Xbox one Headset Adapters

So, TurtleBeach is offering a Free Xbox One Headset Adapter (when they come out) if you purchase one of the qualifying headsets.

If you click the fine print, it gives some disturbing information.

It says the Headset adapters won't be shipped till March. Now, it does say that the adapters "May" be out sooner, but they won't ship theres till March...

March sure is a long ways off and I hope they come out sooner then that..




Here is the fine print

Offer valid on end-user purchases of XP SEVEN, X42, XP400, or XP510 from participating retailers between November 22, 2013 and January 30, 2014. All claims must include the UPC from the package of a qualifying product and a copy of the related sales receipt and be submitted no later than February 28, 2014 online at www.turtlebeach.com/xboxupgrade. Limit two Xbox One headset adapters per address; no P.O. Boxes. While the Xbox One headset adapters may be available for purchase sooner, the adapters from this promotion will be shipped free of charge between March 1, 2014 and June 30, 2014. Turtle Beach and its retailers are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, illegitimate, incomplete, damaged, misdirected, or postage-due requests. Submitted materials become Turtle Beach property and will not be returned. Offer not valid on B stock, refurbished, open-box, returned or demonstration products. Offer void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. Offer open only to residents of the United States, Canada, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand. Turtle Beach reserves the right to modify or cancel this offer at any time.

What about DIY? or ebay?

I did a DIY on mine. Took an old talkback cord from my TB cut the line at the volume/mute switch, took apart, and followed instructions that I found online to determine which line to solder to which terminal. Easy-peasy. But I already had the mini soldering iron and solder, all I need to do was find a T5 torx screwdriver, and that wasn't too difficult.

But as the the adapter issue...we are still waiting the the patch for to get dolby surround out of the optical output. That's the real sticking point. Until that patch comes out all we get in those expensive headphones is uncompressed stereo.

As someone who owns an older sound system that uses separate optical sound and passes the HDMI signal through to the TV...that patch can't come quick enough.

Just got mine from eBay, now if I can just get some time to play

Yea, I have the Mod too, but I will still pick up an Official one when they are released..

bluehound000 wrote:

I did a DIY on mine.  Took an old talkback cord from my TB cut the line at the volume/mute switch, took apart, and followed instructions that I found online to determine which line to solder to which terminal.  Easy-peasy.  But I already had the mini soldering iron and solder, all I need to do was find a T5 torx screwdriver, and that wasn't too difficult.

But as the the adapter issue...we are still waiting the the patch for to get dolby surround out of the optical output.  That's the real sticking point.  Until that patch comes out all we get in those expensive headphones is uncompressed stereo.

I have the Astro A 40's which the mixamp processes the uncompressed stereo into Dolby ProLogic II

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ASTRO Gaming still provides a Dolby® Headphone Surround Sound experience on the Xbox One – even from a stereo input.

Microsoft’s decision to drop Dolby® encoding on their SPDIF output at launch does have ramifications for ASTRO’s products. While our products do not process DTS signals, we do have on-board Dolby® encoding in both our A50 Wireless Transmitter as well as our Wired MixAmp™ Pro. An Xbox One gamer will need to select Stereo output for game audio, but our MixAmps will process that stereo signal with Dolby ProLogic II and encode it with Dolby® Headphone – *the* gold standard for simulated Surround Sound for gaming headphones.

So have no fear gamers, your ASTRO’s will still provide a Dolby® Digital Surround experience no matter what your console choice.

You can read more about Dolby Laboratories Headphone here (http://www.dolby.com/us/en/consumer/...headphone.html).

Additionally, Microsoft has stated that Dolby® Digital output through optical will be coming as a post-launch update: http://bit.ly/1dlDkDN

Y'all mf'ers got some time on your hands, don't ya?

Yea, I have the mix amp too...Actually, i still have another MixAmp i need to sell (Brand new, never used)

I tried to MOD mine and effed it up. I'll wait for the adapter

Maverick9227 wrote:

I tried to MOD mine and effed it up. I'll wait for the adapter

I just cut both cables and soldered the cables together with the wires as in the tutorials and mine works perfect. I didn't feel like taking the box apart lol.

If you want to spend $50 they sell them on ebay.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xbox-One-chat-headset-adapter-with-2-5mm-plugin-Turtle-Beach-Astro-Tritton-/111253168433?pt=US_Video_Game_Cables_Adapters&hash=item19e734a131

Winners wrote:

Maverick9227 wrote:

I tried to MOD mine and effed it up. I'll wait for the adapter

I just cut both cables and soldered the cables together with the wires as in the tutorials and mine works perfect. I didn't feel like taking the box apart lol.

Haven't seen a tutorial for Astros. Also the wires are far too small for my big ass hands to handle. I'll wait, thanks.

Ive seen them for like 20

invisible843 wrote:

Ive seen them for like 20

If you mail yours to them.

Yea, thats the link i used to do mine.

Great link.. and only 4 wires

Just ordered the parts to do mine. I have Turtle Beach X41s. I'll reply back with how it went.....may even do a video of it.

Gonna give this a shot myself.

For those trying this make sure you order your free headset replacement no questions asked in case you mess up.

You can get a free replacement headset for those with broken headsets no questions asked.

https://myservice.xbox.com/en-US/pages/managedevice.aspx?devicekey=177325334448

1. go to site
2. sign in and register your console's serial #
3. replace an accessory
4. Xbox One
5. headset
6. fill out info
7. complete order and get your mic within 10 days.