Xbox One General Discussion - Part 3

EoinHef · 29-12-2017 3:04am

Mate has an issue im hoping someone here can help me solve.

He bought a monitor from amazon for his young lads xbox one (OG)instead of a TV due to space rsetrictions. He bought a set of speakers to go with it as the monitor had no speakers. Problem is the monitor also has no 3.5mm jack and he didnt notice:(

I dont think the one has a 3.5mm jack on it?

So other than using headphones,not ideal as its an extra cost, or using some sort of adapter to strip the audio from the hdmi is there anything else anyone can think of?

wotzgoingon · 29-12-2017 3:09am

EoinHef wrote: »

Mate has an issue im hoping someone here can help me solve.

He bought a monitor from amazon for his young lads xbox one (OG)instead of a TV due to space rsetrictions. He bought a set of speakers to go with it as the monitor had no speakers. Problem is the monitor also has no 3.5mm jack and he didnt notice:(

I dont think the one has a 3.5mm jack on it?

So other than using headphones,not ideal as its an extra cost, or using some sort of adapter to strip the audio from the hdmi is there anything else anyone can think of?

I used to use one of these below with my old Xbox One as I also used a monitor. It's so handy with a 3.5mm controller though which I now use but that device below is good as well it's just a lot tidier with the headphones plugged into controller.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Toslink-Converter-Adapter-Optical-Black/dp/B00KNNSKV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514513231&sr=8-1&keywords=spdif+to+3.5mm

EoinHef · 29-12-2017 3:31am

Cheers,that looks the job alright. Cant see any way of doing it other than something like that.

Was trying to avoid this route givin the extra cost so im going to tell him to message amazon and see what the policy would be on returning the monitor in exchange for another with a jack but cost of sending it back may make it not worth it.
If not the prozor looks a good cost effective fix.

Poor lad has been playing all his new games with no audio since christmas day:(

wotzgoingon · 29-12-2017 3:42am

EoinHef wrote: »

Cheers,that looks the job alright. Cant see any way of doing it other than something like that.

Was trying to avoid this route givin the extra cost so im going to tell him to message amazon and see what the policy would be on returning the monitor in exchange for another with a jack but cost of sending it back may make it not worth it.
If not the prozor looks a good cost effective fix.

Poor lad has been playing all his new games with no audio since christmas day:(

You can get them cheaper on ebay from China but you will be waiting for about 2-3 weeks for delivery which really isn't a option since the young lad wants to play. I see your location is Dublin. I wonder if you tried a B&M shop to see if they have any as it would be at least Friday or even the following Monday before you get one delivered from UK.

wotzgoingon · 29-12-2017 3:45am

I'm in Mayo and you can have mine if you want. My mother is going to Dublin on Saturday and if you were to meet her at Heuston Station when she arrives to pick it up off her.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 29-12-2017 3:52am

EoinHef wrote: »

Cheers,that looks the job alright. Cant see any way of doing it other than something like that.

Was trying to avoid this route givin the extra cost so im going to tell him to message amazon and see what the policy would be on returning the monitor in exchange for another with a jack but cost of sending it back may make it not worth it.
If not the prozor looks a good cost effective fix.

Poor lad has been playing all his new games with no audio since christmas day:(

Can he not just plug any set of headphones into his controller and he'll have sound?

Stone Deaf 4evr · 29-12-2017 3:55am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm in Mayo and you can have mine if you want. My mother is going to Dublin on Saturday and if you were to meet her at Heuston Station when she arrives to pick it up off her.

Also, fair play, lovely gesture.

dunworth1 · 29-12-2017 3:23pm

EoinHef wrote: »

Cheers,that looks the job alright. Cant see any way of doing it other than something like that.

Was trying to avoid this route givin the extra cost so im going to tell him to message amazon and see what the policy would be on returning the monitor in exchange for another with a jack but cost of sending it back may make it not worth it.
If not the prozor looks a good cost effective fix.

Poor lad has been playing all his new games with no audio since christmas day:(

if he's going the return route hed be better off getting a tv

ThisRegard · 29-12-2017 7:31pm

Is there a way to hide installed games from the games list of a family member? I thought it would automatically hide games outside of the age category of that family member but it just requests permission to play them.

wotzgoingon · 29-12-2017 7:32pm

ThisRegard wrote: »

Is there a way to hide installed games from the games list of a family member? I thought it would automatically hide games outside of the age category of that family member but it just requests permission to play them.

I'm pretty sure you cannot do that. But I'm not 100% certain.

EoinHef · 29-12-2017 9:15pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm in Mayo and you can have mine if you want. My mother is going to Dublin on Saturday and if you were to meet her at Heuston Station when she arrives to pick it up off her.

Thank you very much,very nice gesture.

Sadly im heading off tomorrow for a few days and wont be back till the 3rd so wouldnt be able to make it saturday. Again thanks for the offer though.

EoinHef · 29-12-2017 9:21pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Can he not just plug any set of headphones into his controller and he'll have sound?

His father said he hasnt got any,told him any phone ones should do for the moment to get him by till we get the issue sorted. If he cant find any ill give him a pair to tide him over.

Most likely go with the DAC at this point,seems to be the best option.

ThisRegard · 29-12-2017 9:23pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm pretty sure you cannot do that. But I'm not 100% certain.

That's the conclusion my googling brought me to. It's an odd omission I think.

dunworth1 · 29-12-2017 9:37pm

ThisRegard wrote: »

That's the conclusion my googling brought my to. It's an odd omission I think.

you can hide games from the install list. by hitting menu over the highlighted game and selecting hide from list

but I assume that it hides it from everybody

to download the game in the future you'd need to go to the game in the store

ThisRegard · 29-12-2017 10:04pm

dunworth1 wrote: »

you can hide games from the install list. by hitting menu over the highlighted game and selecting hide from list

but I assume that it hides it from everybody

to download the game in the future you'd need to go to the game in the store

Yeah, it's not a proper solution.

MiskyBoyy · 01-01-2018 2:12am

Happy New Year ladies & gents.

Love,

Misky x

panevthe3rd · 01-01-2018 11:06am

I have an odd problem that maybe someone here can shed some light on.

I had Sonic Adventure downloaded on my One X. My son played it a bit and unlocked an achievement so I know I didnt imagine it.

One day it wouldn't launch. Kept asking me to insert disk. I uninstalled thinking that might help but the game didn't show up in my ready to install list.

If I go to it on the store the price comes up in dollars for some reason even though my location is set to Ireland.

Any ideas whats happening here?

TitianGerm · 01-01-2018 11:11am

panevthe3rd wrote: »

I have an odd problem that maybe someone here can shed some light on.

I had Sonic Adventure downloaded on my One X. My son played it a bit and unlocked an achievement so I know I didnt imagine it.

One day it wouldn't launch. Kept asking me to insert disk. I uninstalled thinking that might help but the game didn't show up in my ready to install list.

If I go to it on the store the price comes up in dollars for some reason even though my location is set to Ireland.

Any ideas whats happening here?

Did you download a trial version of the game originally?

panevthe3rd · 01-01-2018 11:24am

emmetkenny wrote: »

Did you download a trial version of the game originally?

Didn't think so but I must have.

wotzgoingon · 01-01-2018 4:45pm

panevthe3rd wrote: »

Didn't think so but I must have.

Log into Xbox.com and see what games you purchased if not there it was deffo a trial.

panevthe3rd · 01-01-2018 5:00pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Log into Xbox.com and see what games you purchased if not there it was deffo a trial.

It's not showing up there. Must be a trial. Didn't think achievement unlocked in the older trials.

ThisRegard · 02-01-2018 3:20pm

The internet is drawing a blank, but is there any difference other than dimensions and appearance between a Western Digital Elements and a Western Digital Elements SE hard drive?

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 12:43am

Bad news for anyone looking for a Kinect adapter, they've been totally discontinued now. The Verge has more here. Most likely they only did one batch of them, and aren't going to waste money ordering a load more.

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 12:44am

ThisRegard wrote: »

The internet is drawing a blank, but is there any difference other than dimensions and appearance between a Western Digital Elements and a Western Digital Elements SE hard drive?

I took a quick look around, I can't see any real difference either.

amadablam · 03-01-2018 12:54am

CatInABox wrote: »

Bad news for anyone looking for a Kinect adapter, they've been totally discontinued now. The Verge has more here. Most likely they only did one batch of them, and aren't going to waste money ordering a load more.

Some exorbitant prices being mentioned in that article. Seems like cornering the market on sourcing these adapters would be more lucrative than bitcoin investment, a few years ago.

Would people seriously have paid such silly prices for that adapter?? Madness

03-01-2018 8:45am

Quick question: Do USA download codes work on an Irish xbox?

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 9:09am

Deleted User wrote: »

Quick question: Do USA download codes work on an Irish xbox?

For Xbox One games, yes, for Xbox Live, no.

03-01-2018 9:14am

CatInABox wrote: »

For Xbox One games, yes, for Xbox Live, no.

Ok thanks. What do you mean by xbox live? Do you mean multiplayer won't work?

CatInABox · 03-01-2018 9:29am

Deleted User wrote: »

Ok thanks. What do you mean by xbox live? Do you mean multiplayer won't work?

No, you can get codes for Xbox Live from the US (or anywhere, really), but those codes won't work on anything other than a US (or relevant countries) account.

EDIT: Ah, I may have misunderstood. The multiplayer on Xbox must be paid for, it officially costs around €60, but can usually be gotten for around €40 from CDkeys. It also comes with 4 free games per month, called Games with Gold.

EDIT 2: I was totally wrong.

03-01-2018 10:02am

CatInABox wrote: »

No, you can get codes for Xbox Live from the US (or anywhere, really), but those codes won't work on anything other than a US (or relevant countries) account.

EDIT: Ah, I may have misunderstood. The multiplayer on Xbox must be paid for, it officially costs around €60, but can usually be gotten for around €40 from CDkeys. It also comes with 4 free games per month, called Games with Gold.

Ah ok. no sorry it's me who misunderstood. You mean Xbox live codes won't work, but game codes do. Sorry, still waking up!

Yes it's a game code from Amazon I'm wondering about. Thanks for the help!

Xbox One General Discussion - Part 3

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