How to Extend RCA Cables

You can extend RCA cables with some simple devices.

RCA cables--or patch cables, as they are commonly called--are used extensively in home and car audio applications to connect electronic components. If you need to connect two components and none of your cables are long enough to reach from one to the other, you'll need to extend the cables. You can extend RCA cables quite easily with the use of a simple device.

Things You'll Need

• 1 pair of female to female RCA adapters
• 2 RCA cables

Instructions

1. Plug one end of your first RCA cable into the female to female RCA adapters. RCA plugs typically have male connectors on both ends, which plug into female connectors, or jacks, on the equipment. There will be two male RCA plugs on the end of the cable. Plug one into each of the female to female RCA adapters.

2. Plug one end of the second RCA cable into the other side of the female to female RCA adapters. You now have one long cable, as the two RCA cables connected together by the adapters are now combined into one.

3. Plug your extended RCA cable into your devices as you'd planned.

References

• "Practical Home Theater: A Guide to Video and Audio Systems"; Mark Fleischmann; 2009