scart2rgb
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RGB / SCART Adaptors
Being in a PAL land now (Australia) I'm suddenly aware of a definitive solution for converting RGB to SCART for blissfully clear gaming love. Here then is how I did it:
First I hacked up my custom made SCART extension cable - it had a female SCART on one end and a male SCART on the other end. It was a straight-through cable, each pin went from 1 to 1, 2 to 2 etc. Nothing special. You can use a male ⇔ male cable if you like, they're pretty common. Replace one end with a female connector and wire it up as follows:
The pinout
RGB | Signal | SCART |
---|---|---|
15 | Red | 15 |
19 | Green | 11 |
20 | Blue | 7 |
9 | Sync/Video | 20 |
1 | Left | 2 |
5 | Right | 6 |
16 | +5v/Blanking | 16 |
13, 18, 17 | Ground | 13, 14, 17 |
7, 3, 21 | Ground | 5, 9, 18, 21 |
The Caveats
- GameCube, VGA and other devices may not work with H+V Sync instead of Composite Video as a Sync signal
- (Not sure if this is because it's H+V tied together or because it's not composite video, or because I lacked the Blanking signal)
- I used +5v for blanking, but you may need to use a 100Ohm resistor on this line.
- Ground is Ground, you don't have to separate them. One ground line is enough, but you must connect ALL the ground pins on each end
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