SCART

Before SCART, many video and audio devices provided lots of different sockets for AV signals. Devices made by different companies could have different and incompatible standards!

SCART attempts to make connecting such devices together much simpler, by providing one plug that contains all the necessary signals, and is standard across different manufacturers. SCART makes connecting such devices very simple, because one cable can connect any two SCART-compatible devices, and the connector is designed so that you cannot insert it incorrectly.

Pin-out:

 +------------------------------------------+
 | 1   3   5   7   9   11  13  15  17  19   | 21
 |                                          \
 |   2   4   6   8   10  12  14  16  18  20  \
 +--------------------------------------------+

1. AUDIO Output Right
2. AUDIO Input Right
3. AUDIO Output Left
4. AUDIO Ground
5. BLUE Ground
6. AUDIO Input Left
7. BLUE
8. Function Switching
9. GREEN Ground
10. Comm Data 2
11. GREEN
12. Comm Data 1
13. RED/Chroma Ground
14. Comm Data Ground
15. RED/Chroma
16. Blanking[?]
17. VIDEO/Sync/Luminance Ground
18. Blanking Ground
19. VIDEO/Sync/Luminance Output
20. VIDEO/Sync/Luminance Input
21. Common Ground (metal shield[?])

See also

• S-Video.
• Composited video:
  • RCA.
  • RF connector.

External links

• SCART pinout (http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/eprebel/SoundAndVision/Engineering/SCART)