Sega Saturn To RGB SCART AV Cable (Retro Gaming Cable)

Retro gaming cables are here at Cable Chick! Get the very best picture and sound quality from your Sega Saturn console with this awesome RGB SCART Cable! We’ll explain how below…

What Are Retrogaming Cables?

Our Retrogaming cables have been specifically designed for the 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit amd 64-bit video game consoles we grew up with, from companies like Sega, Nintendo and a little later, Sony. These cables have been developed to either serve as quality replacements for the original AV cables which shipped with the game consoles, or offer superior AV output quality so you can enjoy these old consoles like never before!

Cable Options for the Sega Saturn

When it comes to hooking up your Sega game console to a TV, you have three main options with a Saturn console:

1. Composite Video: Noticeably better for video and audio than RF, however the results are still not great due to the signal being carried through a single pin, and Sega consoles being notorious for poor quality Composite Video output – however, this is how most of us have experience Sega consoles growing up!
2. S-Video: S-Video is supported via the multi-AV output on the Saturn, and represents a significant step-up from Composite Video quality, thanks to the signal being carried across multiple pins. If your TV doesn’t support RGB SCART input, this will be your best option.
3. THIS CABLE > RGB SCART: The SCART connector was an amazing analogue standard used in Europe, and it made it’s way over to Australia on some higher end CRT televisions. With full separation of the video and audio signals, you will get the very best picture possible from an RGB SCART connection, which is supported on all versions of the Sega Saturn.

But what is a SCART Connector?

The SCART standard was a European standard for AV connections, and fortunately as we Australian’s share the same PAL TV formats as Europe, some of our higher end TVs including SCART conectivity (while the USA has NTSC format, and missed out on the benefits of a superior SCART connection!).

The SCART connector is identified by a large, rectangular plug and socket design (with 21 pins), if you are a retro gamer you simply must hunt around and pickup an old SCART CRT TV for your retro gaming consoles. Whereas Composite Video and S-Video connections provide a very ordinary image with colour bleeding and noise in the image, an RGB SCART connection between a compatible game console and TV will give you a near perfect, crisp 240p signal. The Sega Master System (MK1), Mega Drive (MK1 and MK2), Saturn, NIntnedo SNES, Gamecube and Wii are all capable of outputting an RGB SCART signal required for such a setup.

Retro Gaming on a modern HDMI TV or monitor

Our Sega Multi-AV Cables are compatible with our SCART to HDMI Converter for 720p or 1080p upscaled digital audio and video output, with excellent output quality.

Keeping things simple

You may read all of this and think this is terribly complicated, however it’s more the case that we are just trying to cover all the bases. When it comes to the early Sega consoles, you just need to remember these things:

• The Sega Saturn uses a different Multi-AV plug to the Mega Drive before it, so manke sure you get the right cable!
• Sega Saturn Multi-AV ports can output Composite Video, S-Video or RGB SCART video, plus audio
• RGB SCART offer the best possible video output for your Sega consoles, if you have a SCART TV or PVM.

Features:

• 5 Year Cable Chick Warranty!
• Compatible with the Sega Saturn Game consoles only
• Outputs RGB SCART Video + Stereo Audio to a SCART equiped TV
• Requirements: Sega Saturn Game Console + TV with SCART Input
• Outputs RGB Video + Audio at a native 240p resolution for superior image quality
• Used to get the best AV output quality from a Sega Saturn console
• Length: 1.5m (Approx)
• Colour: Black