Reddit reviews HDE RCA TOSLINK Adapter and HDMI Cable for Xbox 360 Consoles Audio Adapter and Video Cable for Microsoft Xbox 360 / Elite / Slim HDMI Consoles

TVs with DVI ports typically tend to have audio inputs for the DVI channel, since like you said the DVI port doesnt carry sound. can you look on the back of your TV and see if there are audio input ports labled 'DVI audio' or something like that?

example: http://imgur.com/0KiVvaC

but to answer your question directly, whichever method you use, this is what you need to do. you need the audio breakout cable for xbox 360.

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Audio-Dongle-Adapter-Cable/dp/B002WIG4LW

from there, if your tv has the audio input for DVI just connect the red and white from that breakout cable. if not, you can attach PC speakers with an adapter cable like this

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003L14XTO/

I think so. I don't know for sure as I use component cable and it has optical output. But wait, now as I look it seems you can't use both this adapter and HDMI at the same time. This should do it. Thanks to DigiSmackd who posted link to it earlier.

Unless I'm missing something, you should be able to just plug your headset into the LCD Monitor and let it pass the sound through. (assuming you mean 3.5mm not 35mm.)


The Xbox360 Elite should have a built in TOSLINK ( optical) port on the back. You shouldn't need the adapter (it was for the older Xboxs that didn't have the built-in Optical port). ((EDIT- This is true only of the NEW Elite SLIM Model - if you don't have the slim model you DO want the adapter. - Note that the "official" adapter goes for around $50 new))

headphones like the EarForce X41 use this port for audio (the toslink just goes to their little wireless receiver, which send the signal to the headphones.)

What you're referring to is the Xbox Audio Dongle Adapter

It works by plugging into the proprietary port beside the HDMI space.

I'm assuming you are using HDMI? You will need an adapter that allows you to plug in your turtle beaches and the HDMI connector. They cost about $10 on Amazon.

Like this one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002WIG4LW

This is what I use for my Turtle Beach headphones and it works great.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002WIG4LW?pc_redir=1407739347&robot_redir=1

This is the right place, or at least the best place reddit currently has that I know of.

There's no way to cut the video feed out of an HDMI signal by cutting wires or similar. HDMI cables don't have dedicated video wires, the video and audio signals are digtally interleaved across all the signal wires.

However, this cable will probably allow you to disconnect the video signal from the audio signal if your TV supports it. I have a HDMI port on my TV that will accept an analog signal as part of the same port (It's meant for connecting to a PC that can't output an audio signal over the HDMI link).

However, I'm not sure that disconnecting the video signal will be particularly useful to you. I assume you want to avoid LCD burn-in, but does your TV blank the display when it loses a video signal, or does it simply display "Signal not found"? If so, you're just trading one kind of burn-in for another.

You're gonna need an extra cable for your xbox. It's gonna look like this.

He can get one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Xbox-Audio-Dongle-Adapter-Cable/dp/B002WIG4LW

okay I gotcha. And for your xbox, is the xbox 360 that has built in HDMI output? If so what's plugged into the AV output?

It's supposed to work like this, comm audio comes out of the controller, while game audio comes from the console's AV cable.

If your Xbox has the direct HDMI output, then you need this adapter to give the headset something to plug into. Your headset should have include a 2xRCA to 3.5mm adapter cable. You'd plug the red and white (RCA) plugs into the adapter I just linked, then plug the green 3.5mm stereo jack into the other end of the adapter cable.

Does that get you were you need or did I miss something?

I would actually buy a 16:9 display, not a 16:10 one. Otherwise you'll have to live with a letterbox (you can't actually change the resolution of the games).

Also, at least with the old non-slim model (I'm not sure about the slim model), if you want audio, you probably need an "audio dongle adapter", because you probably won't be able to use the audio signal from HDMI (at least if you're using regular analog speakers).