Identify this cable

[ereiamjh]

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Can anybody identify this cable for me?
It looks to be a camcorder video output cable - but I'm looking for a more specific identification.

The connector is more or less rectangular with 8 lines/lanes and an off-center notch.
The other end is the usual composite AV and s-video.

[pandy]

it has probably CVBS (yellow), Audio L+R (white+red) and RF coax (black) - device using this cable must be able to produce RF signal and CVBS with Audio - some game console? rather old one...
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yep, agree, probably S-Video, overlooked this dent - wire it look so thick, almost like RG-59...

[jagabo]

The black connector looks like s-video to me. Note the little dent in the side.

[dfisher052]

I agree S-video.

[october262]

[Attachment 62432 - Click to enlarge]

Can anybody identify this cable for me?
It looks to be a camcorder video output cable - but I'm looking for a more specific identification.

The connector is more or less rectangular with 8 lines/lanes and an off-center notch.
The other end is the usual composite AV and s-video.

the other end in the lower left picture is called a mini DisplayPort

[LittleBull]

Mini Display port is digital only, the picture shows only analog connectors at the other end, so no Mini Display Connector.
This is probably s proprietary camera connector.

[jagabo]

Mini Display port has 20 pins. The pictured connector only has 8.

[Skiller]

It's a proprietary connector of a camera or older cell phone to connect it to a TV.

[aedipuss]

camera or game console cable.

[ereiamjh]

Thanks for the replies.
I did specify in the original post that it was s-video so I'm unsure why that became a topic of discussion. Sorry if the picture didn't show that clearly enough.

I already believed it to be a proprietary cable from a camcorder but I was hoping somebody here might recognise it and be able to give a more specific identification. Such as which camcorder or series of camcorders it was from.

[Skiller]

All camcorders I have ever seen use AV connectors that look like headphone jacks.
This kind of USB-lookalike I have only ever seen in cameras.

[ereiamjh]

All camcorders I have ever seen use AV connectors that look like headphone jacks.
This kind of USB-lookalike I have only ever seen in cameras.

I'm beginning to agree that it is more likely to be from a camera - but I have definitely seen plenty of camcorders with proprietary video output cables.

[DB83]

Must ask. Why ?


Now if you had the camera/camcorder and needed a bespoke AV cable I could understand an enquiry. But here you have a cable and TBH there is fat chance of a firm ID. It's like having a lace and asking of the shoe it came from

[ereiamjh]

Must ask. Why ?


Now if you had the camera/camcorder and needed a bespoke AV cable I could understand an enquiry. But here you have a cable and TBH there is fat chance of a firm ID. It's like having a lace and asking of the shoe it came from

Not really - a lace could be used in any shoe; it's not restricted to only being used with the shoe it came from.

To answer your question, it's mostly just curiosity. I hate throwing things like this away but I wouldn't know how offer it a second life with someone who'd use it without knowing what it was intended for.

However, I now believe it is for the "accessory terminal" on a number of Nikon DSLR cameras. I can't verify it but the connector certainly looks the same.

[DB83]

Fairy nuff.


My dad's Coolpix has a usb-c type connector. The only av cables I could find tho were just composite. Nothing with s-video.

[ereiamjh]

I'm fairly sure this is what it is.

https://connector.pinoutguide.com/8_pin_Nikon_MC-DC2_proprietary/

[jagabo]

Maybe that connector but not either of those cables. The two links from there:
https://pinoutguide.com/DigitalCameras/nikon_d90_pinout.shtml
https://pinoutguide.com/DigitalCameras/fuji_finepix_jv250_pinout.shtml

[ereiamjh]

Oh dear. Now I'm even more confused.

[aedipuss]

panasonic is my guess


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[ereiamjh]

panasonic is my guess


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That looks like a different connector to me.

[jagabo]

Other Panasonic AV/S cable images are clearer with a different connector. From a defunct ebay listing:



That could be a different cable though.

[ereiamjh]

Every camera manufacturer provides cables similar to this one. It's the proprietary connector that distinguishes them - and I haven't seen anything to suggest that Panasonic uses the connector that my cable has.