MultiAV

Infobox connector
name=MultiAV
type=Analog audio/video connector


logo=
caption=
designer=Nintendo
design_date=1990s
manufacturer=Nintendo and other third party manufacturers
production_date=1990-2006
2006-Present (Updated version)
superseded=
superseded_by=
superseded_by_date=
external=Yes
hotplug=Yes
length=
width=
height=
electrical=
ground=
maximum_voltage=
maximum_current=
audio_signal=Stereo
video_signal=480i
480i and 480p (Updated Version)
data_signal=
data_bit_width=
data_bandwidth=
data_devices=
data_style=
physical_connector=RCA
num_pins=12
16 (Updated version)
pinout_

pinout_caption=Old and new connectors
pin1=
pin1_name=RGB Red
Left Audio
pin2=
pin2_name=RGB Green
Right Audio
pin3=
pin3_name=Composite Sync
Composite video
pin4=
pin4_name=RGB Blue
+5 Volts
pin5=
pin5_name=Ground
Ground
pin6=
pin6_name=Ground
Ground
pin7=
pin7_name=S-Video Luma
Component Y, RGB Red, Luma
pin8=
pin8_name=S-Video Chroma
Mode pin
pin9=
pin9_name=Composite Video
Component Pb, RGB G, Chroma
pin10=
pin10_name=+5 volts
Mode pin
pin11=
pin11_name=Left Audio
Component Pr, RGB B
pin12=
pin12_name=Right Audio
Ground
pin13=
pin13_name=N/A
+12 Volts
pin14=
pin14_name=N/A
Data
pin15=
pin15_name=N/A
Data
pin16=
pin16_name=N/A
Data
pinout_notes=Pinouts per GameSX [cite web |url=http://www.gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:nintendomultiav |title=GameSX SNES/N64/GameCube MultiAV connector] [cite web |url=http://www.gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:wii_multi_av_pinout |title=Nintendo Wii Multi AV Pinout]

MultiAV (also labeled "Multi-Out", "AV Multi Out" and "Analog AV 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. [cite web|url=http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/nintendogamecube/component_faq.jsp |title=Nintendo GameCube Component Video Questions] The Analog Out port was a renamed MultiAV port.

Outputs

The MultiAV port's output depends on the console used. [cite web|url=http://www.gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:nintendomultiav |title=GameSX SNES/N64/GameCube MultiAV connector] 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.

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