SCART Coupler / Adapter (Female To Female)

SCART, once the king of analog standards. The Americans pretty much missed out on the standard completely, while it reigned supreme in Europe during the 80s and 90s, and here in Australia we saw the connection standard pop-up on high-end consumer TVs, early Foxtel boxes and professional broadcast monitors (commonly referred to as PVMs or BVMs).

However, you weren’t here for a history lesson. In fact, you’re likely on this very page as you’ve struck upon the same SCART connection problem that so many have before… and that is, that most SCART cables and adapters always terminate with a male plug connection. With SCART extension cables vitrually non-existant, this little SCART Female to Female Coupler becomes an essential tool to connect one SCART plug to another, for completing some of the more complicated AV connections.

So that’s exactly what this little adapter does!  It functions as a gender-changer adapter, so that two male SCART plugs can be joined.

So what’s with the SCART format?

SCART is an AV connection standard largely adopted in Europe and more widely throughout the world for the transmission of higher quality analog video and audio signals. The 21-Pin connector is able to carry a multitude of popular analog AV signals, including Composite Video, S-Video, Component Video, RGB and RGBS for use with PVMs (Professional Video Monitors) and similar broadcast quality equipment.

On a consumer level, SCART was often found on higher end TV’s from Europe along with VCR’s, DVD recorders, set top boxes (STB) & Foxtel boxes etc throughout the 80’s and 90’s.

RGB SCART and retro gaming cables

More recently, SCART cables have seen a resurgence in popularity due to their ability to get the very best picture quality from retro game consoles like the Sega Master System, Mega Drive and Saturn, and the Super Nintendo + N64 consoles. Retro gaming enthusiasts have discovered that these aforementioned consoles from the 80s & 90s were capable of outputting very high quality RGB Video signals compatible with RGB SCART equipped TVs and professional broardcast monitors.  To get the very best RGB video signals from these consoles you’ll need a SCART cable with the specific Multi-AV plug for each console which you can find in our Retro Gaming Cables section.

SCART Coupler Specifications:

• Cable Chick 5 Year Warranty!!!
• 21-Pin SCART to SCART Coupler (Female to Female SCART Adapter)
• Essential for joining almost any two SCART cables together
• Colour: Black