What is a AV extender and why do I need it?

Why do we need extenders? There are many applications and scenarios that require audio and video to travel a long distance. For example, a regular HDMI cable can only take you to about 50 feet, and anything beyond you’ll start to lose quality. In this situation, you’ll want to employ an HDMI extender to get the job done if your cable run is over 50 ft. An extender consists of two components, a sender and receiver. Today, we’d like to introduce a new extender kit from Hall Research, the UH2X-P1.

The UH2X-P1 is an HDMI over single CAT5e/6 kit utilizing HDBaseT™ 2.0 technology. This unit from Hall Research can extend uncompressed audio/video along with IR, RS232, USB 2.0, and IP (Ethernet) using a single run of CAT5e/6 cable up to 328 feet long. The product features PoH (power over HDBaseT) allowing the extender one power supply that plugs to the sender while the receiver portion of the kit does not require a power supply.


The extender kit accommodates audio return extension from the receiver to the sender. The audio return source is user controllable and can be either from the ARC pin of the HDMI connector at the Receiver, or from a separate SPDIF audio input connector present on the Receiver.

The Receiver provides 2 USB 2.0 ports acting as a USB hub.

The USB ports support USB standards including USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices. The Receiver can be surface mounted using the integrated mounting brackets. The UH2X-P1 is a newly released product from Hall Research and is available now through BZB Express and other authorized dealers.