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[drummindefender]

slightly unrelated but i couldnt be bothered to start a new thread-can you play a 360 through surround sound, and if so, whats the best way to go about this? I'll be using a component cable if this helps...

 

[Matt_B]

slightly unrelated but i couldnt be bothered to start a new thread-can you play a 360 through surround sound, and if so, whats the best way to go about this? I'll be using a component cable if this helps...

You can, you need to take the two audio out cables in the 5 cable component bunch and plug them into the audio in on your DVD player or surround amp. In the end I stopped because a) it was too loud! b) it meant having to turn on the DVD player as well as the Xbox and c) as there are only two cables I believe it is only stereo, even though is uses all the speakers.

I think that there is an optical out on the xbox, which if you are lucky will plug into your DVD player and give true surround, but I don't have one on my DVD player so can't confirm.

 

[Durham Fox]

I'm running mine through the optical but again youd need to check you have one on your 360, not sure if all do.

 

[drummindefender]

if this is a new feature, then once again i doubt mine will

 

[drummindefender]

Ok it does but i need to buy a optical cable. Another question as i don't understand these things, is there any reason why it won't let me play at 1080p? The option is there but when i select it no image appears.

 

[drummindefender]

And as far as i know my tv is up to the task of playing this high a resolution

 

[Durham Fox]

Ok it does but i need to buy a optical cable. Another question as i don't understand these things, is there any reason why it won't let me play at 1080p? The option is there but when i select it no image appears.

Component doesnt support 1080p, you need to be running through HDMI to get 1080p

 

[Matt_B]

Component doesnt support 1080p, you need to be running through HDMI to get 1080p

I'm sure we mentioned that earlier

Ben if you don't have an optical cable I'm sure I have one somewhere, let me see if I can dig it out today, but I might have binned it.

 

[drummindefender]

Ok but looking at this seems to indicate you can play 1080p through a component cable...

 

[drummindefender]

oh and thanks for the offer matt but i just went out and bought one!

 

[Matt_B]

Ok but looking at this seems to indicate you can play 1080p through a component cable...

Hmm it does indeed. In fact I can get mine to do it at 1080p here right now. Wonder why I couldn't before? Do you have the latest Xbox system updates?

 

[drummindefender]

Well when i brought Beatles rockband, it did some update and i now have a different dashboard etc. But it won't let me play at 1080p even though my tv is capable. Odd.

 

[Matt_B]

Well when i brought Beatles rockband, it did some update and i now have a different dashboard etc. But it won't let me play at 1080p even though my tv is capable. Odd.

Can you select 1080p but it won't display, or does it grey out the option?

 

[drummindefender]

you can select the option but when you do it just blacks out.

 

[Matt_B]

you can select the option but when you do it just blacks out.

That, to me, sounds more like a problem with the TV, do you have the TV set to 100hz mode?

 

[drummindefender]

I have no idea what that means or how i would find out...!

 

[Matt_B]

I have no idea what that means or how i would find out...!

Some TVs come with a 100hz mode, I'm not sure if the Xbox supports that. Not sure though.

 

[Matt_B]

Some good ideas here Ben http://www.xbox360forum.com/forum/xbox-360-console/82781-tried-go-1080p-now-my-screen-black.html

Have you made sure the cable is switched to HD?

The problem is your TV will not accept a 1080p signal form a component connection. You need to use HDMI. Some TV's are like that, only will take a 1080p signal through HDMI.

Also sounds a good bet