anyone know electronics/computers well?

[TheAstronaut]

can someone tell me what kind of connection this is called....

[cannabis campbell]

If you're looking where to plug it in just look for a plug hole in that shape

if not then i dont know lol sorry

[del...]

isn't that an "s" connector? for stereo hook-ups and the like?

[NotALlama]

Can you post annother pic its kinda hard to tell...and what exacly is the other end of that wire hooked up too?

[KEGS]

don't know but it look's old

[TheAstronaut]

no its not old, it goes to a 8 inch lcd screen, it's one of the connectors they make so it can plug into like a million different adapters. i need to know what its called so i can get a "____ to RCA" adapter the ____ being this plugs name lol

i dont have any better pictures.. did you click on it? it gets bigger

[TheAstronaut]

nope sorry this is an S connector, thanks though

[dopefiend]

it looks like it might be an s-video connector, but you could take the pic into radio shack or something and find a matching cable

[TheAstronaut]

no the picture i posted above would be a S-video connector but thanks though..

[Cannabis.com]

My first guess was similar to Del's ... thought it was some sort of audio connector ... but from what you described, a quick search on google yields the most likely answer ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video

...Before the mini-DIN plug became standard, S-Video signals were often carried through different types of plugs. For example, the Commodore 64 home computer of the 1980s, one of the first widely available devices to feature S-Video output, used an 8-pin standard size DIN plug on the computer end and a pair of RCA plugs on the monitor end...

Ron

[S i k]

it almost looks like a ps2 connecter, its the kind of the most mouses and keyboards used before they switched to USB

[LIP]

Kind of yeah Sik

[benagain]

I say take the thing into radio shack and find a match. That's what I'd do at least. You never know, you might actually find someone there who knows.

[gutterslang]

I don't know if it is in there but try this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_and_video_connector

[infidel818]

its not an audio cable. but then again, i dont know what it IS.

[Skink]

8-pin mini Din

for serial connections/applications: Apple I believe???

[stonerneedsrealweed]

it is din connector used in older computer parts like keyboards or monitor in your case

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[latewood]

1. go to radio shack...they have all the adapters, and a clerk to identify them.

2. take a pic so we can see what you are asking about, come on...If you can't see it clearly, we can't see it to identify it.

love to help out, if you bring us out of the dark. lw