Trying to connect different camcorders and a/v equipment can become confusing when different manufacturers produce identical cables with different pinout connections.
| Pin | Sony pinout | Panasonic pinout | Aiwa VCD player | Philips portable DVD |
Creative Digital I\O(Digital Output Only mode) |
| 1 | Left Audio | Right Audio | video in-out | right audio in-out (red) |
center spdif pair |
| 2 | Composite Video | A&V Ground | left audio in-out | left audio in-out (white) |
rear spdif pair |
| 3 | A&V Ground | Composite Video | right audio in-out | video in-out (yellow) |
center & lfe spdif pair |
| 4 | Right Audio | Left Audio | audio and video signal ground | audio and video signal ground | ground |