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How to Get Surround Sound on XBox 360

The Microsoft Xbox 360 allows for high definition gaming. With the device you may also listen to high quality digital audio. Because the gaming system has a built in digital audio output it is possible to hook up the Xbox 360 directly to a surround sound receiver without first hooking up the device to a television. This saves you the time and money it would take to purchase a second digital audio cable and hook up two different devices.

Things You'll Need

Digital optical audio cable
Surround sound receiver

Instructions

- 1
  Insert one end of the digital optical audio cable into the "Digital Audio Out" port on the rear of the Microsoft Xbox 360.
- 2
  Connect the opposite end of the cable into one of the "Digital Audio In" ports on the surround sound receiver.
- 3
  Power on the Xbox 360 and the surround sound receiver. Press the input connection button on the receiver and choose the digital audio connection you have the hardware connected to. The high quality digital audio now streams from the Xbox 360 to the surround sound receiver.

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