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I'm very close to putting an order in for the Astro A40 w/ the Mixamp but I just have one question about them. If I'm not using the headphones do I need to disconnect them from the Xbox in order for sound to be passed to the TV since they use an optical toslink cable? I want to make sure I'm not needing to keep disconnecting and reconnecting cables every time I go to use them. Additionally I have a first generation Xbox which does not have the optical audio built into the box so I'd need to use the component cable, will this interfere with the HDMI cable I use? From the looks of the back ports it doesn't look like it's possible to have both be connected at the same time.

EDIT:
I think I realized a better way to use this is to just use the optical audio out from my TV and put that into the mixamp. I know the manual says to go from each system but if this is a much more simple way of doing it, while still keeping the simulated surround sound, that'd be nice. If I have to worry about going from each system then I'll do that.