SCART

21-pin connector for audio-visual equipment EuroSCART (Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs) Péritel A male SCART connector (21-pin)Type Analogue audio and video connectorProduction historyDesigner CENELECDesigned 1976; 50 years ago (1976)Superseded RCA, DIN (in Europe)Superseded by HDMI, DisplayPortGeneral specificationsAudio signal Bi-directional StereoVideo signal Composite (bi-directional),RGB (uni-directional),S-Video (sometimes bi-directional), orYPbPr (Component)Pins 21 (21 wires:RGB/10 wires:CVBS)10 (10 wires:CVBS)DataData signal D²B and widescreen switchingPinout Female connector seen from the frontPin 1 Audio output (right)Pin 2 Audio input (right)Pin 3 Audio output (left/mono)Pin 4 Audio ground (pins 1, 2, 3 & 6 ground)Pin 5 RGB Blue ground (pin 7 ground)Pin 6 Audio input (left/mono)Pin 7 RGB Blue upS-Video C down[a]Component PB up[b]Pin 8 Status & Aspect Ratio up[c] 0–2 V → off +5–8 V → on/16:9 +9.5–12 V → on/4:3Pin 9 RGB Green ground (pin 11 ground)Pin 10 Clock / Data 2[d]Control bus (AV.link)Pin 11 RGB Green upComponent Y up[b]Pin 12 Reserved / Data 1[d]Pin 13 RGB Red ground (pin 15 ground)Pin 14 Usually Data signal gr