A 21 pin connector commonly used on video equipment in Europe. Contains pins for
RGB video,
composite video in / out, stereo sound in / out, and mode switching information. Some of the pins are dual purpose, and can be used for
S-Video if the socket is configured that way.
Aka Peritel and Euro-Connector
Pinout for a SCART socket:
20 2
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\ I I I I I I I I I I |
|_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I|
19 1
1 AOR Audio Out Right
2 AIR Audio In Right
3 AOL Audio Out Left + Mono
4 AGND Audio Ground
5 B GND RGB Blue Ground
6 AIL Audio In Left + Mono
7 B RGB Blue In
8 SWTCH Audio/RGB switch / 16:9
9 G GND RGB Green Ground
10 CLKOUT Data 2: Clockpulse Out (Unavailable ??)
11 G RGB Green In
12 DATA Data 1: Data Out (Unavailable ??)
13 R GND RGB Red Ground
14 DATAGND Data Ground
15 R RGB Red In / Chrominance
16 BLNK Blanking Signal (This pin is a bastard ;)
17 VGND Composite Video Ground
18 BLNKGND Blanking Signal Ground
19 VOUT Composite Video Out
20 VIN Composite Video In / Luminance
21 SHIELD Ground/Shield (Chassis)
Borrowed from the hardware book c/o Game Station X (http://www.gamesx.com)
To SCART a games console is to perform an RGB mod on it, resulting in a lead attached to the console, terminating in a SCART connector. (Just in case you ever come across a strange document explaining how to SCART a PlayStation)
Courtesy of jasstrong: SCART stands for "Syndicat Commerciale d'Appareil Radio et Télévision". See jasstrong's write-up for SECAM for an explanation of how SCART came about (nothing to do with Teletext after all).
On the other hand, there's probably a very good explanation as to why SCART is ubiquitous in Europe, but unheard of in America, and I'm sure Teletext has something to do with it. ;)
There's also SCART-J, as used on televisions in Japan, which uses a totally different pin out.