5.1 Game Console Adapter Convert Rca Plugs To A Single 1/8

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006U3ACY
• Item model number: 970150-0403
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 5, 2005

Product Description

Product Description

The Logitech 5.1 Game Console Adapter allows you to connect your PlayStation®2 or Xbox® video game console to a set of Logitech® 5.1 multimedia speakers for awesome, multi-channel sound and intense realism.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Now what it seems, June 3, 2008

By	Andrew E. Stephenson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Be aware that if you are using a stereo source (two channels, red/white), you can butter it up all you want, but you are not getting surround sound. The closest you can physically get to true non-stereo sound with a stereo source is using Dolby Pro-Logic and Pro-Logic II. But to achieve that, you need a Dolby Pro-Logic/II receiver which would cost a pretty penny. This clearly does not do this.

What this adapter does, is the same thing you would achieve by splicing the rear left, front left, and center speaker wire together and connecting it to a single-channel plug (a white RCA plug). Then the same thing being repeated for the right channel with front right, rear right, and center.

Using this adapter, the sound will be all around you, but it won't be surround sound. You won't hear space ships and laser blasts flying around you, you won't hear dialog coming directly from the TV, music from the left and right, and special effects from behind you, nor will you hear any of the other advantages of a real surround sound system. It recreates two really big stereo speakers. That is all. You will hear one set of sounds on the left speakers, and another set of sounds on the right speakers. The same sound that is in your FRONT left speaker will be coming out of your REAR left speaker. Your center speaker just outputs the sound from both front left and front right speaker. The exact same thing can be accomplished by just running a speaker wire from your left speaker to another speaker behind you. What you will hear is two distinctive channels (left and right), but duplicated and sent to the back speakers. Actual 5.1 surround consists of 6 individual channels, one per speaker, plus the subwoofer.

This device does not allow 5.1 surround sound. If you buy an expensive 5.1 speaker set, you are selling yourself short.

Now if you don't care about this and you are just trying to utilize your 5.1 setup on a stereo source, by all means, the product works great. But if you are trying to avoid buying an AV receiver, you will be strongly disappointed.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It does what it does...., May 1, 2007

By	D. Cloud (Grand Haven, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I got this game adapter to hook up my big screen TV to my Logitech X-530 surround speakers. I work third shift and live in a house that is divided into three apartments and I wanted to listen to the TV with headphones (the main speaker has a headphone jack). With the TV hooked up to the speakers (via the adapter) I can watch a movie or TV show and tune out the world at the same time while I sleep. This works great. The adapter is a hefty little black square with two RCA plugs on one side (for your TV) and three plugs on the other (green, black, and orange for your speakers). Just hook it up and you're good to go.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great, March 9, 2007

By	c_rider (Apple Valley, MN USA) - See all my reviews

No problems at all with this. I used this with my Harmon Kardon computer speakers (1 sub with amp and 2 satellites) to connect to the Wii. Worked flawlessly. Definitely solid construction as well.