SB-5525 Shinybow 6x2 SCART Switch has RGB Capacitors?

[erik343]

Is the Shinybow 6x2 SCART Matrix Routing Switch (SB-5525) a passive switch? Does it have any capacitors on the RGB lines, csync line, or in the audio lines? Is there even any resistors present as well?

I want to know because my SNES is using a standard multi-port SNES SCART cable that has 220 uf capacitors on the RGB lines. If there are two caps in the RGB lines (one in the cable and one in the SCART switch...), the capacitance will be 110 uf instead, and I do not want that!

This is the device link and specs: https://www.ani-av.com/shop/product_inf ... cts_id=199

Thanks.

Erik W.

EDIT: I emailed ShinybowUSA.com the exact same question, and they said this:
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Hello Erik,

None of our products are passive.
We have to adjust for insertion loose and internally amplify the signal to properly route to multiple outputs without voltage drop.

You might search online to see if anyone has done a similar setup like you are wanting.
Search both SB-5525 and SB-5520 as they are similar electronics.

-James
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UPDATE:
I was researching this on some youtube.com videos, and I found that some SCART switches are DC-coupled on the RGB and video lines (not AC-coupled...). I guess AC-coupling only allows the AC signal through and blocks the DC signal, while DC-coupling allows both the AC and DC signals through. AC-coupling generally uses a capacitor to do this, but instead DC-coupling is just an electrical connection, like a PCB trace, wire, or resistor.

Because I did not understand this, I think I phrased my question wrong… The question I want answered is: are the RGB/video lines on the Shinybow 6x2 SCART Matrix Routing Switch (SB-5525) DC- or AC-coupled?

[erik343]

I got an answer from Shinybow. They said that the SB-5525 Shinybow 6x2 SCART Matrix Router Switcher is DC coupled on the inputs and outputs and it internally amplifies the signal. And, DC coupling in general means no capacitors that interfere with the coupling caps on most multi-out SNES SCART RGB cables.