SCART

Available at VCRs, DVD-players and TVs. Very common in Europe. Also known as Euro connector or Péritel (in France).

Pinout

21 PIN SCART FEMALE at the Video/TV.

21 PIN SCART MALE at the Cable.

Pin	Name	Description			Signal Level	Impedance
Pin	Name	Normal (RGB)	\[[YPbPr\]]	S-Video	Signal Level	Impedance
1	AOR	Audio Out Right			0.5 V rms	<1 kΩ
2	AIR	Audio In Right			0.5 V rms	>10 kΩ
3	AOL	Audio Out Left + Mono			0.5 V rms	<1 kΩ
4	AGND	Audio Ground
5	B GND	RGB Blue Ground
6	AIL	Audio In Left + Mono			0.5 V rms	>10 kΩ
7	B	RGB Blue In	Pb		0.7 V	75 Ω
8	SWTCH	Audio/RGB switch / 16:9				>10 kΩ
9	G GND	RGB Green Ground
10	DATAIN	D²B In
11	G	RGB Green In	Y		0.7 V	75 Ω
12	DATAOUT	D²B Out
13	R GND	RGB Red Ground		Chrominance Input Ground
14	DATAGND	D²B Ground
15	R	RGB Red In	Pr	Chrominance Input	0.7 V (Chrom.: 0.3 V burst)	75 Ω
16	BLNK	Blanking Signal				75 Ω
17	VGND	Composite Video Ground
18	BLNKGND	Blanking Signal Ground		Luminance Input Ground
19	VOUT	Composite Video Out			1 V	75 Ω
20	VIN	Composite Video In		Luminance Input	1 V	75 Ω
21	SHIELD	Ground/Shield (Chassis)

D²B

D²B=Domestic Digital Bus

Pin 10, 12 and 14 was used for a databus by Philips, now called IEC 61030. Not used anymore?

D²B is a multi-master bus. Collision detect with CDMA/CD.

Blanking

Pin 16 is used to select between RGB & composite video. Input impedance is 75 Ω, so use 180 Ω resistor from +5V to activate RGB. This should give +1.5VDC at pin 16. Tip: Pin 9 at VGA connectors is +5V. +5V ----[=]-----o----[=]---- GND 180 Ω Pin 16 75 Ω

Standards

SCART: CENELEC EN 50 049-1:1989
SCART: IEC 60933-1:1988 (old name: IEC 933-1:1988)
D²B: CENELEC EN 61030
D²B: IEC 61030:1991 (old name: IEC 1030:1991)

Contributions

Joakim Ögren

Sources

Various sources
Video Demystified at Keith Jack's pages
www.sesworld.com: SES - The SCART Interface
BootLog HomeEntertainment 94: Problem Solver