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[Grim187]

well i dont think the 360 has surround sound dosent mean you cant get it to work
what connectors do you have coming from the 5.1 just the computers standard 3.5mm stero jacks and one mono or are thay analog?
you sayed you have a reciver what kinda outputs dose that have?

[Jackalpupz]

The reciever has a/v's and optical inputs for sound.  So I gotta buy a optical cable that goes from RCA's with red/white female connecters that turns into a optical port?  Then just plug it in the recievers optical?

[woofis]

im having the same exact problom. my surround sound came with a dvd player. i got that to work but i have no clue how to hook up the wire. my a/v switch box has a black audio port on that. do i hook that up to the black 1 in the back of the surround sound base?

[woofis]

is this really the only way itll work? i remeber i had a shitty surround soun a couple years ago and i played xbox 1 on it. without that optical wire. im so confused

[revs]

Yep you need to use an optical cable to get 5.1. Just plug it betwen the 360's optical out and then receiver/speakers optical in

[rootofallevil]

no its not

well go fu0krt

[woofis]

how much do these cables run? i checked radio shak and some were like 70 bux! im not trying to pay that. is there any cheaper ones. somethine lik 10-15 bux?

[Jackalpupz]

That price seems reasonable.  Also,  I guess my dvd player is playing movies in 5.1.  Atleast it sounds like it.

[woofis]

is the sound all even throughout ur speakers or is it circulating(spelling?) the speakers.

[Jackalpupz]

I put in saving private ryan for a test.  Sounds crazy,  where ever they firing in the movie you hear it in the proper speaker   .

[marauderrt10]

QUOTE(woofis @ Dec 25 2005, 02:01 PM)

how much do these cables run? i checked radio shak and some were like 70 bux! im not trying to pay that. is there any cheaper ones. somethine lik 10-15 bux?

Like the saying goes, you get what you pay for. They are 70$ for a reason. You will get the best sounding surround sound with those cables. 70$ is a average price for a set of monster cables. You will end up getting crap with 20$ cables.

[twistedsymphony]

QUOTE(marauderrt10 @ Dec 26 2005, 01:30 AM)

Like the saying goes, you get what you pay for. They are 70$ for a reason. You will get the best sounding surround sound with those cables. 70$ is a average price for a set of monster cables. You will end up getting crap with 20$ cables.

sorry try again...

fiber optic is just plastic. Moster's claim to fame is oxygen free 4x grounded which does NOTHING for fiber optic because it's light as opposed to electricity.

besides it's digital, which means it either works or it doesn't work, there is no "good", "better" "best".

Buy the $20 optical from Walmart and have a nice day  

BTW not even the official Monster Optical cable for the Xbox 360 costs $70
http://www.jr.com/JR...ed.MC X360FO-10

[woofis]

ok so all i have to do is get that cable, hook it into the black plug in the back of my surround sound reciever and then plug that into the black port on my a/v switchbox?

[woofis]

i just noticed the black port says coaxle or something like that next to it. is this the same thing as opticle or no? will a coaxle wire work as well?

[woofis]

wtf, i got the digital coax cable. i hook it up to the back of my dvd player then the other end tot he back of my a/v reciever and still no dam sound out my speakers. wtf