MultiAV
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| MultiAV | ||
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| Type | Analog audio/video connector | |
| Production history | ||
| Designer | Nintendo | |
| Designed | 1990s | |
| Manufacturer | Nintendo and other third party manufacturers | |
| Produced | 1990-2006 2006-Present (Updated version) |
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| Specifications | ||
| Hot pluggable | Yes | |
| External | Yes | |
| Audio signal | Stereo | |
| Video signal | 480i 480i and 480p (Updated Version) |
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| Pins | 12 16 (Updated version) |
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| Connector | RCA | |
| Pin out | ||
  Old and new connectors |
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| Pin 1 | RGB Red Left Audio |
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| Pin 2 | RBG Green Right Audio |
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| Pin 3 | Composite Sync Composite video |
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| Pin 4 | RBG Blue +5 Volts |
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| Pin 5 | Ground Ground |
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| Pin 6 | Ground Ground |
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| Pin 7 | S-Video Luma Component Y, RGB Red, Luma |
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| Pin 8 | S-Video Chroma Mode pin |
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| Pin 9 | Composite Video Component Pb, RGB G, Chroma |
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| Pin 10 | +5 volts Mode pin |
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| Pin 11 | Left Audio Component Pr, RGB B |
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| Pin 12 | Right Audio Ground |
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| Pin 13 | N/A +12 Volts |
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| Pin 14 | N/A Data |
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| Pin 15 | N/A Data |
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| Pin 16 | N/A Data |
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| Pinouts per GameSX[1][2] | ||
MultiAV (also labeled Multi-Out, Analog Out, and AV Multi Out) is a Nintendo proprietary audio/visual port used in its video game consoles. The port first appeared on the Super Famicom in 1990 as an option to connect it using RCA cables instead of RF switches. It has since been on every Nintendo home console released until the Wii. It was even included on the AV Famicom, though the original NES had RCA ports, the NES2 did not. It has been replaced with an updated version for the Wii console, and is not compatible, both physically and electronically, with the previous Nintendo consoles.
MultiAV outputs to composite, S-Video, and RGB, using RCA as audio outputs. The updated version includes native support for component cables, which allows support for 480p. The GameCube supported 480p using its Digital Out port, which was subsequently discontinued on any GameCube made past May 2004 due to lack of demand.[3] The Analog Out port was a renamed MultiAV port.
[edit] Outputs
The MultiAV port's output depends on the console used.[4] For the older version of MultiAV, the connector itself is cross console compatible, as long as the output is supported. Thus, for example, the composite out cable can be used on any Nintendo console from the Super Famicom up until the GameCube.
| Console | Output | |||||
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| Composite | S-Video | RGB | ||||
| SNES | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| AV Famicom | Yes | No | No | |||
| SNES 2 | Yes | No | No | |||
| Nintendo 64 | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| GameCube (NTSC) | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| GameCube (PAL) | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Wii | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
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