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[Closed] XBox Audio - I am the muppet who bought a monitor with no speakers

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OK so I am a muppet. I just bought a new monitor with HDMI connection but not bloody speakers built into it. Consequently the Xbox picture looks amazing but I can't hear anything!

What are the options for alternative audio outputs? I'd settle for a pair of headphones but it doesn't look like there is anything other than an optical audio out.


 
Posted : 30/09/2011 7:46 pm
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Sure there's only an optical out?


 
Posted : 30/09/2011 7:53 pm
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Does the monitor not have any audio output at all?


 
Posted : 30/09/2011 7:55 pm
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No audio out on the monitor.


 
Posted : 30/09/2011 8:13 pm
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Basiclly a pc monitor with hdmi. Mines the same. The monitor will have an audio out jack in the back. Either use headphones or pc speakera


 
Posted : 30/09/2011 8:18 pm
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You can use a normal xbox video and audio cable at the same time as hdmi.

If you use one of these you can connect to pc speakers, or an amp.

[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VGA-AV-Cable-Xbox-360-RCA-3-5MM-Adapter-Lead-/280614974299?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4155f4b35b#ht_1802wt_934 ]vga cable[/url]


 
Posted : 30/09/2011 8:33 pm
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You can use a normal xbox video and audio cable at the same time as hdmi.

Depends on the cable, some of them foul the connector. I've got a 'full' AV connector which blocks the HDMI, and an adapter whosit that allows the HDMI to fit and provides a breakout for audio etc, the latter of which is probably what you need.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-HDMI-Cable-Audio-Adapter/dp/B000VUVCK6

Headphones?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cables-Go-80134-Value-Stereo/dp/B0020MLAFA/

(EDIT - assuming the full fat Xbox anyway; dunno about the new unleaded version.)


 
Posted : 30/09/2011 8:52 pm