11 Facts About SCART

SCART is a French-originated standard and associated 21-pin connector for connecting audio-visual equipment.

The name SCART comes from, "Radio and Television Receiver Manufacturers' Association", the French organisation that created the connector in the mid-1970s.

SCART was used for high definition signals such as 720p, 1080i, 1080p with YPbPr connection by some manufacturers, but this usage is scarce due to the advent of HDMI.

In Europe, SCART was the most common method of connecting AV equipment and was a standard connector for such devices; it was far less common elsewhere.

SCART system was intended to simplify connecting AV equipment .

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SCART connection was used for high definition signals like 720p, 1080i, 1080p with YPbPr connection by some manufacturers, but to the present day this connection is very scarce due to the advent of HDMI.

SCART is bi-directional regarding standard composite video and analogue audio.

SCART enables a device to command the TV to very quickly switch between signals, in order to create overlays in the image.

SCART allows a connected device to bring it in and out of standby mode or to switch it to the AV channel.

Original SCART specification provided for different cable types denoted by a key color, but color-coding is rarely used and cables often use different, non-standard configurations.

Use of the data pins was not standardised in the original SCART specification, resulting in the use of several different protocols, both proprietary protocols and semi-proprietary protocols based on standards such as D²B.