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Home Theater Room: Speakers
1. Identify locations for all speakers: Left, Right, Center, Left Surround, Right Surround, Left Surround Rear, Right Surround Rear and Subwoofer.
2. Confirm that a 15 amp grounded duplex outlet is available to power the Subwoofer.
3. Install junction boxes or mud rings for all wall plates that serve free-standing speakers.
4. Install rough-in boxes for all in-wall and in-ceiling speakers.
5. Run 14-gauge, 2-conductor (14-2) speaker cable from the Left, Right, Center, Left Surround, Right Surround, Left Surround Rear and
Right Surround Rear speaker locations to the System Rack.
6. Run an RG6 cable from the Subwoofer location to the System rack.
7. Terminate the Subwoofer cable with an F-connector and F-connector-to-RCA plug adaptor on both ends.
8. Label all cables at both ends.
Home Theater Room: Television
1. Identify the location for the television.
2. Confirm that a 15 amp grounded duplex outlet is available to power the television.
3. If the System Rack will be hidden with no “line of sight” from viewers holding the infrared remote control in the main room, you must
install an infrared repeater cable.
NOTE:
This repeater cable is not covered by a Sony
®
limited warranty.
4. Install a junction box for the television wall plate. You will need a single- or dual-gang junction box, depending on the wall plate
system you choose and whether your connection includes an infrared repeater cable. Some wall plate systems accommodate a
maximum of four cables per panel. Other systems can accommodate up to eight cables per panel. The television connection will
involve seven cables or eight cables if you are installing an infrared repeater cable.
5. Run the following cables from the television location to the System Rack:
A. Seven RG-6 coaxial cables, one each for
I. RF input
II. Composite Video input
III. Red (Pr) input
IV. Green (Y) input
V. Blue (Pb) input
VI. Audio Left input
VII. Audio Right input
6. Label all cables at both ends.
7. Strip and terminate all cables at both ends as follows:
A. Composite Video, Red (Pr), Green (Y), Blue (Pb) and Audio Left and Audio Right cables take F-connectors and F-connector-
to-RCA plug adapters.
B. RF coaxial cable takes F-connectors.
Home Theater Room: Remote RF Antenna
1. Identify the location for the Remote RF antenna.
2. Install a single-gang junction box for the RF antenna wall plate.
3. Run the following a single Cat 5 cable from the RF antenna wall plate to the System Rack.
4. Label the cables at both ends.
Pre-wiring
