VGA Port: Pinout Description

This article provides descriptions of the signals present on the standard analog DB15 video connector, otherwise known as VGA.

Note: The pinout descriptions in this article do not apply to the digital video connector.

The analog video connector on many Apple computers is a standard DB15 (also called D-sub-15) connector, which is used with VGA, SVGA, or XGA monitors. Figure 1 shows the pin configuration and the table lists the signal pin assignments.



Figure 1 VGA connector

PIN
SIGNAL NAME
DESCRIPTION
1
RED
Red video signal
2
GREEN
Green video signal
3
BLUE
Blue video signal
4
MONID(0)
Monitor ID signal 0
5
GND DDC
Return
6, 7, 8
AGND_VID
Analog video ground
9
+5V_IO 5 V
Power for I/O device
10
GND
HSYNC and VSYNC ground
11
VGA_ID
VGA ID signal
12
MONID(2)
Monitor ID signal 2
13
HSYNC
Horizontal synchronization signal
14
VSYNC
Vertical synchronization signal
15
MONID(1)
Monitor ID signal 1
Published Date: Feb 20, 2012