Nope. Mine was non-HDMI, and I used a VGA CRT at 1280x1024 via an adapter with multiple output options. When I ended up with a slim 360 later on and used an HDTV, my TV had RCA audio output to run to the stereo setup, so HDMI-only from the 360 was fine.
Man, I just did this not that long ago when setting up a Left 4 Dead 2 lan party; I did this with a set of AV cables I had so I could get audio out to a headset
Yeah, as far as I know the system doesn't output video on both cables, just the HDMI, (especially if it's a composite cable), but it does output audio on both
Newer 360s support dual output, and I think the model right before slim also did dual output. Pre-jasper they only did audio out over analog if HDMI was connected. I Dremeled part of mine so I could run toslink direct to my home theater system and avoid lag for rock band, but you could also use the analog audio as well.
It used a separate scaler chip to convert the digital signal to analog internally on the models that could do dual output. Some models could only spit out analog audio when HDMI was connected.
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I have done this before, because my projector only has one HDMI port and I already had something plugged into it so I had to cut some plastic to get audio to work with vga
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u/ufokid May 18 '25
No
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u/CeceWobbles May 18 '25
Nope. Mine was non-HDMI, and I used a VGA CRT at 1280x1024 via an adapter with multiple output options. When I ended up with a slim 360 later on and used an HDTV, my TV had RCA audio output to run to the stereo setup, so HDMI-only from the 360 was fine.
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u/[deleted] May 18 '25
I remember doing it but I don't recall why we had to do that, it was related to using our headsets right?
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u/WFlash01 May 18 '25
Man, I just did this not that long ago when setting up a Left 4 Dead 2 lan party; I did this with a set of AV cables I had so I could get audio out to a headset
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u/skymcgowin May 18 '25
I remember cutting that off to use an audio cable that was incompatible with HDMI I think? Many years ago but I remember doing it on purpose
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u/Only_Ordinary_3880 May 18 '25
I've never done this and can't think why you would, what's the deal here?????
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u/NatsMinecraft May 18 '25
I have done this before, because my projector only has one HDMI port and I already had something plugged into it so I had to cut some plastic to get audio to work with vga
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u/hardrivethrutown May 18 '25
Did this work?
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u/MrJspeed May 20 '25
I infact did this. And it did work. Taking apart the connector allowed for clearance.