I don't know what to do about sound for my 360.

I'll only be taking my PC/laptop monitor which doesn't have speakers and there isn't a TV in my room.

Is there such a cable that can split the HDMI cable from my elite into HDMI for the visual and say a 3.5 so I can plug my PC speakers in?

Easy way:

Get an official Xbox 360 composite cable, chop the yellow connector off, pop the plastic casing off the other end so it will fit in the console at the same time as the HDMI cable. It automatically sends the sound out through the composite and picture through HDMI, I did it myself.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1hxuqkggrA

EDIT: Beaten

Accendo · 26 Sep 2011 at 13:14

If you don't want your PC to have to be on with the 360 then you need these:

AlexTrickle · 26 Sep 2011 at 13:44

L33 said:
Pick up one of these:

Can be had for less than £1 used. Then using the cable JoeRiches posted above (or similar depending on what connector your speakers use)

That looks perfect - I'll get googling now

Failing that I'll look into the DIY option mentioned above, thanks all!