USB 3.0 Active Repeater Extension Cable, 5 m, with DC Jack

USB 3.0 tolerates even less cable than 2.0 before the SuperSpeed pairs give up — which makes the active repeater the only honest way to put a 3.0 device five metres from its host. This cable embeds repeater electronics that regenerate the signal, holding the full 5 Gbps rate across the whole 5 m with no signal degradation, fully backward compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1 devices along the way.

Power follows the same pragmatic logic: plug and play with no external power supply needed for typical devices — the bus carries the load — while an additional DC jack stands ready for devices which need more power, such as USB HDDs and high-power WiFi networking equipment. The cable itself is a 7 mm OD build, substantial enough to protect the active electronics and route cleanly along a room edge. Where it lands in practice: the VR headset that wants headroom, the external drive that lives across the office, the camera tether that cannot be next to the workstation for safety reasons — anywhere a passive 3.0 cable would negotiate down or disconnect outright.

Key features

• USB 3.0 active repeater extension, 5 m
• 5 Gbps SuperSpeed with no signal degradation
• Plug and play — no external power required
• DC jack for USB HDD and high-power WiFi devices
• Fully backward compatible with USB 2.0 / 1.1
• 7 mm OD cable

Specifications

An honest note on rates: the repeater preserves what the device negotiates — a 2.0 device five metres away gets 480 Mbps; a 3.0 device gets its SuperSpeed lane intact.

Typical applications

• VR and camera gear kept metres from the PC
• External drives across a room at full speed
• Industrial and lab USB reaches beyond passive limits

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