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Pre-wiring
Remote Room: Speakers
1.
NOTE!
Unlike other connections in this manual, remote room speakers are NOT wired in “home run”
configuration to the System Rack. The speakers are wired to the in-wall keypad in each room, which
you connect to the amplifier in the system rack.
2. Confirm the locations of all in-ceiling, in-wall and free-standing speakers in the remote rooms.
3. Install rough-in boxes for all in-ceiling and in-wall speakers.
4. Install junction boxes or mud rings for the speaker wall plates for all free-standing speakers.
5. Run one 14-gauge, 2-conductor (14-2) speaker cable from the Left and Right speaker locations to the
location of the in-wall volume control in that room.
6. Label both cables on both ends.
Remote Room: Television
1. Confirm the locations of all televisions in the remote rooms.
2. Install junction boxes or mud rings for the television wall plates.
3. For composite video, run one RG6 coaxial cable from each television junction box to the System Rack.
4. Terminate these cables with F-connectors and F-connector-to-RCA plug adaptors.
5. If you are performing RF cable and satellite distribution, run a second RG6 coaxial cable from each
television junction box to the main RF and satellite distribution point.
6. Terminate these cables with F-connectors.
7. Label all cables at both ends.
Pre-wiring: finishing touches
1. Protect your plugs with clear plastic wrap.
2. Protect your cables by coiling the service loops back into wall openings and junction boxes.
3. Document your work. Leave the wiring plan and wire list in a Ziploc
®
style clear plastic bag in the coil
of service loop wire at the System Rack location. This will make it easier to resume the job when the
time comes for installation.
