DAVE W Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Right i am looking for a surround sound system that i can link to my tv to play me xbox 360 through but was wondering what one will connect ?? most surround systems run through a dvd player dont they so does that mean they cant be used with normal tv or games consoles seen these http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/175487/art...&srcid=3690 would they connect to me xbox360 and if so how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4TT Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 the best setup would be to get a surround sound AV Amp and then get a set of surround sound speakers see my pic below I have the centre speaker/DVD Player/AV Amp then NTL Box and then Video. the AV Amp allows digital in and has 3 inputs but you can get ones with more, mines a simple one but it does a good job. or you could but a amp with speakers which dont have a dvd built in, as that might offer more inputs, so you can put ntl/sky/dvd/computer/ or anyother AV equipment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVE W Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 ummm... Just dont understand how you would connect the xbox360 to the speackers as its a scart cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I got one of those multi scart adapters for mine dave which had phono av/audio outs on it, that did the trick for my xbox surround sound MineorThisOneThe second one auto selects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVE W Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Cool but now i am going to throw a spanner in the works what when i start using a HD lead for me xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woogie Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 (edited) word of warning before you buy ANY logitech speakers... this is my experiance of logitech speakers posted on another forum Righty ho... went and bought some 5.1 logitech surround sound speakers on monday... now only payed £60 for em so wasnt expecting much but they really are the dogs danglies sound wise... now.... ive noticed that at night when playing music quietly the 2 right speakers will crackle then near enought cut out or just be really quiet... now i fiddled with all the wires and nothing seems to be the problem... there all in correctly and on the correct channels... so stumped as i was i stuck my ear to each speaker individually to hear how loud each one was... now as i suspected the left 2 channels and center channel are fine and loud.... but when i got to the right 2 channels there was a slight noise in the background....I stopped playing the music and listened carefully.. now to my suprise it was a foreign radio station playing in the background... did a quick ctrl+alt+del to see if anything was open... closed all programs and eventually switched the pc off.... and this noise was still there.. i have a ****ing spanish radio station playing on all my pc speakers the moment i plug it into my pc.... how messed up is that... i turn the volume up and it vanishes and the 2 right channels appear to start pulling there weight...turn the volume down and you can hear it tune into the radio station and some spanish tit starts gibbering away.... seriously...how weird. now i read alot of reviews on these speakers and everyone came back great... well great for a budget surround sound system anyway... so i purchased these speakers on the backs of these reviews... after this problem i popped along to the logitech website and found that it appears to be a common problem in several of there speaker ranges as there not sheilded properly and have a lovely tendancy to pickup random radio stations lol this problem is STRAIGHT across the range of logitech speakers..... every set of 5.1 speakers that logitech makes has crappy sheilding... not only that when ANY electrical appliance was turned on in the house my speakers would "pop" and then start going weird.... i checked the official logitech board out and there are ALOT of people across the world having these problems with every 5.1 speaker set from logitech... but anyway... the scart lead usually has 3 wires into it... red, yellow, white... unplug the yellow and red ones and plug them into the amp on the surround sound set.... and the white one can stay in the scart lead and provide the video... but doing it this way means no sound from the T.V Edited September 20, 2006 by Woogie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_aaron Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Register to a 360 geek site??? Ask that laptop guy to make you a soundsystem up that pops out of a tab box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Cool but now i am going to throw a spanner in the works what when i start using a HD lead for me xbox Does the hd lead go to a normal scart socket on the tv?If so the above will still be ok as hd is visual rather than audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVE W Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Cool but now i am going to throw a spanner in the works what when i start using a HD lead for me xbox Does the hd lead go to a normal scart socket on the tv?If so the above will still be ok as hd is visual rather than audio No i think the HD lead is a totally different connection Thanks for the info Woogie i have that problem with me creative speakers on my PC sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woogie Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 you may need to buy a bunch of new leads btw... For connecting to home cinema system and HD TV CLICK ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gti.tom Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Dave, you need to buy a home cinema system, i.e, dvd player, built in amp and sold with speakers which is hd ready. There are a few around at the moment but theyre £800 up. There is no point buying a seperate amp and dvd player etc. My Jamo dvd player with built in digital amp, plays my PS2 games through the optical out of the playstation. Up to you overall, but decent kit isnt that cheap. You can get some reasonable cinema systems that arent hd ready, but will play console music. Just wait till you rev a car engine, like TOCA, through a surround system with active subwoofer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluliz Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 DON'T buy from Pixmania, utter shite service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVE W Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 Umm £800 is abit above what i was wanting to spend i will have a look see what i can find cheers for the help peeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Geeza Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 you wanna buy my complete set up mate?? Kenwood amp 5.1 cost me £500-00 2x Front mission speakers (m72i) nice! - voted best speakers under £200-00 by what hifi when they were new 1x Centre voice rep mission speaker (m3750i) 2x Mission rears (m70i) compact but through one hell of a punch 1 x mission sub only 6 months old..beast! If your interested ring me 07725565402. whole kit worth over £900-00. make me an offer... I live in Hereford oh and its optical too so plugs straight into ur 360..I have one too and project goth sounds fecking sweat mate. Loads of bass with the noisy cars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCanning Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 dave... the easiest way is to make sure whatever set you buy is optical as this is what plugs into the scart lead and the digital lead when it arrives officially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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