Explaining the A/V Input and iPod Sockets?
 

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I am at a bit of a loss when I come accross this. The yellow “IPod” socket reflects the age of the seat and I do not remember how I used my IPod. The other “A/V Input” socket looks like something for a Bose headphone, but surely that is not an input. Interested in how to use these, or how they were once used … Thank you.

The white, red, yellow connections are the RGB connections. 2 of them are video and one of them is for audio. You used to have to use it for old game systems before HDMI became mainstream. The IPOD connectors are the old style iPod Aux car adaptor cable。I still have 1 in my drawer.

Red/white for stereo audio, yellow for video.

They are actually called RCA connectors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector
RGB connectors are not standardized at that period of the time.

Very old-school RCA connectors and also old-school DIN (?) connector.

You could connect your iDevice using a special adaptor cable which at launch could be borrowed from the cabin crew.

This had Apple’s iPod/iPhone connector on one end and plugged into the round multi-pin socket, so you could send your iDevice's video to the bigger screen but also control video playback straight from your iDevice.

I tested this at launch, some pics below.

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I don't recall having such a cable with lightning connector. Might be it died out during the 30 pin connector era.