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Installation
Preparing the System Rack for Installation
1. Stage the System Rack close to the wall opening, on a stable platform off the floor.
2. Remove shipping lock-down fasteners located on back of rack shelves.
3. Unwind the service loop of back panel cables and connect them to the System Rack back panel.
4. Position the plywood box you’ve constructed in the soffit or wall cavity where the System Rack will be installed. (See the “Planning”
section of this manual for details on the plywood box.)
Main Room Speakers
1. Strip 1/2 inch of insulation off all main room speaker wires. Be careful not to cut conductor strands.
2. Neatly twist the conductor strands so that they won’t fray.
3. To help ensure proper sound, connect speaker wires observing consistent polarity. For every speaker, connect THE SAME insulator color to
the Red (+) terminal and the opposite insulator color to the Black (-) terminal.
4. Connect the Left, Right, Center, Left Surround, Right Surround, Left Surround Rear and Right Surround Rear speaker wires to the
“Speakers Main” output terminals on the back panel.
Main Room Subwoofer
Insert the Subwoofer cable plug into the “Sub (Line Out)” jack of the back panel.
Main Room Television
1. Insert the Television Left and Right cable plugs into the “TV Audio L and R” jacks of the back panel.
2. Insert the Television Video cable plug into the “Video Main V” output jack of the back panel.
3. Insert the R (Pr), G (Y), B (Pb) Television cable plugs into the “Component Video Output” jacks of the back panel.
4. Connect the Television RF cable to the “RF [To TV]” output of the back panel.
Main Room Remote Control RF Antenna
1. Terminate the remote control RF antenna cable with a “category-rated” RJ-45 plug.
A. Use a cable stripping tool to strip off about two inches of the jacket insulation.
B. Untwist each conductor and spread the conductors out. Use the so-called “T568A” or “A” standard wiring configuration. To
do this, arrange the conductors in the following order from left to right, as seen from the cable side:
I.
Pin 1: White/Green
II. Pin 2: Green
III. Pin 3: White/Orange
IV. Pin 4: Blue
V. Pin 5: White/Blue
VI. Pin 6: Orange
VII. Pin 7: White/Brown
VIII.Pin 8: Brown
C. Pull each conductor taut, flat and straight.
D. Bring the conductors together and insert them into an empty
RJ-45 plug until the jacket is firmly seated under the insulation clamp. The conductors should extend out the front of the plug.
E. Insert the plug into an RJ-45 crimping tool until it snaps in place.
F. Crimp the plug through the entire ratchet cycle of the crimping tool.
2. Connect the RJ-45 plug to the RJ-45 jack labeled “RF antenna.” (Do not confuse this RJ-45 jack with the coaxial cable TV
connections, which are labeled “RF (from CATV),” “RF (to TV)” and “SAT.”)
Wht/Green
Green
Wht/Orange
Blue
Wht/Blue
Orange
Wht/Brown
Brown
