RCA/ SCART Adapter Question

[mancity]

Hi guys,

Probably a simple question, so hopefully a simple answer

Question 1
If I have a TV lead here and it has the 3 TV inputs, red, white and yellow, is this a SCART lead, or AV lead, or RCA lead? What's the difference between the 3?

Question 2
If I put the red, white and yellow plugs into a SCART adapter, is this the same quality as a lead which literally just has a SCART attached to the end?

Question 3
I have a SCART adapter, however it just has the yellow and white inputs, so nowhere for the red. But it works fine. Why is this and what am I/ should I be missing out on by not using the red plug?

Question 4
I have a SCART adapter, which has a red, green and blue input on. What's this all about?


Im trying to figure out all the leads I have to get the best of my set-up and to be brutally honest, if the first lead I try works, then I just have stuck with that in the past, but I think I might be missing a trick?

[zyrobs]

AV lead is a generic term for all Audio/Video cables.

The red/white/yellow is RCA (stereo audio + composite video), and so is the green/blue/red component connector. They use the exact same type of cable, just the signal they carry is different.

SCART has more pins, can support highest quality RGB signal, can be bidirectional, and a bunch of other things.

The red/white/yellow to scart adapter just maps up the 3 RCA cables to their corresponding pins on a SCART cables. A native SCART cable may be significantly higher quality if your set supports its features.

If your scart adapter only has white and yellow input, that means it has mono audio.

Scart adapter with red/green/blue - that one could be a lot of things. It could be the normal audio + composite video, with different color plugs. It could be an RGB splitter so you can use tougher rca cables with no crosstalk for each signal. It could also be an active rgb to component converter, who knows. I'd say it's the normal stereo + composite, but miscolored.

You could have googled most of this.

[mancity]

Thanks alot for the info.

Am I right in saying then, for the BEST picture, I should look for an RGB SCART cable for my set-ups, rather than just a 'SCART cable' or 'RCA cable' i.e has to say 'RGB'?

[buckoa51]

SCART can carry composite video I thought we all knew that now, so as above, except:-

I have a SCART adapter, which has a red, green and blue input on. What's this all about?

That ones easy, it's simply a SCART to Component adaptor, you use it for instance to route component video through a SCART switch. Lots of AV gear can accept component and RGBs on the same inputs.

Am I right in saying then, for the BEST picture, I should look for an RGB SCART cable for my set-ups, rather than just a 'SCART cable' or 'RCA cable' i.e has to say 'RGB'?

Yes, see www.videogameperfection.com/av-gear/scart/

[mancity]

Cheers for the info guys

Quite abit to know just on what cable to connect your console to a TV! interesting reading though.

[prabmire]

RGB scart at all times when possible AV cables suffice for stuff like the NES, some machines that didn't output RGB without modification such as the N64 and 3do, cd32 S-video is the best your going to get