Home > Archive > Xbox forum > December 2004 > xbox optical out question





You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread. To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to this thread please [click here]

Author xbox optical out question
Jumpkick

2004-11-27, 5:49 pm

I use the optical out on my xbox to send a 5.1 signal to a decoder.

My current settings are "dolby surround" and "dolby digital" enabled.

Sometimes midnight though, I don't want to use the 5.1 speakers, but
headphones instead.

I need the Xbox to send a stereo signal over the optical out for that.

I wonder what I have to change in the dashboard to get that done. Just turn
dolby digital off? Or do I have to set sound to stereo instead of dolby
surround as well?

(the dolby surround option confuses me tbh...it's just a method of making
sound trough 2 speakers sound "3d" /more expansive right?).

Pity the Xbox doesnt have sound test built -in btw.





finndo

2004-12-01, 5:48 pm

Mine requires muting the speakers, or I have the ability to turn my speakers
off (I have a A, B, off, A+B option)


"Jumpkick" <nospam@me.com> wrote in message
news:41a8b6b6$0$91694$ee9da40f@news.wanadoo.nl...
quote:

>I use the optical out on my xbox to send a 5.1 signal to a decoder.
>
> My current settings are "dolby surround" and "dolby digital" enabled.
>
> Sometimes midnight though, I don't want to use the 5.1 speakers, but
> headphones instead.
>
> I need the Xbox to send a stereo signal over the optical out for that.
>
> I wonder what I have to change in the dashboard to get that done. Just
> turn dolby digital off? Or do I have to set sound to stereo instead of
> dolby surround as well?
>
> (the dolby surround option confuses me tbh...it's just a method of making
> sound trough 2 speakers sound "3d" /more expansive right?).
>
> Pity the Xbox doesnt have sound test built -in btw.
>
>
>
>
>



Copyright 2003 - 2008 gamesreviews.net Software forum  PC Hardware reviews