XBox 360 and PS3 in Surround Sound?

[Slinky]

If you want real surround (discrete channels) you have to use an optical audio cable or HDMI for your sound, period.

If you're using the red/white RCA cables, you're only getting stereo (if you hear surround, it's being matrixed by your reciever w/ Pro Logic).

If your receiver has a digital coaxial input, you can get an optical to coaxial converter and use that.

And, Sanitarium, are you sure you're getting surround that way? Every TV I've ever heard of will only output 2 channel PCM from it's optical out unless it's outputting audio from an OTA antenna. Are you sure you're not outputting a stereo signal that your receiver is matrixing to surround?

The correct way to set it up is to have the HDMI going from your ps3 to the TV, and have the optical cable going directly from the Ps3 to the receiver.

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[Bunker]

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[uhoh_45]

Just buy a turtle beech and be done with it.

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so him and his gf can huddle around a pair of headphones to watch a blurray (sp)

[BeatBox]

that will work unltil u pull too hard on the cord and your shit falls off the tv stand lol

[Bunker]

so him and his gf can huddle around a pair of headphones to watch a blurray (sp)

Don't hate that's how us poor folks have surround J/P. And that was my bad anyway I linked you to the 360 ones in stead of PS3 so I fail for not reading everything.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4856569_connect-su...d-sound-ps.html

[raytard]

im also in the crowd of hdmi to tv and optical to reciever

if you already have speaks and stuff, you can just get a new reciever and save yourself some cash. Onkyo makes some really nice ~$200 dollar ones.

optical is definately the way to go though, that or get a high end reciever that you can feed hdmi into and then hdmi out to tv yamaha has some sick ones but theyre some good cash

[inm]

I already have "surround" headsets for both the 360 and PS3.

I just needed to know what I need for surround through my system.

ps-

uhoh: why bring my girlfriend into this? you confuse me.

[BeatBox]

I already have "surround" headsets for both the 360 and PS3.

I just needed to know what I need for surround through my system.

ps-

uhoh: why bring my girlfriend into this? you confuse me.

:01nocomment8so:

[inm]

Now I'm just really confused.

[white4d96]

I just run HDMI from my XB360 to my TV then RCAs to my receiver. However, my receiver supports Pro-Logic II. What kind of receiver do you have?

I know I had to fiddle with the settings on my receiver; it was originally set for stereo with a bridged center channel. I would try fiddling with your receiver a bit to see if that's your problem.