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Subject: Question for an Audophile
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I just bought some new speakers, and wanted to know if anyone knew if they supported surround sound for my Xbox. They are the Logitech Z-640s. I know, they are computer speakers, but they support surround sound and hook up to an Xbox via an included adapter. However, I do not know whether or not they are emitting surround sound from my Xbox because all I had to do was connect the red and white cables from my Xbox to the adapter. I did not buy the Advanced AV pack, so I don't know if I'm truly getting Dolby 5.1. If I'm not, would buying an Advanced AV pack help?

Any help/answers would be greatly appreciated.

  • 09.01.2004 8:13 PM PDT
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The way my speakers are set up is thus:

I have the red/white/yellow cable slots for my xbox on the back of my tv. Next to it I have a pair of yellow and white slots for the speakers.

I plug the speakers into those two slots, then I plug my xbox into the back of the TV. And there I have it, working speakers for the xbox.

  • 09.01.2004 8:15 PM PDT
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Your only getting surround sound, if that. If you want Dolby Digital, you need an optical cable and an advanced av pack or monster cables. Here's the link

[Edited on 9/1/2004 8:53:22 PM]

  • 09.01.2004 8:38 PM PDT
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logitech uses "virtual surrond sound"

  • 09.01.2004 9:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: halo beast
Your only getting surround sound, if that. If you want Dolby Digital, you need an optical cable and an advanced av pack or monster cables. Here's the link


So I would need the Monster Lightwave 100 X Fiber Optic Audio cable? How would I hook this up to my speakers and/or Xbox?

Would I need an Advanced AV pack with these cables?

[Edited on 9/2/2004 6:56:56 AM]

  • 09.02.2004 6:55 AM PDT
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You would need an Advanced AV Pack with these cables, as the AV Pack and the HDTV pack are the only ones which have an S/PDIF output. There should be a socket on the pack marked S/PDIF, or Optical, and you plug one end of the cable into that. You plug the other end into your speakers, into one of the sockets marked 'Optical'.

Just go and have a look around at the back of the decoder that came with your speakers... you should be able to find the optical input there. And remember to enable Dolby Digital as well... when I first hooked my speakers up, I thought it would auto-detect DD or DTS signals, but I ended up watching movies in cruddy Dolby Pro Logic II. Not that there's anything really wrong with it, but why make do with second best if you can have Dolby Digital?

  • 09.02.2004 7:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: manitou
You would need an Advanced AV Pack with these cables, as the AV Pack and the HDTV pack are the only ones which have an S/PDIF output. There should be a socket on the pack marked S/PDIF, or Optical, and you plug one end of the cable into that. You plug the other end into your speakers, into one of the sockets marked 'Optical'.

Just go and have a look around at the back of the decoder that came with your speakers... you should be able to find the optical input there. And remember to enable Dolby Digital as well... when I first hooked my speakers up, I thought it would auto-detect DD or DTS signals, but I ended up watching movies in cruddy Dolby Pro Logic II. Not that there's anything really wrong with it, but why make do with second best if you can have Dolby Digital?


Well that's the thing, there is no decoder. All the speaker cables (including the center cable) hook into the bass via RCA cables. Then, from out of the center speaker comes a different kind of cable used to hook them into the source. Since they are computer speakers, the cables are small, headphone-like cables which would normally hook up to the computer. Some computers which have a Dolby 5.1 soundcard would take all three of the cables, while others take two or one. With the adapter that came with the speakers, only two of these cables hook into one end, while the red and white RCA cables that come with the Xbox hook into the other end. Is there some sort of hookup with the Advanced AV pack that will take all three of these headphone-cables?

[Edited on 9/2/2004 7:41:27 AM]

  • 09.02.2004 7:32 AM PDT
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I could have SWORN the topic name was Question for a -blam!--. Then I didn't see any Michael Jackson jokes.

  • 09.02.2004 7:35 AM PDT
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No one has any answers?

  • 09.02.2004 9:11 AM PDT
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Let me ask YOU a question.

Did you turn your Xbox on...

  • 09.02.2004 9:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: Flaming Ninjas
Let me ask YOU a question.

Did you turn your Xbox on...


What are you talking about? Of course I turned my Xbox on. The speakers work fine, they just aren't emitting Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. If anyone knows how I can get it, taking into consideration my situation stated above, please reply.

  • 09.02.2004 9:42 AM PDT