HELP! PS4 Camera - 10m run needed

[Iamthecount]

So I am at the end of my garage conversion, and I have never had the camera / VR set up but I thought it might be cool so I purchased on eBay a VR set with the PS4 camera.

I also purchased a 10m usb 3 repeater cable only to find to my horror that it uses some weird AUX connection!!

My PS4 is going to be sitting to one side at the other end of the garage in a cabinet and I was hoping to run this repeater all the way round.

I had no idea about this AUX

Is there a way of doing this?

 

[Anankha]

Have you checked Amazon as they appear to have extension cables for the camera?

 

[Iamthecount]

Hi yes, but they only do it for the nee camera - this one has a weird AUX connector

 

[Anankha]

Do you have ver 1 (rectangle style) or ver 2 (rounded style)?
In the UK there’s 2 meter:
Search for:

DRAGON SLAY PS4 Camera Cable Extension VR - 2m - Black​

If not then please supply a photo of the connector.
I suspect 10 meters might degrade the connection though.

 

[Iamthecount]

yes you are right. seems like a proprietary USB cable of some sort?

 

[Anankha]

I believe the cable I referred to has that connection so would be OK. No 10m though. It would require 5 of them connected together for that.

 

[Iamthecount]

thought as much - I wonder where it would still work if I were to purchase 5 of them.

That said... might be more economical to just buy a second hand PS5 as I hear that uses a standard USB3? And I could just get a standard 10m repeater ?

 

[Anankha]

With Amazon you do have a returns policy so you could try.
The PS5 would require an adapter for the camera as the PS5 camera isn’t used with the VR headset - even the new PSVR 2. This adapter was free from Sony. you could then use a standard extension cable between the PS5 & that cable.
In the UK a new PS5 is currently £399.99 with a free game.

 

[Iamthecount]

well, I finally tested. And I can confirm it will only work with two of the DRAGON SLAY PS4 Camera Cable Extension VR - 2m cables. SO that means I get 2m from the camera cable, and 4m from two of the extenders - so 6m - I'm 4 m short. I tried another 1 and the camera simply won't power up.

Its a shame as if it was a USB, I would use a USB repeater? This AUX HDMI port is so awkward.

 

[Anankha]

Thanks for the update. I suspected that to be the case.

 

[Iamthecount]

I’m tempted to see what’s in that cable and see if I can convert a standard HDMI 10m cable….

 

[Anankha]

It is an option but I suspect the same problem would occur.