Need some guru help here!!!!

Ok. So I have a

Samsung T220HD Monitor (VGA, DVI-D, HDMI ports, Component input)
XBox 360 (No HDMI port)
ASUS G51JX Laptop (Only HDMI port)

and perhaps most importantly,

Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 Speakers

I would be HAPPIEST to have these all set up together, where sound was coming out of the speakers from the XBox 360 and the laptop at the SAME TIME, but I know I might have to either:

1. Swap the audio cable back and forth which I guess I'm ok with
or
2. Have no wire switching ever (awesome) but sound and video switches over with the press of the monitor input button.

Can anyone at all help me with this situation?! I know my hardware for the most part but I don't understand cable setup!!!! I've never even used HDMI before!

 

hook up 360 and the g51 accordingly to the screen, get a Audio splitter and it should run both

audio will NOT switch according to the image btw.... for that....no idea

 

I need the opposite of what's pictured there I think? Because it's a female end on the laptop then 2 male ends on xbox 360

 

hummm..... lemme have a look at 360 wires, can you find me a pic of your cable ? I'm not familiar with 360's sorry

 

http://www.gamechoiceclub.com/image/360_component_cable.gif

 

oh boy....well... it's manageable....but it will take some tweaking and a bunch of cables....

https://www.shopping-headquarters.com/shop/pc/catalog/ctg\40645f.jpg
takes care of your 360

http://www.tvcables.co.uk/images/items/3.5mm-stereo-jack-to-jack-cable-15m.jpg

for your laptop

and think you can figure it out from here

http://www.lunashops.com/images/upload/Image/3_5mm-female-2-2.jpg


that's what I can come up with....messy....but it should work


the speakers does not leave you much options, if they're regular jacks. an amp on the other hand....then we're talking


Anyone who can see a different better solution,feel free to conribute, both me and mebcitadel might learn something new then xD to my defense,I did try and as far as I know,that WILL work

 

Thats awesome and fine for me. A little messy yet...but...if it works...IT WORKS. lol.

Thanks so much, I'm going to pick up the cables tomorrow as well as a usb port (4 usb ports?! really?!) can't wait!

 

No problem ^_^ and hey perhaps the store people has something simpler which takes care of your issue, do let me know if they do. have fun

 

If your sound volume is too low after doing this, you have an impedance matching problem. I have run into this before plugging two things into one jack like that with a splitter. Radio Shack sells an impedance matching transformer that will solve it if that happens. It works by making the input impedance so high that a laptop or other type of input can't affect it. I ran into this using computers to generate text to speech messages to output over PA systems in industrial plants. Laptop headphone jacks can have screwy impedance that causes the volume to get attenuated really badly. Hopefully you won't run into that.

Here is the product... Audio Output Transformer - RadioShack.com. I used this to build my own impedance matchers.

These ground loop isolators are similar and might solve the problem if the splitter setup hums or attenuates volume badly... Ground Loop Isolator - RadioShack.com

If you use the suggested cables and don't get humming or low volume, you don't need any of these.

 

I may just get these wires anyway because I am at a military school and won't get to leave again till saturday. I KNOW this is so noobish but...how would I plug those in with the given setup? Are these gonna affect me using an hdmi cor to my monitor from my laptop (i dont use laptop display)