SCART Pins and Voltage specs:

Sync / Composite Video In (Scart Pin 20): The sync pulses are active low signals on the composite video line: 1.0 volts = White.
0.3 volts = Black, 0 volts = Sync ("blacker than black") So in RGB mode the line is normally 0.3v, pulsed to 0v for the sync
periods.

Red (Scart Pin 15), Green (Scart Pin 11), Blue (Scart Pin 7) Inputs: 0.7 volts = peak intensity of colour, 0 volts = lowest intensity
of colour. Note: I've found that my TV does weird things if there any voltages above zero present on the RGB lines during the
sync / back porch periods (stuff like switching out of RGB scart mode, treating the colour present during sync as a black
reference) so it seems its necessary to inhibit your RGB outputs during those times.

RGB mode select ("Blanking" Scart Pin 16): Some TV's let you toggle RGB mode via the remote but to force it, put 1 to 3 volts
on this pin. (5 volts via a 100 Ohm resistor will set it at 2.1v due to the 75 Ohm load in the TV)

Note: All video (and control) signal lines see a 75 Ohm impedance at the TV end.

Video Ground: Scart pin 17.

Audio in (if required). Scart Pin 2 - left channel (or mono), Scart Pin 6 - right channel: 1 Volt peak-peak signals (about 20K
Ohms impedance)

Audio Ground: Scart pin 4.

SCART CONNECTOR PINOUT Table 1

Table 1 was the original and allows for composite video

input/output, RGB inputs and stereo audio. Table 2 was
added to take S-video (S-VHS and Hi-8) inputs. This made
pin 15 chrominance and pin 20 luminance.

Many TV sets have 2 SCART sockets. One is usually loke

table 1 and the other like table 2, and pin 20 switchable from
composite to S-Video luminance.
The first can switch from a composite input to RGB input.
The second can switch from a composite input to an S-
Video input, pin 20 being either composite in or luminance in.
Usually the second socket outputs a selectable composite
signal on pin 19.

Pin Signal Level Impedance

1 Audio Out Right 0.5 V rms <1k ohm

2 Audio In Right 0.5 V rms >10k ohm
3 Audio Out Left + Mono 0.5 V rms <1k ohm
4 Ground Audio
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 5 RGB Ground Blue
6 Audio In Left + Mono 0.5 V rms >10k ohm
7 RGB Blue In 0.7 V 75 ohm
High (9.5-12V)
8 Audio/RGB switch / 16:9 AVmode >10kohm
Low (0-2V) TVmode
9 RGB Ground Green
10 Comms Data 2
11 RGB Green In 0.7 V 75 ohm
12 Comms Data 1
13 RGB Ground Red
14 Ground Data
RGB Red In / 0.7 V (Chrom.: 0.3 V
15 75 ohm
Chrominance burst)
High (1-3V) RGB
16 Blanking Signal Low (0-0.4V) 75 ohm
Composite
17 Ground Composite Video
18 Ground Blanking Signal
19 Composite Video Out 1V including sync 75 ohm
20 Composite Video In 1V including sync 75 ohm
21 Ground/Shield (Chassis)

SCART CONNECTOR PINOUT Table 2

Pin Signal Level Impedance

1 Audio Out Right 0.5 V rms <1k ohm

2 Audio In Right 0.5 V rms >10k ohm
3 Audio Out Left + Mono 0.5 V rms <1k ohm
4 Ground Audio
5 RGB Ground Blue
6 Audio In Left + Mono 0.5 V rms >10k ohm
7 - - -
High (9.5-12V) AVmode
8 Fuction Select >10kohm
Low (0-2V) TVmode
9 RGB Ground Green
10 Comms Data 2
11 - - -
12 Comms Data 1
13 Ground (chrominance)
14 Ground Data
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15 Chrominance input 0.3V 75 ohm
16 - - -
17 Ground (luminance)
18 - - -
19 Video output (composite) 1V including sync 75 ohm
20 Luminance input 1V including sync 75 ohm
21 Ground/Shield (Chassis)

Cable between VCR and TV (Scart)

TV VCR
Audio Right Out 1 2 Audio Right In
Audio Right In 2 1 Audio Right Out
Audio Left Out 3 6 Audio Left In
Audio Left In 6 3 Audio Left Out
Audio Ground 4 4 Audio Ground
Red 15 15 Red
Red Ground 13 13 Red Ground
Green 11 11 Green
Green Ground 9 9 Green Ground
Blue 7 7 Blue
Blue Ground 5 5 Blue Ground
Status / 16:9 8 8 Status / 16:9
Reserved 10 10 Reserved
Reserved 12 12 Reserved
Fast Blanking Ground 14 14 Fast Blanking Ground
Fast Blanking 16 16 Fast Blanking
Video Out Ground 17 18 Video In Ground
Video In Ground 18 17 Video Out Ground
Video Out 19 20 Video In
Video In 20 19 Video Out
Ground 21 21 Ground

S-Video Cable for Scart S-Video Input

S-Video Out TV, Scart (Input)
Luminance Out (Y) 20 Luminance In
Chrominance Out (C) 15 Chrominance In
GND 4+17 GND
Audio Out L 2 Audio In L
Audio Out R 6 Audio In R

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S-Video Connection Pinout
PIN DESCRIPTION Impedance Level
1 GND Ground (Y)
2 GND Ground (C)
3 Y Intensity (Luminance) 75 Ohms 1V incl. Sync.
4 C Color (Chrominance) 75 Ohms 0.3V Burst

View to the solder side

of the male connector