Xbox 360 audio setup ?

BEN_UK · 9 Jul 2006 at 13:36

Hello,

Just looking around the Xbox 360 setup and came across the audio setup theres 3 options,

Analog Output
Digital Output
Sound Effects

Which one should i be using ?

I have a HD TV connected to my 360 with a VGA cable ?

I am just using the speakers that came with the TV.

Thanks Ben

DaveyD · 9 Jul 2006 at 13:44

No idea what "Sound Effects" is, but you're going to need to be using the analogue 2 channel Red/White phono lead for your audio. Unless your TV has an digital optical input and a surround sound speaker setup to go with it, you'll not be able to use digital.

So you're currently using the correct audio.

Puzzled · 9 Jul 2006 at 14:00

Sound effects just means the noises when switching between screens on the 360 dash. You can turn them off if you want.

Echo toxin · 9 Jul 2006 at 22:54

I was wondering about this today, too.
I use the optical cable and it's set to "Digital Stereo" in the dashboard. The cable plugs into my HiFi. The sound from games comes out of the speakers perfectly but when I play a DVD, I don't get any sound at all. Do you need to have a Dolby Digital 5.1 decoder to hear DVD sound?

DaveyD · 9 Jul 2006 at 23:56

I think you might, not sure though.

MichaelHo · 10 Jul 2006 at 00:26

is the sound setting on the dvd set to dolby 5.1??
play the disc, goto menu --> settings --> audio ---> set it to dolby 5.1

i had this problem before with my dvd player, the sound was set to 5.1 and all i could hear was jus background sound, i then set it to 2.1 and then i could hear everything.

Echo toxin · 10 Jul 2006 at 17:05

Unfortunately, not all DVDs have the Dolby Stereo 2.1 downmix so I guess I'm scuppered unless I wire up the analogue connectors.