Question
i recently got an xbox slim and i have some troubles connecting it to my monitor and stereo.
for the monitor i got a hdmi2dvi cable and now i can see something at least, but for the audio i have this problem.
the big cable with the audio connectors that came with the xbox has a part, that when plugged in to the console, is covering the hdmi port, so that i can not connect both cable at once.
so now i can get either video or audio but not both. :(
now i assume, this is on purpose but i was wondering if it is safe to cut away the part of the cable which is covering the hdmi port, so that i can connect both cables at once. thanks!
Answer
You are correct: An xbox cannot have two video signals present at once. The issues isn't so much that you are trying to use an hdmi cable + sound but that you could potentially be outputting two video signals.
With that being said, there exists a very cheap, very useful adapter I have used with my xbox to accomplish exactly what you are trying to do. I cover it in detail in this question as well as an amazon link to the adapter. You can also 'chop' off the guard on your existing component cable to make them fit side by side, but make sure you're only running one video question
Summary
- Buy an xbox adapter that allows audio cables and an hdmi cable to be plugged in at the same time
- Cut your existing xbox component cable's guard off so they fit side by side, but make sure you're not running two video signals out of it
- Use the fiber optics audio output if you have an audio device that can support it
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