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Re: Genesis A/V connector pinout wanted.

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From: Douglas Ferguson
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 20:57
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stlucas@gdwest.gd.com (Joseph St. Lucas) writes:
> I bought the kids a Sega Genesis this Christmas, and  am in dire need of
> finding out the pinout of the 8-pin DIN connector on the console.
> The manual describes it as a Video Jack (RGB output p.11), but on p 10
> says "If your composite TV or monitor has Video and Audio input jacks,...
> you can use the optional Sega A/V cable for inproved (their spelling)
> graphics and sound. No other connectors are necessary."
> CUrrently the set is hooked up to the big TV, and the kids have a
> monitor for their computer just waiting to have this 
> hooked up.
> With the other info that has been put on the list, does anyone have this?
> I suppose I could buy one, get the ohmmeter out, then return it. But I'd
> rather not.  Thanks.

Starting from the 1 o'clock position, looking at the Genesis from the back,
and going clockwise, the pins are:  red, audio, +5 volts, ground, green,
composite video, and negative combined sync, with blue on the center pin.



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