Xbox 360 VGA cable
Monday, August 20th, 2007 - 5:12pm
I'd like to hook up my xbox to my computer monitor for higher resolution picture so I got a VGA cable.
The cable has one of those square outputs for video and then a red and a white output which I assume is for audio.
But, what do I do with the audio outputs; is there any way to hook them up my computer's speakers?
I did the same thing for a while since my desktop monitor is way better than my tv. For the audio cables, I used an audio y-cable adapter so that I can hook it up to the input/aux slot on my soundcard. The audio lines from the VGA cable is really short. I had to place the 360 right next to my desktop.
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Yes, you can get a Y-adapter to make the two speaker jacks into a single 1/8" jack. Plug that into the Line-In on your sound card, and then use your computer speakers for the sound. That's what I used to do.
EDIT: Damn, beat to the punch!
EDIT2: Here's a link to the sort of adapter you'll need, but please don't pay $7 for one.
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Awesome, that's exactly what I was looking for, thanks guys.
I thought one of those came with the VGA cable.
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XBox 360 (any of them) doesn't come with a VGA cable. The elite comes with an HDMI (and component) cable but not VGA. I'm at least 98.2% sure on this one.
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Think you got the wrong end of the stick here. They were saying that the y-splitter (converger) came with the VGA cable.
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Ah, you're right, my mistake! The audio Y-splitter does come with the official VGA cable, can't comment on 3rd Party cables myself.
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You can get the official 360 VGA cable from NewEgg for a decent price, Doug. Just search it on their site
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I would also recommend calling around to your local EBGames/Gamestop stores and seeing if they have any used. I found a Microsoft branded one for $10 and it works great and is a heckuva lot cheaper than retail.
Also, if you use a VGA cable, don't forget to change your black reference levels in the system settings. This feature just went into the Spring Update but it lets you pick from 3 settings (standard, intermediate, extended) so that you don't get a washed out effect. I forget the details of why this was implemented, something to do with PC monitors handling black colors slightly differently than HDTVs.
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I got a used cable from EB a while ago, but it didn't appear to come with the y-adapter, hence my confusion. Damn EB...
Radioshack'll help me out, then onto to pretty picture goodness.
OH hey I just picked up 2 sets of 360 vGA cables (official brand new sealed MS ones) for $16 plus tax ($1.30) on my lunch break today at an OUT of Business sale at a GameCrazy here.
Give me $25 for a set to defray my shipping costs and it's yours.
I made an adapter that converts the red & white male RCA plugs into a female headphone jack. Now I can game using my headphones without sending the signal through a receiver or computer audio cars. It doesn't get super loud, but it lets me keep my gaming sounds to myself.
If you're interested, I'll post a list of parts you'll need to make one for yourself (with just a little bit of soldering involved).
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You could also get extension cabels for the Red and White hook ups.
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