Trying to connect different camcorders and a/v equipment can become confusing when different manufacturers produce identical cables with different pinout connections.
| Pin | TRRS Sony / Panasonic pinout | old Panasonic pinout |
Aiwa VCD player Bluetech DVD player |
Philips portable DVD |
Creative Digital I\O(Digital Output Only mode) | Nokia phones, players from Archos, Creative Zen Vision, Cowon iAudio, Apple iBook, Arris STB |
| 1 | Left Audio | Right Audio | video in-out | right audio in-out (red) |
center spdif pair | Left Audio |
| 2 | Composite Video | A&V Ground | left audio in-out | left audio in-out (white) |
rear spdif pair | Right Audio |
| 3 | A&V Ground | Composite Video | right audio in-out | video in-out (yellow) |
center & lfe spdif pair | Composite Video |
| 4 | Right Audio | Left Audio | audio and video signal ground | audio and video signal ground | ground | Ground |
Some Panasonic camcorders (at least an HC-V720, around 5 years old, and an HDC-SD9, around 10 years old) have TRRS A/V outputs (the "Sony" pin-out), where the second ring from the end (pin 3) is ground, not pin 2.
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