scobeto Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Anyone had any luck using a different headset than the MS one? I bought the $5 madcatz one, didn't like it either. The Live headset works on my phone's headset jack, but I've tried other cellphone headsets and they don't work. EDIT:The use of abbreviation such as M$, $ony, are not tolerated on these boards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Close to zero luck. I made one with a 2.5mm cel plug from Radio Shack and an old computer headset. It had separate 1/8" leads for mic and phones, I did dome cutting and soldering. It seemed to work well, but my dog ate it. MadCatz -- meh. It seems to kick out a lot of static to other people. I tried two different cel headsets and found that they're too quiet. Then I tried a cheapy earbud for cel phones from the dollar store. It worked fine -- except that the mic was a soap-on-the-rope style, so I had to lift it up to speak. I heard good things about the voicecomm in the premium RS3 package, but I don't think Thrustmaster is selling it separately yet. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobeto Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Crap, I almost bought that, but figured it was the same as MS headset. I don't understand why logitech doesn't make one. They've got a nice one for PS2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 scobeto, As I noted in your first post, the use of abbreviations such as M$, $ony, are not permitted on this forum. I've edited your above post as well. In the future please refrain from using them. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL2CROSSFIREMOD Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Ya know Buck, you just used 'em! (Im just messin' with ya!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 when i was in gamestop, they had a hip gear set (including controller dongle) that has an over the head design instead of behind the ear, can't remember what the price was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobeto Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Originally posted by Buck@Mar 26 2004, 09:26 PM scobeto, As I noted in your first post, the use of abbreviations such as M$, $ony, are not permitted on this forum. I've edited your above post as well. In the future please refrain from using them. Scott Sorry, I rarely go back and re-read my own posts for edits. Won't happen again. I browsed the terms of service/rules and didn't see anything, but I might have missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 I've wondered about this myself, I'd love to get a little better headphone/mic. I found this pair knocking around with some of my PC stuff and would love to be able to use them. The only problem is it has 2 plugs, one for the headphones and one for the mic. Anyone know if there is any sort of an adaptor that I could plug both into that would par it down to one that would be useable? I'd really rather not do any cutting or soldering like Robot Monkey as that'll just end in disaster. I'll post a pic of the plugs, any info would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Bug, like I said above, you can just pick up a 2.5mm cel plug at Radio Shack or cut one off a wireless headset from the dollar store. I experimented to find which pair is which, and then experimented again to identify which was pos and neg. Solder. You could even make a converting jack that could be a little easier to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant1 Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 This is my biggest pet peeve about live, the bloody W.T.F. head was it designed for headset? Did anyone try and lay their head back on a couch while wearing them when they tested the design? Seems like a potential money maker too, put out an over the head set and watch a lot of people double up on headsets. I just broke mine last night (in the midst of playing Pandora) and the idea of buying the same headset is not appealing. Perhaps I'll just try and jury rig the earpiece onto another headset. With Pandora Tommorow unplayable without a headset I need a solution, quick! If anyone has had success with an over the head type, please post and mention model #. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 I never had a problem with the headset until i got my new recliner. cant even lean back with the thing on capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel P Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 I found this over at EBgames.com. Also, I didn't want to start another thread so I'll post here. Anyone know anything about the Team Talk headset? Got friends who are tired of watching you play Live while they are out of the action? Then why not get the entire room involved, with TeamTalk for Xbox? Simply connect the included Voicent adapter to your existing Xbox Live hardware, then connect up to four headsets (three included) to the VoiceNet adapter, and you can have the whole room talking, strategizing, and trash talking like a team! * Now up to four players can communicate on a single Xbox Live account * Games like MechAssault, Midnight Club 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Star Wars the Clone Wars, Unreal Championship, and many others allow up to four players on one Xbox ? but only one player can use the headset ? NOW TEAMTALK COMES TO THE RESCUE! * Talk, listen and strategize like a real team. Only one Xbox Live account is required ? TEAMTALK supplies the rest: 3 extra headsets, plus TeamTalk Voicenet Adapter. * All four players can hear and be heard online plus the Voicenet Adapter allows all the players on your Xbox to hear each other on a local voice channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Bug, check out this submini splitter at Radio Shack (cat # 274-945): http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cata...ct%5Fid=274-945 It'll take two 1/8" stereo and convert to 3/32" phone jack. I think 3/32" is roughly equivalent to 2.5mm. It might work. Let me know if you try it. If it does work, I'll probably grab a computer headset and the adapter, too. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobeto Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 That Hipgear headset looks appealing. The Teamtalk one looks alot like four of the cheapo Madcatz boom microphones. Perhaps I'll get to EB and check out the Hipgear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Originally posted by Robot Monkey@Mar 27 2004, 11:58 AM Bug, check out this submini splitter at Radio Shack (cat # 274-945): http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cata...ct%5Fid=274-945 It'll take two 1/8" stereo and convert to 3/32" phone jack. I think 3/32" is roughly equivalent to 2.5mm. It might work. Let me know if you try it. If it does work, I'll probably grab a computer headset and the adapter, too. -j Thanks for the headsup, I'll be heading to RadioShack as soon as the Wings get done whipping on Colorado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant1 Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 You have to read the reader reviews on that "hip" gear headset, damn some people are retards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Bug, I just realized that the Radio Shack widget probably won't work. It combines to stereo channels into a single stereo channel. What we need is to mono's to stereo. I think. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobeto Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Here's a tutorial for a communicator splitter, maybe it will help you out with what you want to do, bug Splitter Tutorial I believe this uses the above mentioned splitter from Radio Shack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris The Rock Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 As luck would have it, as soon as I read this post yesterday my XBL Headset broke. I immediately tried my Jabra Earwave Boom headset for my Audiovox CDM8900 cellphone and found that I could hear everything just fine, and my teammates could hear me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Nah, we don't want to split for two voicecomms, we want to be able to use a PC headset with a 1/8" plug each for audio and mic by converting to 2.5mm. Each is a mono channel and you can do it with some careful disassembly and soldering with a 2.5mm jack. I was hoping to find an adapter that takes two 1/8" mono plugs on one end and sends it out as a stereo 2.5mm. It'd be a lot easier if Thrustmaster would just sell the RS3 headset! -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobeto Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 I know it's not what he wants to do, I thought it might lead him in the right direction somehow... :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Glad I checked back in here before I left or I would've wasted 4 bucks I guess I'll just have to do a bit more net sleuthing and see what comes up. I'd really rather not have to do any cutting or soldering, I could save myself a lot of time and energy by just throwing them away right now. Hopefully some sort of an adaptor exists, I can't belive that no one has jumped on this and made a high end headset for the xbox, with the amount of time people spend sitting and playing in one session you'd imagine there'd have to be demand for a more comfortable set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 It'd be a lot easier if Thrustmaster would just sell the RS3 headset! Why would that be easier? It's behind the head too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 Originally posted by DrunkOM@Mar 27 2004, 10:40 PM It'd be a lot easier if Thrustmaster would just sell the RS3 headset! Why would that be easier? It's behind the head too. Is it? For some reason I thought it was over-the-head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 The hip gear one is over the head, but damn it looks cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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