Why won't my xbox 360s connect to the tv with the hdmi cable?

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I used the red, white and yellow cables with my xbox before and it worked fine but when i connected it to the tv (telesonic) 32" lcd tv it recognised that something had been plugged in but it just says hdmi in the corner but shows a blue screen. The tv has only 1 hdmi port. When i try it again with the red, white and yellow cables it works fine. I have a sky+HD box which has its own sky branded hdmi cable which works fine with the tv, so i dunno if there are settings wrong or if it's the cable but the cable is brand new of play.com and had great reviews. This is really frustrating.

rigomortisfx studios · Accepted Answer

hey just had installed a sky +hd box. they used my hdmi cable which i used for myt xbox 360 because the tv is mounted on the wall.

Now heres what ive done.... i have connected my xbox to the sky box though the scart and then the sky box is connected to the tv through a HDMI cable.

the scart socket on the sky +hd box says video/dvd/....and so on.
i dont get anything when i turn my xbox 360 on. i only get the sky channel. how can i use my xbox!?

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no longer each 360 has an HDMI output. The launch 360 did no longer have HDMI output. I even have self belief the Halo 3 version 360 did no longer have HDMI output. The Elite have been the 1st 360 to start up getting HDMI output. you do no longer would desire to get HDMI cable to work out in HD. you need to use factor cable that's blanketed with the top type 360. The Elite got here with HDMI-factor-composite cables. in case you have the arcade and you have a HD television, then you definately would desire to get the two the factor or the HDMI cables. If the 360 HDMI output appears like a typical HDMI output, then you definately can purely any HDMI cable which you extremely want.

Why won't my xbox 360s connect to the tv with the hdmi cable?

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