Editing SCART (section)

== History ==

Before SCART was introduced, TVs did not offer a standardised way of inputting signals other than [[RF connector|RF]] antenna connectors, and these differed between countries. Assuming other connectors even existed, devices made by various companies could have different and incompatible standards. For example, a domestic VCR could output a composite video signal through a German-originated [[DIN plug|DIN-style connector]], an American-originated [[RCA connector]], an [[SO-239|SO239]] connector or a [[BNC connector]].

The SCART connector first appeared on TVs in 1977. It became compulsory on new TVs sold in France from January 1980,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://croque-vacances2.chez-alice.fr/tele801.htm|title=La télé des années 80|work=croque-vacances.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403222027/http://croque-vacances2.chez-alice.fr/tele801.htm|archive-date=April 3, 2009}} [https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403222027/http://croque-vacances2.chez-alice.fr/tele801.htm&usg=ALkJrhjLC8U77h_9qJsKeUny1sMgChOyZg Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://perso.orange.fr/fabrice.montupet/tipresse.htm|title=Le TI-99/4A et la Presse Informatique|work=perso.orange.fr/fabrice.montupet|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014174806/http://perso.orange.fr/fabrice.montupet/tipresse.htm|archive-date=October 14, 2007}} [https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014174806/http://perso.orange.fr/fabrice.montupet/tipresse.htm&usg=ALkJrhjUjLbC0Zo9mlNahQoXf1x5sIoi3Q Alt URL]</ref> and since 1987 in eastern Europe, such as Poland. The actual French legal decree was adopted on 7 February 1980 and revoked on 3 July 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do%3Bjsessionid%3D72F30CF74F7243AE43E0FC5A8452E4E1.tpdila24v_1%3FcidTexte%3DJORFTEXT000030838473%26dateTexte%3D%26oldAction%3DrechJO%26categorieLien%3Did%26idJO%3DJORFCONT000030838080&usg=ALkJrhiapKQOl4WC8dgs6RQsiFG1trv-Eg|title=Arrêté du 3 juillet 2015 abrogeant l'arrêté du 7 février 1980 portant homologation et mise en application obligatoire de la norme française NF C 92-250|publisher=Legifrance}}</ref>

The standard was subject to several amendments and at least 2 major revisions, approved by CENELEC on 13 November 1988 (EN 50049-1:1989) and 1 July 1997 (EN 50049-1:1997).<ref name="British Standard">{{cite book|url=http://fr.meric.free.fr/Articles/articlesba/stsurtvplat/Scart/BS_EN_50049-1%20Peritelevision%20connector.pdf|title=Domestic and similar electronic equipment interconnection requirements: Peritelevision connector|date=15 June 1998|publisher=[[British Standards Institution]]|isbn=0580298604}}</ref>