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Sony VMC-MD1 cable: which Cyber-shot cameras use it

The VMC-MD1 is a Sony multi-terminal cable that carries USB, standard-definition A/V out and DC-in power on one 1.5 m cable. Sony Japan's accessory page lists 33 Cyber-shot compacts for it, among them the T9, T10, T77, T90, T100, W80, W120 and W200 that we review.

Sony Japan's page calls it a 'multi-terminal cable' (マルチ端子ケーブル) and gives its length as about 1.5 m and its weight as about 100 g. Sony UK's support site has a page for it titled 'MD1 Connecting cable'. Sony discontinued it; Sony Japan's list price was 4,400 yen including tax.

Sources checked 2026-10-20. Status: Confirmed, from Sony's own pages. 33 cameras, each one on Sony Japan's compatible-products list for this code. Our reviews of cameras on this list: DSC-P150, DSC-P200, DSC-T10, DSC-T100, DSC-T50, DSC-T700, DSC-T77, DSC-T9, DSC-T90, DSC-W120, DSC-W170, DSC-W200, DSC-W300, DSC-W80.

Carries

USB, A/V out (standard definition) and DC-in power (Sony Japan)

Length

About 1.5 m (Sony Japan)

Weight

About 100 g (Sony Japan)

Camera end

The Multi connector on the camera body; Sony does not draw the plug or give a pin count

Computer end

USB; Sony Japan does not name the plug type

What Sony's page says

Sony Japan's feature lines for the VMC-MD1, as published (Japanese):

• ACアダプター（AC-LS5A）と組み合わせて、本体への電源供給が可能
• 1本のケーブルでUSB接続、A/V出力（スタンダード画質）、DC IN電源供給を実現 ケーブル長：約1.5m 質量：約100g

In English: the cable works with the AC-LS5A AC adaptor to power the camera, and one cable gives USB, A/V out and DC-in power. Sony shows a list price of 4,400 yen and marks the cable as discontinued.

What nobody states

• Sony's list is for Cyber-shot models sold in Japan. We could not search Sony's Accessories Compatibility Information tool for other regions, so a camera missing from this table may still work.
• The DSC-W55 is not on Sony Japan's VMC-MD1 list, although its handbook shows a Multi connector and a supplied USB and A/V cable. Sellers list the W55 for the VMC-MD1; we have found no Sony document that does.
• Sony's own wording does not describe the plug shape or say how many pins it has. Sony's manuals separate Multi connectors into Type1a, Type2b, Type3 and so on; the table shows the Type label Sony's manual gives where we have one, and Sony does not say which Type each VMC cable fits.
• A seller listing title we saw names the W50, W55, W90 and W100 for the VMC-MD1; none of those four is on Sony Japan's list. Retailer lists are not evidence, and Sony Japan puts the W220 and W270 under the VMC-MD2.

Cameras Sony Japan lists with VMC-MD1

33 cameras. No camera appears on the lists of two different codes.

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Sources

1. Sony Japan: VMC-MD1 product page (archive) (read 2026-10-20)
2. Sony Japan: VMC-MD1 compatible products list (read 2026-10-20; the list is loaded from Sony Japan's compatibility service)
3. Sony UK support: VMC-MD1 (read 2026-10-20; confirms the code and points to Sony's Accessories Compatibility Information tool)