AV Multi
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| Type | Analog audio/video connector | |
| Production history | ||
| Designer | Sony Corp. | |
| Designed | Early 1990s | |
| Manufacturer | Sony, various third party makers | |
| Produced | 1994 to present | |
| Specifications | ||
| Hot pluggable | Yes | |
| External | Yes | |
| Audio signal | Stereo | |
| Video signal | 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p | |
| Pins | 12 | |
| Pin out | ||
| Pin 1 | Ground | |
| Pin 2 | Right audio | |
| Pin 3 | Left audio | |
| Pin 4 | Ground | |
| Pin 5 | S-Video luma | |
| Pin 6 | Composite video or sync | |
| Pin 7 | S-Video chroma | |
| Pin 8 | Video ground | |
| Pin 9 | Blue | |
| Pin 10 | +5 volts | |
| Pin 11 | Red | |
| Pin 12 | Green | |
| Pinouts per PSX [1] | ||
AV Multi (AVマルチ, AV maruchi) is a Sony proprietary standard multi connector for connecting audio-visual equipment together. It is used on Japanese market multichannel AV amplifier, on high-end 2000s TVs (WEGA, BRAVIA, etc.) and on the whole PlayStation series video game consoles.
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[edit] Output signal
It allows various video signal output from standard NTSC/PAL (480i/576i) to Full HD (1080p), using a Component video or D-Terminal connector, but it is limited to analog stereo sound (2.0ch).
Output can be summed up as the following:
- Composite video (RCA connector)
- S-Video (S-Video connector)
- RGB (SCART, Multi AV connector)
- Component video (Component video, D-Terminal connector)
- Stereophonic sound (RCA, S-Video, SCART, Multi AV, D-Terminal connector)
[edit] Connector modifications
[edit] Additional video connector
Due to technical limitations some third party manufacturers have added external custom modification to the AV Multi connector. Game developer and peripherals maker Namco first added a CINCH connector on the AV Multi to allow the use of its GunCon Light gun on the original PlayStation.
[edit] Video signal switch
Later due to the lack of Sync-on-green on the PlayStation 2 video game console/DVD player, peripherals makers like Madrics have added a "Game/DVD" switch to the AV Multi connector in order to allow correct display of DVD Video while using RGB signal with an AV Multi-SCART (21 pin) cable instead of getting a green colored screen (as on non-switch enabled cables). Switching to "Game" outputs RGB signal on games and a composite signal (CVBS) on DVD-Video playback and vice versa when switching to "DVD" mode.[2]
[edit] Dual purpose modification
Some of these switch modified AV Multi cables also feature the additional RCA connector to be used with the GunCon.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Playstation A/V. gamesx.com.
- ^ Madrics' RGB SCART w/switch
- ^ Madrics' RGB SCART w/switch
[edit] External links
Sony production
- AV Multi cable VMC-AVM250
- Sony Trinitron PED-W17M display featuring AV Multi out.
Third part production
- 6 in 1 AV Multi adaptor (PS1/PS2/PS3/DC/SFC/Xbox)
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