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What is this 3-connector cable with RCA, 4-pin mini-DIN, and 7-pin mini-DIN? (imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Dipole@pawb.social to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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I'm going through old cables and get the impression that this is for a specific product, but I can't tell what product it's for.

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[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, it is for sure an S-Video cable. There was a 7 pin variant too, but it doesn't look like the one pictured. The other end has a 4 pin S video and composite video cables.

As you say, it is for some kind of specific product, perhaps a video capture card?

This looks pretty close? https://www.av-connection.com/?PGr=2575

Edit: looks like it might be a 9 pin s video to 4 pin s video + composite adapter.

[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Could also be to hook a digital camera up to your TV. I had an older camera that had something similar.