Just redecorated and refurbished my bedroom come man cave and now I am coming to the detail. hiding or a least tidying up the many cables I have for my TV, PVR, Sound bar and Chromecast and the only one causing me difficulty is the Chromecast power lead, which is a couple of feet short to conceal it with the aforementioned other electronics. I could run an extension from the extension but that defeats the object of having the original extension hidden away now. I do not no if an extension exists for the Chromecast power supply but I doubt it. Or perhaps a PSU with a longer cable? Any suggestions?
This. Not sure about that but a possibility. Cannot see how as it does not help with my short cable problem. Not even sure what this does to be honest.
I just plugged my chromecast into a USB port on my TV rather than use the PSU it came with... it only wants power so the TV doesn't care.
I'm sure our Chromecast came with a USB to micro cable to power it from the TV as suggested by Geoff. It'll be the same sort of cable (usually shortish) that is a standard USB to micro USB phone data/charge lead. Just had a look, and that's how it's set up; Chromecast in the HDMI with power fed from the USB socket next to it.
The cable that comes with the chromecase is a standard USB lead with a normal plug on the end already One end if Type-A (normal usb plug that almost everything has) and the other end is the smaller Micro-USB plug (most android devices and portable electronics use this). Here's the common USB plug types:
^^This. Geoff went the extra mile and found the pics to make it really clear. A success all round then Glenn, enjoy your clutter free Chromecast; ours isn't tidy as it commutes between TVs.
