Creative Labs Home Cinema Cable to receiver. Distance 5m but cable only 2m. Any solutio

The CL Home Cinema cable (the one that has 3x 3.5mm stereo jacks to 8 rca male) is just 2m long but i need to reach my receiver which is just over 5m away. There is no chance of moving either piece of equipment and I need to make the analogue 7. connection, so no digital connection.
Is there a cheap cable that extends the home cinema cable or is there some other sort of cable that can be used instead of the CL cable (something like a camcorder cable x 3 which has one 3.5mm jack to three rca, although one of the rca's is intended for video?)
Is there a longer length of cable that I could use that I am missing? Are there any alternati'ves?
Please, any suggestions as I'm pulling my hair out with this dilema and am approaching baldness!.

ben365,
If you already has the Home Cinema cable and the cable length is too short for you, you can simply purchase a female to male RCA extension cable of your desired length from your local audio/electronic store and you need to purchase 8 of such cable. An example of the cable.
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Male-Femal...e/dp/B000IEYK8
If you can find those 3.5mm minijack to 3 RCA cable around your area with those cable length you desired, you can use those too to replace the Home Cinema cable(if you had not purchase it). You will need to get 2 of such cable and a 3.5mm stereo to stereo minijack cable.
Btw, what's the soundcard you're currently using?
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