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Yes. Extension Cables DO work w/ CV1

cybereality
Grand Champion
Just because I was curious myself, I got some USB 3.0 and HDMI extension cables. I used them with both the sensor and the consumer headset. They're standard 10 foot passive cables. They seem to work with no problem. Cheers.
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Nij
Heroic Explorer
Anyone had any luck with this recently, i'd kind of given up but want to still pursue it as I'm fed up with being tethered by the cable and it not letting me move around freely, ruins the immersion

I've tried a few cables and always had the same issue, hdmi extender giving me a black screen and the usb extender giving me crackly sound and I know it's probably down to my onboard usb ports not having enough power to support it, so I figured maybe I should give this a try for the usb extender

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00MPMFKSI/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3EHOI7KX7EFHT&c...

and figured I might need a bit more power for the hdmi exension so wondering whether to try this and get the power pack

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neet-Extender-Amplified-Repeater-Supports/dp/B002C77FTI/ref=pd_sbs_504_2?_e...

or maybe this cheaper one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01J13YESA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3EHOI7KX7EFHT&c...

Mighe be being daft here but I thought if I plug one male to male cable from my pc to this box and leave that at the back of my pc and then buy a separate male to female hdmi extension cable to connect to the output of this box and then plug my rift into that as don't wanna really just plug my rift into this box and then be dragging the box around 😄

Might be quite costly tho, might be cheaper to go with the replacement rift cable as @andrewtek suggested but if that doesn't work, would mean sending it back to oculus where as I can just fire these straight back to amazon like I did with last ones

Don't wanna really start buying new internal components for my pc but might give this a go!



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Ruszek83
Protege
I have Gigabyte G1 980Ti...
The only thing that work for me is HTC VIVE LINK BOX.
I've tried 5 different HDMI cables (none of them worked on my PC) with my friends computer with  gtx 1080 and 1080Ti, so my conclusion is that my GPU have issue with extension cables and OCULUS CV1... dunno why.
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains,however improbable, must be the truth...?

Nij
Heroic Explorer
I've finally got mine running perfectly now, I only really needed an extra 3 metres of cable to be able to freely move around and this has seriously brought a whole new level to playing games, no longer feel like I'm limited to not move around as much as I would like too and barely feels like the cable is there

Don't know if this was vital to the setup but I needed extra usb ports anyway so I got one of these with the power adaptor just in case I needed more power

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OQ0CYFE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I tried a CSL active repeater usb 3.0 extension cable but still had the crackly sound and the audio seemed to shift from left to right randomly so wondered if the fact that it was an active repeater cable that was actually causing this

So I just got a standard 2 metre usb extension cable as I already had about a metre with the usb hub and this has worked great, no sound issues at all now so not sure how it would work with more than 2 metres

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00P0ES0YE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

To fix the issue with the black screen with the hdmi extension cable, seen a few people on amazon were using these or similar ones to sort out this issue

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XCZSV2Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 

These need to be connected straight to the rift or won't work otherwise and then you don't even need a hdmi extension cable, you can just use a standard hdmi cable like the one below straight into the box and to your pc and they are really small and lightweight so don't add extra weight

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00J03FL8Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So glad I've finally got this working, just need some good cable sleeves now, happy days  🙂
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Dante1
Honored Guest
I was able to use a 25 foot HDMI cable with this device and works perfectly!
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/282462189048?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Comic_Book_Guy
Superstar
I bought two cables, they didn't work, and jumped straight to using the Vive Link Box+ cables. It works great. Wasn't gonna gamble any more. No reason to believe one cable will work while another doesn't when it's definitely power related.

HeHVR
Explorer
I just received a HDMI and a USB3A cable from cable matters, each 10 feet long and it works great. I have a gtx 1070 card from MSI and no issues yet. The cables have been descibed earlier in this thread. It's a '2 pack High speed HDMI Extension cable with Eathernet 10 Feet  - 3D and 4K Resolution ready' and a 'Superspeed USB 3.0 Type A Male to Female Cable 10 Feet'

Kevinaki
Heroic Explorer

shim2 said:



I wish I would've saw your post before I ordered them weeks ago. Didn't work for me either.

phoenixdigital
Heroic Explorer
I'm not sure why people keep experimenting with different cables when these are known to work for the majority of users.

Cable Matters 2 Pack, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Type A Male to Female Extension Cable in Black 6 Feet
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CFL6ARO/

Cable Matters 2-Pack High Speed HDMI Extension Cable with Ethernet 6 Feet - 3D and 4K Resolution Ready
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JJ519KC/

PCI USB Card (Approved by Oculus)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B6ZCNGM

6 foot extensions works for most people. If you want to go for 10 foot cables the success rate is lower and appears to be primarily related to the manufacturer of your video card.

I had success with 10 ft cables above with my EVGA 980Ti.



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diogogbrandao
Honored Guest
Hi,

I've bought those cables:

usb 3.0 extension cable(10 feet)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7SA21U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

hdmi(10 feet) extension cable
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JJ517VI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The problem with the 10 feet hdmi extension cable is that not all hdmi output from your video card will work. I do not know why it happens.

I have a sapphire RX 570 NITRO. It has two hdmi outputs. When I tested the second one, it just worked.

For those of you who have already bought 10 feet hdmi cable, try different output to see if that works.

VRLAX
Protege
I'm trying to get the headset (not the sensors) 5m (16.4 ft) extended and considering to buy these.

5m (16.4 ft) Ugreen active USB 3.0 extension cable
5m (16.4 ft) Ugreen Braided Ultra HD HDMI Cable V2.0
Connected to this cheap HDMI 4K*2K Repeater Extender

Do you think these active USB extension cable and HDMI cable+HDMI repeater would work?