An apparatus comprising: a plurality of adaptable ports, each adaptable port including a receptacle to accept a plug of a connector element from a source device, the receptacle including a plurality of electrical contacts; an adaptable port device to process signals including multimedia data received at the one or more adaptable ports by means of a first multiplexer or a second multiplexer; wherein the adaptable port device is operable to: detect a multimedia signal format for multimedia data received at each of the plurality of adaptable ports, and adapt each of the plurality of adaptable ports to be compatible with the detected multimedia signal format for the adaptable port; the apparatus further comprising: a signal format detector and switch for each of the plurality of adaptable ports, each respective signal format detector being adapted to detect a multimedia signal format of data received at the adaptable port and each respective switch being adapted to direct the respective signal to the first multiplexer or the second multiplexer based on a class of the detected multimedia signal format; and a plurality of outputs comprising one or more analog outputs adapted to output data received from the first multiplexer to a multimedia processor and one or more digital outputs adapted to output data received from the second multiplexer to the multimedia processor; wherein the switch of each of the plurality of adaptable ports is adapted to direct data of a first class to the first multiplexer and is adapted to direct data of a second class to the second multiplexer, and wherein the first multiplexer is an analog multiplexer for multiplexing the first class of data, the first class of data being data having an analog multimedia signal format, and the second multiplexer is a digital multiplexer for multiplexing the second class of data, the second class of data being data having a digital multimedia signal format. a plurality of adaptable ports, each adaptable port including a receptacle to accept a plug of a connector element from a source device, the receptacle including a plurality of electrical contacts; an adaptable port device to process signals including multimedia data received at the one or more adaptable ports by means of a first multiplexer or a second multiplexer; wherein the adaptable port device is operable to: detect a multimedia signal format for multimedia data received at each of the plurality of adaptable ports, and adapt each of the plurality of adaptable ports to be compatible with the detected multimedia signal format for the adaptable port; the apparatus further comprising: a signal format detector and switch for each of the plurality of adaptable ports, each respective signal format detector being adapted to detect a multimedia signal format of data received at the adaptable port and each respective switch being adapted to direct the respective signal to the first multiplexer or the second multiplexer based on a class of the detected multimedia signal format; and a plurality of outputs comprising one or more analog outputs adapted to output data received from the first multiplexer to a multimedia processor and one or more digital outputs adapted to output data received from the second multiplexer to the multimedia processor; wherein the switch of each of the plurality of adaptable ports is adapted to direct data of a first class to the first multiplexer and is adapted to direct data of a second class to the second multiplexer, and wherein the first multiplexer is an analog multiplexer for multiplexing the first class of data, the first class of data being data having an analog multimedia signal format, and the second multiplexer is a digital multiplexer for multiplexing the second class of data, the second class of data being data having a digital multimedia signal format. detect a multimedia signal format for multimedia data received at each of the plurality of adaptable ports, and adapt each of the plurality of adaptable ports to be compatible with the detected multimedia signal format for the adaptable port; a signal format detector and switch for each of the plurality of adaptable ports, each respective signal format detector being adapted to detect a multimedia signal format of data received at the adaptable port and each respective switch being adapted to direct the respective signal to the first multiplexer or the second multiplexer based on a class of the detected multimedia signal format; and a plurality of outputs comprising one or more analog outputs adapted to output data received from the first multiplexer to a multimedia processor and one or more digital outputs adapted to output data received from the second multiplexer to the multimedia processor;