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« on: December 27, 2010, 03:46:06 PM » |
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Decided to connect up my old 17" monitor to my son's Xbox 360. Bought a Xbox VGA Cable from Game (only £9.99, everywhere else seems to sell them for £15) and the monitor works fine, it's way better than the ancient 14" TV it was connected to.
There is now the problem of no sound, the cable does have 2 phono sockets but I cannot find any adapters to convert them into a standard 3.5mm Jack. I did try Maplins and what they recommended didn't work and cost £10.
Would USB speakers work with an Xbox?
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2010, 03:53:49 PM » |
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Doesn't the xbox 360 come with it's own adapter? I'm sure I've got one lying around somewhere. I'm not sure the usb speakers would work to be honest.
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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2010, 04:00:45 PM » |
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Would that do the job?
The green plug is a female 3.5mm Jack and the red/white ones are RCA/Phono
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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2010, 04:01:26 PM » |
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That's exactly what I just dug out of my cupboard if you want one Milli.
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« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2010, 04:01:50 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2010, 04:06:12 PM » |
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Maplins will have what you need. BoomJust search for "phono 3.5". If it won't reach the speaker jack, you can get a 3.5mm extension cable.There are lots of other variations in cable choice, you could get a couple of these or one of these and one of these |
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« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2010, 04:19:35 PM » |
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Last time I had a problem like this I cut up two cables and soldered the ends together. Doing this with coaxial cables is suprisingly tricky.  |
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« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2010, 05:38:44 PM » |
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I got one of the things Zarf linked a couple of years ago, works perfectly.
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« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2010, 08:45:31 PM » |
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Many thanks to Capt. Valentine who said he'd send me the relevant connector
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« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2011, 08:58:49 PM » |
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More belated thanks, the connector arrived about a week and a half ago, it's now connected to an ancient set of PC speakers and is blasting out the Xbox sounds.
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