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Denic
19-02-2009, 19:36
I want to use my speakers with my 360, but my laptop isn't letting me for some reason.

I've got my speakers plugged into the normal jack (green) and I've got my VGA audio jack plugged into the mic socket, the way I had it on PC, and it worked fine.

Now the sound just wont work at all... I've tried to plug the end on my speakers into the back of my monitor and the monitor wont pick up any sound at all..

Any one know what I'm doing wrong?

Cheers
Del Lardo
19-02-2009, 19:39
Is the Xbox outputting a surround sound signal that your laptop can't handle?
leowyatt
19-02-2009, 19:39
Have you made sure the mic port isn't muted?
Denic
19-02-2009, 19:40
My speakers are only 2.1 so it shouldn't be a problem?
Denic
19-02-2009, 19:40
Have you made sure the mic port isn't muted?

Mic port is unmuted.
leowyatt
19-02-2009, 19:42
not sure but is the mic selected for input, under XP we had this problem with the voip phones where it kept selecting the machine mic and not the phone mic.
Denic
19-02-2009, 19:44
not sure but is the mic selected for input, under XP we had this problem with the voip phones where it kept selecting the machine mic and not the phone mic.

There is an inbuilt mic on the laptop, maybe that could be messing with something?
leowyatt
19-02-2009, 19:46
what version of windows are you using?
Denic
19-02-2009, 19:47
what version of windows are you using?

I'm on Vista. It's strange because when I play a game or something, I see sound monitor jumping up and down as if it's registering sound, but there's just nothing comming through the speakers.
leowyatt
19-02-2009, 19:50
sure the speakers are working? :huh: :o
Denic
19-02-2009, 19:52
sure the speakers are working? :huh: :o
The speakers are actually working in windows yes, just not working with the 360.
leowyatt
19-02-2009, 19:56
is the 360 set to output stereo?
Denic
19-02-2009, 20:10
is the 360 set to output stereo?

I change that in the actual 360 system settings?
Denic
19-02-2009, 20:12
Edit, it is set to output stereo.
Mark
19-02-2009, 20:44
In Vista, open Control Panel, then open Sound, select the Recording tab.

Look at the choices and figure out which one is the Xbox (watching the levels may help if the names aren't obvious). Click on that one, then click Set Default, then click Properties and check the volume levels. Click OK twice.

Does that help?
Denic
19-02-2009, 21:10
In Vista, open Control Panel, then open Sound, select the Recording tab.

Look at the choices and figure out which one is the Xbox (watching the levels may help if the names aren't obvious). Click on that one, then click Set Default, then click Properties and check the volume levels. Click OK twice.

Does that help?

Set default is unclickable for some reason!
Denic
19-02-2009, 21:15
I uninstalled the realtek drivers, (vista puts them in auto for some reason) and managed to select default device and I still have no sound.

The PC was much more simple to set up!
Denic
19-02-2009, 21:54
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Mark
19-02-2009, 23:11
OK, go to playback, then speakers, then properties, then levels. Anything useful relating to the microphone in there?

Apparently this is a driver issue. There may be a fix available from the Realtek site.
Denic
19-02-2009, 23:24
OK, go to playback, then speakers, then properties, then levels. Anything useful relating to the microphone in there?

Apparently this is a driver issue. There may be a fix available from the Realtek site.

Nothing of interest in there. I will check the realtek site, although I do have the latest drivers installed.

Could it be something to do with Vista manually putting the realtek drivers in on its own?
Mark
19-02-2009, 23:31
Maybe. Vista is well-known for it's rather braindamaged approach to audio settings. Plenty of threads 'out there' on this very problem.
Denic
19-02-2009, 23:33
I'm going to put a different set of drivers on now to see if it makes a difference. If not I guess I'll just buy some spdif Xbox 360 speakers, no doubt they're over priced though.
Denic
20-02-2009, 13:09
On the back of the VGA cable there is an SPDIF input, if I just got a set of SPDIF speakers and plugged them into the port on the back of the VGA cable, would the speakers work without any configuration?

The problem is finding some speakers that are actually SPDIF. :/
Denic
21-02-2009, 22:03
I think I've figured out the problem, in the realtek options there isn't an option for Mic playback, so I can't unmute it or enable it.

Maybe I could buy an external sound card?
Mark
21-02-2009, 23:43
Yup, you could assuming that also doesn't have the same problem. Separate speakers seems like your best bet (you won't have to have the laptop switched on to get sound, and laptop speakers generally aren't all that anyway so even the laptop might benefit from better speakers).
Denic
22-02-2009, 00:26
If I got some USB speakers and plugged them directly into the 360, would they work?

Cheers
Mark
22-02-2009, 09:02
No.

You might be able to get USB-powered speakers that would take audio input from the Xbox though. They might work, even if you had to power them from the laptop.