how do i hook my pc monitor and xbox360 into a kvm switch?

Question

How do I hook my pc and xbox360 into a kzm switch correctly, so that I can switch between using my pc monitor for both my pc and my xbox360?

A few months ago, Microsoft came up with a vga a/v cable that can be used to hook the xbox360 up to a pc monitor with.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360vgahdcable/

I would like to hook both my pc and xbox360 into my monitor, and have heard I have to use a kvm switch in order to do that. However, I am new to hooking consoles into pc monitors, as well as to using kvm switches.

Am I going to need to buy 2 more vga cables then? Or just the one xbox360 vga av cable?

Answer 1

You plug the vga cables from the xbox to the kvm switch and the monitor cable from the pc to the kvm switch, then you connect another cable from the monitor to the kvm switch. A word of caution, make sure that the kvm switch you buy can support the resolution you normally use for your computer. If it doesn't, then when you switch back from the xbox to the pc, the screen will be all messed up. Also, if you can, make sure you have a monitor that can support HD, to take full advantage of the xbox.

Answer 2

You plug the pc video cable and the xbox video cable into the video in ports and then the monitor into the video out port. Thats it.....