The scart system was developed some years ago before PlayStations were even considered. The main advantages of the Scart connection are that the picture is "cleaner", because it doesn't go through a modulator then a demodulator, and stereo audio is possible.

The main benefit to PlayStation is that imported games can be seen in color as opposed to black & white on non-scart TV systems.

Technical Overview Of TV/VIDEO SCART

conn_scartf.gif (1000 Byte) (At the video/TV)
conn_scartm.gif (1000 byte) (At the cable)

21 PIN SCART FEMALE at the Video/TV.
21 PIN SCART MALE at the Cable.

Pin Name Description Signal Level Impedance
1 AOR Audio Out Right 0.5 V rms <1k ohm
2 AIR Audio In Right 0.5 V rms >10k ohm
3 AOL Audio Out Left + Mono 0.5 V rms <1k ohm
4 AGND Audio Ground    
5 B GND RGB Blue Ground    
6 AIL Audio In Left + Mono 0.5 V rms >10k ohm
7 B RGB Blue In 0.7 V 75 ohm
8 SWTCH Audio/RGB switch / 16:9    
9 G GND RGB Green Ground    
10 CLKOUT Data 2: Clockpulse Out (Unavailble ??)    
11 G RGB Green In 0.7 V 75 ohm
12 DATA Data 1: Data Out (Unavailble ??)    
13 R GND RGB Red Ground    
14 DATAGND Data Ground    
15 R RGB Red In / Chrominance 0.7 V (Chrom.: 0.3 V burst) 75 ohm
16 BLNK Blanking Signal 1-3 V=RGB, 0-0.4 V=Composite 75 ohm
17 VGND Composite Video Ground    
18 BLNKGND Blanking Signal Ground    
19 VOUT Composite Video Out 1 V 75 ohm
20 VIN Composite Video In / Luminance 1 V 75 ohm
21 SHIELD Ground/Shield (Chassis)