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[9646gt]

Does wii u support USB voice chat from something like a turtle beach headset? What size is the head phone Jack on the GamePad? I'm asking because my turtle beach has USB for the mic or it had a jack that fits the Xbox 360 controller which I think is smaller than the wii u game pad which is what 3.5mm?

Also if I have the mic from my headset plugged into the game pad with an adapter will the wii u stop playing audio over hdmi? I basically want to plug in the dedicated mic from my surround sound into the wii u and be able to get the game audio from my receiver the headset is plugged into. Just like it works with my 360

[NintendoFan]

Does wii u support USB voice chat from something like a turtle beach headset? What size is the head phone Jack on the GamePad? I'm asking because my turtle beach has USB for the mic or it had a jack that fits the Xbox 360 controller which I think is smaller than the wii u game pad which is what 3.5mm?

Also if I have the mic from my headset plugged into the game pad with an adapter will the wii u stop playing audio over hdmi? I basically want to plug in the dedicated mic from my surround sound into the wii u and be able to get the game audio from my receiver the headset is plugged into. Just like it works with my 360

Hello 9646gt,

Regarding the Wii U GamePad's audio jack size, I believe it is 3.5mm. I come to this conclusion after looking on the Turtle Beach official website's Nintendo headsets page: http://www.turtlebea...ar-force-n11/35

This sounds exactly like the setup I would like to achieve if I understand you correctly.

First, you have the HDMI plugged into the back of the Nintendo Wii U console, with the other end plugged into a receiver. Next, you purchase an additional HDMI cable and plug that into the receiver, with the other end plugged into the T.V.. This setup essentially splits the video and audio up, allowing the audio to be processed in the receiver and the video to pass through to the T.V. to be processed. Then, you plug the headset into the receiver (through an audio jack or USB?) and purchase an adapter that allows you to plug a cable into the audio jack on the Wii U GamePad (unless the headset came with a built in adapter). Just wanted to make sure I understood.

This thread now has another person looking forward to an answer.

Have a nice day!

Sincerely, NintendoFan

Edited by NintendoFan, 19 December 2012 - 01:46 AM.

[9646gt]

Your setup sends a little complicated lol. There should be no need to send audio to the tv since you can use the jack for headphones on the rreceive. I. You run audio from tv to headset the tv will not create virtual surround sound effects like the receiver can if setup properly.I know that the audio if hooked up the way I plan will automatically come from the headset like I plan. And I can get an adapter to plug the mic cable of e headset into the game pad. But the main thing is, I'd you have anything plugged into the Mic port on the game pad can you still get audio over the hdmi from yhe receiver or does all audio automatically get directed to the gamepad headphone plug with no option to change it?

[Gamejunkie]

Your setup sends a little complicated lol. There should be no need to send audio to the tv since you can use the jack for headphones on the rreceive. I. You run audio from tv to headset the tv will not create virtual surround sound effects like the receiver can if setup properly.I know that the audio if hooked up the way I plan will automatically come from the headset like I plan. And I can get an adapter to plug the mic cable of e headset into the game pad. But the main thing is, I'd you have anything plugged into the Mic port on the game pad can you still get audio over the hdmi from yhe receiver or does all audio automatically get directed to the gamepad headphone plug with no option to change it?

As I responded to you in one of the other threads I don't think that's going to work.

[9646gt]

Like I responded to you in one of the other threads I don't think that's going to work.

According to Dolby's website since the turtle beach DSS supports pro logic llx and Dolby headphone if toy Holm the box up to the game pad and plug the head phones into that box it will use r the DSP to convert it to simulated 5.1 and pass it off to the Dolby headphone DSP which will play the simulated surround to the headphones.it may not be the best but its hard to say that it won't work when that is exactly what the technology is designed to do.

However I think you ate correct as far as the microphone goes. I don't think there will be any way to use a mic with a dedicated cable since pluging in the headset would seem to disable audio going to the TV. unless Nintendo actually adds USB microphone support.