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Canon IFC-400PCU cable: which PowerShot, ELPH and IXUS cameras use it

The IFC-400PCU is the Canon USB cable named in the guides of well over a hundred PowerShot, Digital ELPH and IXUS compacts from 2004 on. Canon's spec lines call the camera-side USB connection mini-B, and Canon Japan's specification for the cable, updated in January 2026, lists a USB mini-B type camera end, a USB type-A computer end, a length of about 1.3 m and about 160 compatible compacts.

There are two socket arrangements. Earlier cameras have a DIGITAL terminal for USB and a separate A/V OUT terminal. From 2008 Canon's guides describe one dedicated connector, a unified type of digital, audio and video that is mini-B compatible. The IFC-400PCU is the computer cable named for both.

Canon's IXUS 55 guide says the interface cable and the A/V cable cannot be connected at the same time. The SD30's guide has you connect the A/V cable to the Camera Station rather than the camera.

Sources checked 2026-10-18. Status labels: Confirmed = a maker document or the maker's own store names it; Partly confirmed = box contents or accessory text only; Unconfirmed = sellers or reviews only.

Camera end

USB mini-B type (Canon Japan's specification); later models describe a unified digital, audio and video connector, mini-B compatible

Computer end

USB Type-A

Length

About 1.3 m (Canon Japan)

Years in our table

2004 to 2017 (year of the cited manual or Wikipedia list, not a launch date)

What nobody states

• Canon's guides give no pin count or plug drawing for the unified connector; they say only that the USB side is mini-B compatible.
• Cameras with a micro-USB port need a different cable: Canon's guides show a USB cable with a Micro-B camera end and name the IFC-600PCU for it.

Cameras listed with IFC-400PCU

155 cameras, each linked to the page that names the cable.

26 more camera rows for this code are held back until their source passes our re-check.

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Sources

1. Canon Japan FAQ: Interface cable IFC-400PCU specifications, updated 5 January 2026 (lists about 160 compatible compacts) (read 2026-10-18)
2. IFC-400PCU: gdlp01.c-wss.com
3. STV-250N: gdlp01.c-wss.com
4. CTC-100: flynngraphics.ca
5. DIF-100: flynngraphics.ca
6. IFC-400PCU: gdlp01.c-wss.com
7. AVC-DC400ST: flynngraphics.ca
8. USB cable (camera end: Mini-B), no Canon code: gdlp01.c-wss.com
9. CS-DC1: flynngraphics.ca
10. CS-DC1a: flynngraphics.ca