AV Cables
Microsoft released a handful of AV packs for the Xbox. They are connected to the port labelled "Audio Video Input/Output" on the backside of the console.
Connector
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Pinout
The following table gives the pins in the way they are arranged on the female end of the XBOX AVIP cables. The male end is reversed and on the console.
| Description | Audio Right | Audio Right GND | SPDIF Digital Audio | V-Sync (VGA Mode) | Mode GND | Mode GND | Mode GND | GND | Variable | 9 GND | Variable | 11 GND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Pin | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Description | Vcc | Audio Left | Audio Left GND | H Sync (VGA Mode) | Mode Select 1 | Mode Select 2 | Mode Select 3 | (+12V) | 22 GND | Variable | 24 GND | Variable |
Supported signals / AV cables
Below is a table which lists all known officially AV cables released by Microsoft and their respective signal. The constants used in the av-prefixed Kernel-functions are also listed.
| 19 | 18 | 17 | SMC Constant | Region | Official Microsoft product name | Signal | 24 | 22 | 11 | 9 | Kernel av-Constant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | PAL | Advanced SCART Cable | SCART (15 kHz RGB) Stereo | V | R | G | B | AV_PACK_SCART = 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | NTSC | High Definition AV Pack | Component SPDIF | - | Pr | Y | Pb | AV_PACK_HDTV = 4 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | Not officially available / supported | VGA (31 kHz RGB) Stereo | - | R | G | B | AV_PACK_VGA = 5 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | NTSC / PAL | RF Adapter | RF Mono | V | C | Y | - | AV_PACK_RFU = 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | NTSC | Advanced AV Pack | S-Video Stereo | V | C | Y | - | AV_PACK_SVIDEO = 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | Not officially available / supported | Unknown Mono | V | C | Y | - | AV_PACK_NONE = 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | PAL | Standard AV Cable | Composite Stereo | V | C | Y | - | AV_PACK_STANDARD = 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | No cable connected | - | - | - | - | - | AV_PACK_NONE = 0 |
A signal value of 0 means connection to ground (Pins 7, 6, 5), whereas a value of 1 means an open-connection[citation needed]
The region only identifies which territory the cable was originally available / intended for. The kernel still might support other video-standards (NTSC / PAL / SECAM) using the same cable.
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