Lost HDMI video/audio from XBOX 360 E

Hi, if you swap the hdmi connections over on the tv so the xbox 360 uses input 1 and the xbox one uses input 2 do you then get audio from the xbox 360 and not the xbox one ?

Some hdmi inputs only accept the video signal and not the audio which would explain why you only get audio from whichever device is connected to the hdmi port on the tv which accepts both video and audio.

I had a question as well about the 360 E and audio. I am going to run HDMI into my TV for video, but I want to run audio out of my Yamaha AV receiver. It says on support site to sun a stereo cable out from your tv to the av box.

Well my TV has an optical audio out that I can go to optical audio on my AV receiver, shouldn't I be able to get digital audio this way out of my 360 E

You can purchase a Xbox 360 HDMI AV Cable, which transfers the video from the standard Xbox video port, through to HDMI.

You can purchase one from Amazon
here.

Hello, check this:
http://support.xbox.com/nl-NL/xbox-360/audio-video-setup-and-use/improve-video-quality

If the issue still there check this:
http://support.xbox.com/nl-NL/xbox-360/audio-video-setup-and-use/audio-video

You can try changing xbox 360 HDMI kabel



let me know

The reason why the regular AV cable is designed to block the HDMI port is that the Xbox 360 cannot output analog video and HDMI at the same time. The differences in between the supported resolutions and the limitations on outputting some video content in
analog HD means they have to shut the analog video output off when HDMI is connected.

There is only one use to having both connected on a traditional Xbox 360, which is using the optical audio output of the old-style AV plug to get 5.1 audio on non-HDMI receivers while sending the picture over HDMI. With the newer Xbox 360 S, this is not necessary
as it already has a dedicated optical audio output on the back. The newer-style AV plugs also lack an optical output from what I know.

If using the regular AV cable this way, there are some problems that can occur. The AV cable identifies itself as such using ID pins in the connector. When the Xbox 360 senses this at the same time as an HDMI connection is active, it gets confused. If the HDMI
connection is dropped - for instance by temporarily switching over to a different input on the TV - the Xbox 360 reboots and starts outputting analog video instead. It may also prevent the Xbox 360 from establishing an HDMI connection when booting up, unless
the TV responds instantly.

There used to be an official audio adapter sold to get optical audio out of traditional Xbox 360s at the same time as HDMI. Those had their ID pins connected to identify themselves specifically as an audio-only dongle. This avoided the Xbox 360 rebooting if
it temporarily lost the HDMI handshake. However, they are no longer made by Microsoft. There are unofficial third party ones, but their ID pins may be wired like the regular AV cable and cause the same booting/rebooting problem.

So if you want to swap between HDMI and regular AV output, the only solution is to plug in only one at a time. If you need separate audio out, try to get hold of an audio dongle that's been proven to work correctly - which may be a bit tricky.