Apple AV composite cable & extension cable

Hi everyone,
Please can anyone help me with my problem?
I went to the apple store and bought the official AV composite cable 30 pin for my device.
It's working perfectly BUT ...
When I'n connecting my device to the AV cable via an extension cord (1 meter), image will not show at all and I have no sound...
Working scenario :
device ---> Apple AV original cable ---> TV
Non working scenario :
device ---> third party extension cable ---> Apple AV original cable ---> TV
Any idea?
extension cable is new...
THANKS !!

Hi Lyssa, well that was my first guess indeed but yesterday I managed to make it work ...
Done nothing special but connecting and disconnecting the cable again and again...
I think the quality of the extension cable is to be considered. I have ordered another one...
So to my question : could we use an extension cable and an apple AV composite out cable : answer is YES !
Thanks for the help!

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