External Connectors

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

Power

Multirange AC power input

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

Pin	Signal	Description	Composite	S-Video	RGB	PrPbY	VGA
1	GND	Ground	Ground	Ground	Ground	Ground	Ground
2	L	Left Audio	Left Audio	Left Audio	Left Audio	Left Audio	Left Audio
3	GND	Ground	Ground	Ground	Ground	Ground	Ground
4	R	Right Audio	Right Audio	Right Audio	Right Audio	Right Audio	Right Audio
5	Y	S-Video Y (Luma)	NC	Y (Luma)	NC	NC	NC
6	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)
7	C	S-Video C (Chroma)	NC	C (Chroma)	NC	NC	NC
8	VGND	Video Ground	Video Ground	Video Ground	Video Ground	Video Ground	Video Ground
9	B	Blue	NC	NC	Blue	Pb	Blue
10	+5V	+5 VDC	NC	NC	only with SCART	NC	NC
11	R	Red	NC	NC	Red	Pr	Red
12	G	Green	NC	NC	Green	NC	Green (with CSync when SoG:sync on green)

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.

USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 (depending on which SKU: 6x (Tool/DECR), 4x or 2x) with maximum bandwidth of 480 Mbit/s (~57 MB/s)