What use is this lead?

[1980sjohn]

Hi,
I've had this adapter in my leads box for years, but have no idea what use it is. The three phono plugs are labelled video, left and right, other end is a female 6-pin DIN socket. any suggestions please?

Thanks,
John

 

[rayma]

You're right, it's a old video adapter cable. Probably of no use these days.
The more common one here had a triple RCA at both ends, with the same colors.
European equipment of that era may have had DIN plugs instead of RCAs.

 

[MarcelvdG]

It looks like an S-VHS to composite video and stereo audio cable to me, but I may be mistaken about the S-VHS side.

 

[Simon1972]

It's CVBS, composite video baseband system, 2 audio plus analog video, s-video is 4 pin.

 

[tomchr]

When I lived in Europe I had a cable set with a multi-pin DIN in each end and a handful of adapters like the one you show and also with SCART plugs. The kit was useful back in the days of analog video.

It looks like an S-VHS to composite video and stereo audio cable to me, but I may be mistaken about the S-VHS side.

I think you're thinking of S-video. That used a mini-DIN connector rather than the larger one shown here.

Tom

 

[MarcelvdG]

Indeed, so that's not it.

 

[1980sjohn]

Hi,
Tom appears to be correct! I've been told the same by someone else that this lead was part of an AV video adapter kit, which would have have a bunch of different short adapters that you paired up to make the lead required. Sadly I just have this orphan lead without its partner so it is fairly useless. So any takers (in the UK) welcome!
Regards,
John

 

[Simon1972]

As stated its a CVBS cable, that's the technical name.