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Canon digicam cables: every plug and cable code we have sourced

Canon used 12 connector families on the compacts we checked. Find your camera in the table to see which cable codes the manuals name for it; where a maker states nothing, the row says so.

Cable pages: IFC-400PCU · AVC-DC400 and AVC-DC400ST

Sources checked 2026-10-18. 196 of 207 sourced Canon cameras have a cable code named on their own row; 6 more are placed only by connector family and marked Partly confirmed. Status labels are explained in the guide.

Connector families

• Canon PC Card (PCMCIA Type II) direct digital cameras (no camera-to-computer cable)

  Partly confirmed

  Camera end: none: images stored on a PC Card (PCMCIA Type II)

  Years: 1995-1996

• Canon PowerShot 600 / 600N parallel-port station + PCMCIA Type III

  Unconfirmed

  Camera end: camera station (dock) with parallel port; also PCMCIA Type III card slot

  Years: 1996-1997

• Canon serial (RS-232C) via DIGITAL terminal, 1997-2001 PowerShot Pro/S/G/A series

  Partly confirmed

  Camera end: Canon DIGITAL terminal (shape not described in the manuals read)

  Cable codes: IFC-100PC, IFC-100MC, IFC-200PCS, IFC-200MC

  Years: 1997-2001

• Canon DIGITAL/A-V OUT combined proprietary terminal (S100, S110, S200, S230 ELPH / Digital IXUS)

  Confirmed

  Camera end: combined "DIGITAL / A/V OUT" terminal with a PUSH-release connector (S110 guide); plug shape not described

  Cable codes: IFC-200PCU, AVC-DC200, DIF-200, VC-200

  Years: 2000-2002

• Canon DIGITAL terminal USB (mini-B per spec lines), IFC-300PCU + AVC-DC100/VC-100, 2000-2003

  Confirmed

  Camera end: DIGITAL terminal; spec lines say "USB (mini-B)"; the camera-end plug of IFC-300PCU is not described in the guides

  Cable codes: IFC-300PCU, AVC-DC100, VC-100, DIF-100

  Years: 2001-2003

• Canon USB mini-B DIGITAL terminal + separate A/V OUT, IFC-400PCU with AVC-DC300 / STV-250N, 2004-2011

  Confirmed

  Camera end: USB mini-B (spec lines "USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mini-B)") on the DIGITAL terminal; separate A/V OUT terminal

  Cable codes: IFC-400PCU, AVC-DC300, STV-250N, CTC-100, DIF-100

  Years: 2004-2011

• Canon dedicated connector with unified digital, audio and video (mini-B compatible), IFC-400PCU + AVC-DC400 / AVC-DC400ST, 2008-2017

  Confirmed

  Camera end: "Dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video, mini-B compatible" (SD1200/A1100/SD880/S90 guides); SD790/SD890 say "integrated type"; terminal labelled "A/V OUT (Audio/Video output) / DIGITAL terminal"

  Cable codes: IFC-400PCU, AVC-DC400, AVC-DC400ST, USB cable (camera end: Mini-B), no Canon code

  Years: 2008-2017 (first: SD790 IS / SD890 IS, 2008; last in catalog: ELPH 185/200 IS, SX430 IS, 2017)

• Canon USB micro-B, IFC-600PCU (SX620/SX720/SX730/SX740 HS, G9 X, G5 X, G7 X II, G9 X II, G1 X III, SX70 HS), 2015-2018

  Confirmed

  Camera end: USB micro-B

  Cable codes: IFC-600PCU

  Years: 2015-2018

• Canon USB Type-C, IFC-100U (G7 X Mark III, G5 X Mark II)

  Confirmed

  Camera end: USB Type-C

  Cable codes: IFC-100U

  Years: 2019

• Canon Camera Station CS-DC1 / CS-DC1a dock (PowerShot SD30 and SD40 / Digital IXUS i zoom and i7 / IXY DIGITAL L3 and L4)

  Confirmed

  Camera end: camera sits in a dock; the dock carries the DIGITAL (mini-B) and A/V OUT sockets and a DC IN socket

  Cable codes: CS-DC1, CS-DC1a

  Years: 2005-2006

• Canon Connect Station CS100 (wireless media hub; ELPH 180/190/360 HS)

  Partly confirmed

  Camera end: no cable: Wi-Fi/NFC hub (per Canon description), not a cable replacement

  Cable codes: CS100

  Years: 2015-2016

• Canon DIF-100 / DIF-200 direct interface cables (printer-only, same DIGITAL terminal)

  Partly confirmed

  Camera end: DIGITAL terminal (marker symbol on the connector must face the camera)

  Cable codes: DIF-100, DIF-200

  Years: 2001-2007

Cameras and the cable codes named for them

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