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5.1 Game Console Adapter Convert Rca Plugs To A Single 1/8 | 
 enlarge | Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
Buy New: $16.96
Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 2.7 x 0.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 970150-0403
Model: 970150-0403
UPC: 097855026705
EAN: 0097855026705
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Adapter converts standard stereo RCA plugs to three 1/8 stereo mini plug jack inputs | | • | Compatible with all Logitech 5.1 multimedia speaker systems |
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 38 more reviews...
 "Surround Sound" is a technical term March 28, 2008
12 out of 20 found this review helpful
Buyer beware.
Going from a two-channel RCA signal (the white and red wires from your console) into a converter does not convey true DISCREET surround sound. Yes, you are "surrounded" by sound, but discreet surround sound means that the game/DVD's 5 independent sound signals are preserved when passed through to their respective speakers. All this adapter does is take a two-channel signal and allow it to be re-mixed and ported into a fake 5.1 surround sound signal. It does not create true surround sound. This adapter only allows for an emulated 5.1 experience, not a true 5.1 experience.
And yes, most Logitech speaker systems already come with this adapter, so be sure you check on the back of the box or in the online item description before you buy this.
 Now what it seems June 3, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
 It does what it does.... May 1, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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.
Nada como esto February 7, 2007
3 out of 25 found this review helpful
No existen dispositivos como estos disponibles en tiendas electronicas, pero para muchos de nosotros que tenemos juegos de parlantes 5.1 para la computadora es una necesidad cuando queremos ponerlo a nuestros dvd player. Primero por la comodidad de ser un dispositivo pequeno y luego por la ventaja de poder utilizarlo con los parlantes y un dvd player, consola de juego, etc. Creo que las mismas ventas lo dicen por si solo que es un producto muy buscado, ya que dura muy pocos dias disponible y luego se agota. Como siempre Logitech pensando en sus clientes.
Works Great March 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
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