Extending Wires

Not a good idea because those devices are not designed to send their signals through 20 feet of wire. You will no doubt have electrical interference and static in picture/sound.

It is possible to extend ribbon cables but you will need special crimping/stripping tools and the connectors to go with them - OR you can have some made up by a specialty company. All will be expensive.

MC

If you are good with a soldering ironand have one with a fine tip on it....You could take small gauge wire and go from contact point to contact point on both boards....Just keep the order right on the wiring....Check and double check to make sure that the wires go to the correct coresponding place on both boards...

BE CAREFUL....Dont use a high temp solder iron you could damage the board...

I have done this but not with a PS2....Let me know how it comes out....

Making the World A Louder Place

i'm with raven, i've seen it done, it's not a big deal, i wouldn't do much more then 10 or so inches, just to keep the signal flow good,,, just split all the wires from the ribbon with a razor blade or something, solder them, heat shrink them and you'll be fine,

are you putting the cd loader in one place and the remotes in another? i wanted to do something like that at one point, but just never felt like tearing apart a ps2 that much, i did it once to put a chip in it, and it's a pain in the ass with how those cables are assembled in there, haha, good luck, post pics if your doing anything really cool with it

Captanham - if you are talking about the IDE ribbon cable that goes from the computer motherboard to the DVD then you are talking about a 20 pin molex ribbon cable connector. The plug has self piercing pylons, one for each of the 20 wires in the ribbon cable. The crimper is a tool that compresses the top piece of the connector over the bottom piece while piercing the wire and locking the two pieces together. .......................

OH CRAP - Never mind - I just realized you are talking about a Play Station 2 (PS2) not a personal computer. Sorry for the faulty read. You can do as Capt says or try a PC store to see if they have a longer ribbon cable already made up.

MC