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Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Microsoft has confirmed it's aware of the sound glitch occurring with HDMI connections to the New Xbox Experience.
That's according to Xbox 360 Fanboy, which has also spotted a temporary solution on the AVForums to use in the meantime.
First, turn off the Xbox 360 and remove the hard drive. Next, switch the console on and wait for the Dashboard to load. Once that's done, replace the hard drive, and hey presto, the sound should return.
Unfortunately, however, you have to do the same fix every time you turn your machine on, apparently.
The New Xbox Experience launched around the world last Wednesday, and most notably introduced Mii-like avatars to the console. And despite these sound complaints, the service has had a smooth roll-out.
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I use both my Xbox 360 and PS3 with HDMI (both use official cables) but the sound is routed to a surround sound amp via an optical cable so I've no idea if I can actually get sound through my TV through HDMI or not with my Xbox 360. I guess I ought to try it tonight to see if I have this problem but unless my amp dies it isn't really an issue for me. Needs sorting out a.s.a.p. though.
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@MrED209 - Well I'm still getting sporadic freeze ups on the dashboard when accessing the Guide or Friends list that can last up to 30 seconds, which I never got during the two weeks I used the leaked NXE offline so that issue is almost certainly caused by an oversubscribed LIVE. I've had to no crashes or sysyem lock ups though. Also the Marketplace can be unbearably slow at times, particularly at obtaining the info for the Featured Download bits. It's getting better but overall my LIVE experience isn't as smooth as it was pre-NXE at this point.
That said, the other improvements to the dashboard with NXE make these "teething" issues forgiveable although I hope they are totally fixed soon as it's been nearly a week since NXE launched now. |
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Been fine for me on two out of my three 360s - one Elite from July last year and a 60GB from this August. Haven't tried out my old 20GB from early 2007 yet - lent it to my boss whose 360 died a couple of weeks back.
I can understand people having issues though - it's a major update and with, what, 24 millon consoles?, if even half of a tenth of one percent have problems, you're talking 12,000 people. Many of those are likely to be vocal Internet people too. At least Microsoft are admitting this one early on for once and there should be a more permanent fix coming soonish. Still would suck to be one of the affected though. |
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xXBrombeerXx
24/11/08 @ 12:35
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This is new to me. Been running HDMI sound on both PS3 and Xbox 360 with NXE on my 7.1 channel AMP without any errors and loving it to death.
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farticusmaximus
24/11/08 @ 13:03
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Would be nice to know under what conditions this problem occurs, as I use HDMI to my TV with no issues.
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@Harry - Believe me, I'd be using HDMI for surround sound if I could but although my Sony amp supports HDMI, it is only for the picture. I'm more than happy with plain old DD5.1 and DTS though, particularly as the bit-rate with BD movies is much higher than DVDs for both, typically 640 Kbps and 1.5 Mbps compared with the 480-ish Kbps of DVDs so I'm happy.
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StooMonster
24/11/08 @ 13:08
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HDMI's use of HDCP (Intel's DRM for video and audio signals) makes it a compatibility pig, that and the fact that the HDMI spec continues to evolve.
Although it could be worse, the original Sky HD boxes allegedly fried the HDMI receiver chips in certain Pioneer displays. |
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aphexstwin
24/11/08 @ 13:14
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not happy with nxe tbh. many on the uk ps3 forums liken this to home, but at least you can choose to download home. if it were my choice, just give my blades back, make it optional. no real problems with my nxe, tho, typical microdollar, they hype up the friends and community aspects only to find 'spotlight' highlighted at bootup instead, which is adverts and stuff to buy from mp. as pesci says, 'always the fuckin dollars' (casino)
im still wondering why tho, why havent they put in fast forward or rewind into the music player? (it wasnt even on the fattyxbox) |
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aphexstwin
24/11/08 @ 13:25
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bio... im already wearing the fucker out! its still the only place where you can read bios too.
BLADES FTEPICW1!!!111!! |
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CreepinJesus
24/11/08 @ 13:34
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FFS - do you think it would be possible for you to mention the NXE without bringing Miis into it all?
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farticusmaximus
24/11/08 @ 13:37
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@evilfoxhound
From what StooMonster was saying, it sounds like it could be a problem connecting to specific brands of TV |
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aphexstwin
24/11/08 @ 13:42
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no aniki (?) all i get is send message, compare games. no read bio. and i will choose to download home btw, nothing ventured nothing gained. and i dont get why my 360/ps3 isnt affected by updates either. i reckon its people who wanna cry cos their suggestion for an addition didnt make it. or something like that. still, blades kick ass
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I have a Sony Bravia HDTV, the D3000, so it sounds (no pun intended) like HDMI audio will likely be fine with mine anyway. I'll check it later on although the thought of actually playing games with audio through the TV makes me shudder as surround sound really has spoilt me to the point where the previous acceptable TV sound now comes across as tinny and naff quality.
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ZxdarkstarxZ
24/11/08 @ 14:35
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I have had no sound problems at all with my hdmi. The marketplace is slow admittedly but thats to be expected. For me the update has been pretty smooth overall ^^ Its got some great features aswell.
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spamjavelins
24/11/08 @ 14:39
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sorry if this has already been mentioned,but has anyone else had any problems charging their pad with the play and charge kit? If i turn my xbox off with the pad connected up,after about 10-20 seconds,the light on the charging cable goes green;even if i've just plugged it in. So I left it on yesterday whilst it was charging,and it stayed red after about 7 hours! It didn't even go green. My xbox is new, so i dont think it'll be hardware related.
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farticusmaximus
24/11/08 @ 15:04
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@Zero_Cool
"The 360 is a fucking joke machine!" Yet it's still miles ahead of the PS3 as a games machine. Go figure.
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I'm one of those suffering from the sound issue. I have my Elite plugged directly into my 24" Iiyama Pro Lite monitor. Worked a treat bfore the NXE update.
I have been assured by MS they are working on this and a patch is expected soon. As for the workarounds, I have tried them but nothing worked so far. |
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Question to HDMI 360 users: is it possible to have only the video through the HDMI and the audio though the optical out (the one embedded in the multi-AV cable)?
Yes. However, you can't physically fit both cables into the back of the XBox at the same time. So either take the plastic cover off the multi-av-cable's connector (makes it small enough to fit - see http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1326/1473... ) or spend £14.95 on Microsoft's "spacer" http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-360-HDMI-Ca... |
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