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

Panasonic used 5 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.

Sources checked 2026-10-18. 0 of 73 sourced Panasonic cameras have a cable code named on their own row; 45 more are placed only by connector family and marked Partly confirmed. Status labels are explained in the guide.

Connector families

• Panasonic USB mini-B (5-pin) socket plus separate 2.5 mm A/V OUT jack

  Partly confirmed

  Camera end: USB 5 pin Mini USB socket (manual: 'USB Socket (5pin)'); separate φ 2.5 mm jack for A/V (or video only) out; separate DC IN jack (EIAJ type 1/2)

  Years: c.2001-2004 (exact years not documented in the manuals; Wikipedia says F7 and LC5 were first Lumix compacts, 2001)

• Panasonic 8-pin 'DIGITAL/AV OUT' multi socket, K1HA08 cable generation

  Confirmed

  Camera end: Proprietary 'Dedicated jack (8 pin)' labelled [DIGITAL/AV OUT], [AV OUT/DIGITAL] or (LS/LZ video-only) [DIGITAL/V.OUT]; on LX2 spec called 'AV/USB Dedicated jack (8 pin)'

  Cable codes: K1HA08CD0007 (USB) / K1HA08CD0008 (AV), K1HA08CD0013 (USB) / K1HA08CD0014 (AV) / K1HA08CD0015 (video-only), K1HA08CD0019 (USB) / K1HA08CD0020 (AV), K1HA08CD0023 (USB) / K1HA08CD0027 (AV), K1HA08AD0001 / 0002 / 0003 (USB) with K1HA08CD0027 / 0028 / 0020 (AV)

  Years: c.2005-2010 (manuals dated 2006-2009)

• Panasonic 8-pin 'AV OUT/DIGITAL' multi socket, K1HY08 cable generation (some models charge through it)

  Confirmed

  Camera end: Proprietary 'Dedicated jack (8 pin)' labelled [AV OUT/DIGITAL] (F5: [DIGITAL]); sits beside a separate mini-HDMI (type C) or micro-HDMI (type D) socket on later models

  Cable codes: K1HY08YY0017 (USB) / K1HY08YY0018 (AV), K1HY08YY0015 (USB) / K1HY08YY0016 (AV), K1HY08YY0019 (USB) / K1HY08YY0020 (AV), K1HY08YY0025 (USB) / K1HY08YY0026 (AV), K1HY08YY0030 (USB) / K1HY08YY0029 (AV), K1HY08YY0031 (USB), K1HY08YY0032 / K1HY08YY0033 / K1HY08YY0037 (USB), DMW-USBC1 (optional USB cable) and DMW-AVC1 (optional AV cable)

  Years: c.2010-2016 (manual part-number dates seen: July 2012 to July 2015; undated manuals not placed)

• Panasonic 14-pin 'AV/DIGITAL/MULTI' socket (2009-2010) with DMW-MCA1 Multi Conversion Adaptor

  Confirmed

  Camera end: Proprietary 'Dedicated jack (14 pin)', labelled [AV/DIGITAL/MULTI], [AV OUT/DIGITAL] or [DIGITAL/AV OUT]; next to a mini-HDMI (type C) socket

  Cable codes: K1HA14AD0001 (USB) / K1HA14CD0001 (AV), K1HA14AD0003 (USB) / K1HA14CD0004 (AV), DMW-MCA1 (Multi Conversion Adaptor, optional)

  Years: 2009-2010 (ZS1/ZS3 manual part numbers as of February 2009)

• Panasonic USB 2.0 micro-B ([USB/CHARGE] or [CHARGE])

  Confirmed

  Camera end: USB 2.0 micro-B

  Cable codes: K1HY04YY0106

  Years: 2015-2016 (part numbers as of January 2016 / October 2016)

Cameras and the cable codes named for them

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