No VGA Sound with Xbox 360 on Panasonic PV70

TakeTheVeil

Decided to try hook up my 360 over VGA on Panasonic TH-37PV71 and im not getting any sound over the RCA cables.. anyone know why and got a fix? Otherwise, im absolutely delighted with the tv

Oh and also.. anyone know how to change the border colour from grey to black when viewing in 4:3?

Sparky

Not too familiar with the VGA settings, but have you checked all sound settings on the Xbox and on the TV for sound input?
Does the TV accept sound when using VGA?

Not too sure about the border colour as I have always been in 16:9

TakeTheVeil

i messed around with the xbox settings and it worked.. it was set to 5.1 so i changed it back to stereo and that seemed to work..

still havent found anything for the grey border. im just using 'Just' setting for all the analog channels.. but theres some programmes where it just doesnt work so i prefer to watch them in 4:3.. the grey sides are quite off-putting

Watched Black Hawk Down (WMV-HD) and Equilibrium (x264) both in 720p there.. really lush.. and apparently the screen gets better after about a good couple of hours. Fantastic!

Kenpo

Hi, but is sound normally passed with VGA?

I want to hook my laptop to a Sharp HD LCD (using VGA).

Will the sound be sent through this connection or do I need to feed the sound from the headphone port to the sound points on the telly?

Thanks

K

Snake Plisken

No you won't get sound through the VGA cable you'll have to buy 3.5mm (headphone type connecction) to Phono lead, this will plug into the sound output on your laptop and connect to the phono connectors in on your TV.

Takethevail, the borders are grey for a reason as it reduces the chances of image retention and screen burn, I don't really see a reason why you would watch programmes like that, the only reason I've seen for using it is that some xbox 1 games on the 360 only display 4:3 through the VGA cable GTA is one such game.

Snake

TakeTheVeil

well some channels/programmes are still broadcast in 4:3 and, for some of them, stretching them to fill the screen with 'Just' distorts the image too much. Sport for example.. so i prefer to watch it the way its been broadcast

and yeah Kenpo, you wont get sound over VGA itself, you'll need the 3.5mm to phone lead like Plisken said. The Xbox 360 VGA lead has that lead attached to it.. or has optical output for hooking up to sound systems

Snake Plisken

TakeTheVeil, Can you let me know a channel that broadcasts in 4:3, I'll check it on my Panny

Snake

TakeTheVeil

i think the tennis on BBC is being shown in 4:3.. i dont know if any channel broadcasts all their content in 4:3 just some programs.. Channel 6 are a sh'ites for 4:3 .. esp with older comedy shows like Seinfeld etc

im not complaining.. just wanted to know if you could change the grey border to black

Snake Plisken

I take it you have a sky box, have u it set for 16:9 or widescreen mode in skybox settings? Or is this off the NTL cable?

Snake

Kenpo

Thanks guys.