Connectors

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External Connectors

The PS3 uses several types of common/standard connectors, with one proprietary connector for backwards compatibility (MultiAV).

Power

Multirange AC power input
See: Power Supply

Audio/Video connectors

Common Video Resolutions - PAL, NTSC (SDTV), HD and FullHD

Note: Not all output connectors support the same resolutions

Supported Resolutions

Vid.Res. AV Multi
Composite
AV Multi
Svideo
AV Multi
RGB
AV Multi
Scart
AV Multi
D-terminal
AV Multi
Component
AV Multi
VGA
HDMI Notes
NTSC M/J
Standard (NTSC) 480i Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 720x480
480P Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 720x480
1080i No No No No Yes Yes No Yes 1920x1080 / 1920x1080 on VESA 1920x1200
720P No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 1280x720 / 1280x720 on VESA 1280x768 or VESA 1280x1024
1080P No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 1920x1080 / 1920x1080 on VESA 1920x1200
PAL M/B/D/G/H/I/N/NC
Standard (PAL) 576i Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 720x576
576P Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 720x576
1080i No No No No Yes Yes No Yes 1920x1080 / 1920x1080 on VESA 1920x1200
720P No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 1280x720 / 1280x720 on VESA 1280x768 or VESA 1280x1024
1080P No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 1920x1080 / 1920x1080 on VESA 1920x1200

Note: 480i/480p is not supported on PAL, just as 576i/576p isn't on NTSC.


2D Supported Resolutions

2D Vid.Res. 2D method Output res. Mode Notes
720x480 - 720x480 4 NTSC M/J only
720x576 - 720x576 5 PAL M/B/D/G/H/I/N/NC only
1280x720 - 1280x720 2
1920x1080 - 1920x1080 1
960x1080 hor. HW scaling 1920x1080 13
1280x1080 hor. HW scaling 1920x1080 12
1440x1080 hor. HW scaling 1920x1080 11
1600x1080 hor. HW scaling 1920x1080 10

3D Supported Resolutions

3D Vid.Res. 3D method Output Res. Mode Notes
720 3D frame packing 1280x1470 0x81
1024x720 3D frame packing + hor. HW scaling 1024x1470 0x88
960x720 3D frame packing + hor. HW scaling 960x1470 0x89
800x720 3D frame packing + hor. HW scaling 800x1470 0x8A
640x720 3D frame packing + hor. HW scaling 640x1470 0x8B

Note: supported since 3.50 and not available on SDTV (480i/P & 576i/P) resolutions / output connectors.

HDMI Out

High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) 1.3

Pin Signal Description
1 TMDS Data2+ TMDS Data2+
2 TMDS Data2 Shield TMDS Data2 Shield
3 TMDS Data2- TMDS Data2-
4 TMDS Data1+ TMDS Data1+
5 TMDS Data1 Shield TMDS Data1 Shield
6 TMDS Data1- TMDS Data1-
7 TMDS Data0+ TMDS Data0+
8 TMDS Data0 Shield TMDS Data0 Shield
9 TMDS Data0- TMDS Data0-
10 TMDS Clock+ TMDS Clock+
11 TMDS Clock Shield TMDS Clock Shield
12 TMDS Clock- TMDS Clock-
13 CEC Consumer Electronics Control (CEC)
14 NC Reserved (N.C. on device)
15 SCL SCL (I²C Serial Clock for DDC)
16 SDA SDA (I²C Serial Data Line for DDC)
17 DDC/CEC Ground DDC/CEC Ground
18 VCC +5V Power EDID/DDC (max 50mA)
19 Detect Hotplug detect

AV Multi Out

  • Composite video
  • S-Video
  • Component video: RGB(-scart/dsub)
  • Component video: PrPbY
  • Stereo analoge audio

CN2401 12P

Pin Signal Description Composite S-Video RGB PrPbY VGA
1 Y/Green Green NC NC Green NC Green (with CSync when SoG:sync on green)
2 Cr/Pr/Red Red NC NC Red Pr Red
3 DCOUT +5V +5 VDC NC NC only with SCART NC NC
4 Cb/Pb/Blue Blue NC NC Blue Pb Blue
5 YCGND Video Ground Video Ground Video Ground Video Ground Video Ground Video Ground
6 C (Y/C) S-Video C (Chroma) NC C (Chroma) NC NC NC
7 CVIDEO/SYNC Composite Video/Sync Composite Video NC Composite Sync NC NC when SoG:sync on green (RGsB mode)
Composite Sync when seperate sync (RGBS mode)
8 Y (Y/C) S-Video Y (Luma) NC Y (Luma) NC NC NC
9 AUR Right Audio Right Audio Right Audio Right Audio Right Audio Right Audio
10 VIGND Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground
11 AUL Left Audio Left Audio Left Audio Left Audio Left Audio Left Audio
12 AUGND Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground

Audio Digital Out (optical)

Toslink

Gigabit LAN

Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T (IEEE 802.3ab) 8P8C connector following TIA/EIA-568 wiring standards with support for Auto MDI-X, which means Cat 5 and Cat 6 cables can be used without the need for special crosscables.
See: GbLAN

USB

See: USB