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[DennisRP]

I've just bought a used "Xbox advanced SCART cable" (looks cheap and plastic-like) from a guy on ebay. He claims it will give your xbox DTS/DD, but I cant make it work.

The M$ dashboard -> Settings -> Audio,  doesnt give me any other options than mono/stereo/dolby digital. After what I read, I should be presented for the DTS/DD option? "Sound output" in XBMC are set to analog and greyed out. Avalaunch-settings showed DTS/DD to be disabled and when I tried to change this I were told that the EEPROM didnt support writebacks. Though in a later option I could allow this and then enable DTS/DD but still no games or DVDs would recognize the signal (my receiver says digital but no dts/dd).

I read somewhere in this forum that the xbox needs to "see" the A-V pack to present that DTS/DD options - could this be why I cant get nothing to work?

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(DennisRP @ Mar 11 2005, 12:39 AM)

I've just bought a used "Xbox advanced SCART cable" (looks cheap and plastic-like) from a guy on ebay. He claims it will give your xbox DTS/DD, but I cant make it work.

The M$ dashboard -> Settings -> Audio,  doesnt give me any other options than mono/stereo/dolby digital. After what I read, I should be presented for the DTS/DD option? "Sound output" in XBMC are set to analog and greyed out. Avalaunch-settings showed DTS/DD to be disabled and when I tried to change this I were told that the EEPROM didnt support writebacks. Though in a later option I could allow this and then enable DTS/DD but still no games or DVDs would recognize the signal (my receiver says digital but no dts/dd).

I read somewhere in this forum that the xbox needs to "see" the A-V pack to present that DTS/DD options - could this be why I cant get nothing to work?

well i think what he gave you wasnt what you wanted

[ravedrifter]

Mono, stereo and Dolby Surround Options are supposed to be the  only options that are avaliable when you plug the AV pack in. You changed the settings to digital audio in XBMC right? I use the official and everthing works fine for me... never use 3rd party AV packs..

This post has been edited by ravedrifter: Mar 13 2005, 07:13 AM

[DennisRP]

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Mar 12 2005, 01:20 PM)

well i think what he gave you wasnt what you wanted

Looks like it - thats what you get for buying cheap  

QUOTE(ravedrifter @ Mar 13 2005, 07:11 AM)

Mono, stereo and Dolby Surround Options are supposed to be the  only options that are avaliable when you plug the AV pack in. You changed the settings to digital audio in XBMC right? I use the official and everthing works fine for me... never use 3rd party AV packs..

The digital-setting in XBMC is greyed out - I cant change it. I allowed EEPROM writeback in Avalaunch which gave me the option to activate DTS/DD but still didnt work.

This really suck - the cable gives me digitally audio but since the xbox cant detect it, it wont output DTS/DD - I dont know where the xbox hides this info (bios, I presume?) but it must be possible to hack this somewhere.

(Or I could give up my daily cola and save for a real cable-pack  :rolleyes: )

Thanks for your help guys.

This post has been edited by DennisRP: Mar 13 2005, 01:03 PM

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(DennisRP @ Mar 13 2005, 11:01 PM)

Looks like it - thats what you get for buying cheap 
The digital-setting in XBMC is greyed out - I cant change it. I allowed EEPROM writeback in Avalaunch which gave me the option to activate DTS/DD but still didnt work.

This really suck - the cable gives me digitally audio but since the xbox cant detect it, it wont output DTS/DD - I dont know where the xbox hides this info (bios, I presume?) but it must be possible to hack this somewhere.

(Or I could give up my daily cola and save for a real cable-pack  :rolleyes: )

Thanks for your help guys.

well, heres an idea. all that the pack does to enable the output is jumper a few wires. so if you opened it up, you might be abel to see if a wire has come off or something.

can we get a pic in here of what should be jumpered in his case? that'd help and be easier then buying a new unit

[DennisRP]

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Mar 14 2005, 08:42 AM)

can we get a pic in here of what should be jumpered in his case? that'd help and be easier then buying a new unit

Great idea - if someone didnt mind opening their Advanced A/V pack and post a picture of the board, it would be great.

I have opened mine and the wiring looks connected - just need to know what triggers the DTS/DD recognition.

I thought of soldering the TOSlink transmitter off and solder it directly to the xbox motherboard (with help from the guides under tutorials) but I need the capacitator and I have some doubts if this will enable DTS/DD (its just 3 wires, if my 3rd party box dont work, why should this?).

[DennisRP]

You just gotta love the xbox and its possibilities.

I had decided to move the optical port to the motherboard but when I looked at schematics, I saw that you have to shortcut different pins to enable modes. This tutorial showed you have to ground pin 18 - I plugged my 3rd party A/V pack into the xbox and measured. As one would have guessed, it wasnt! After grounding if, I now can select DTS/DD \o/ - (http://xbox-scene.com/articles/digital-output.php)

Thanks alot guys, im really happy with the your help.