Installing the Closed-back Ceiling Speakers
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5.2 Cutting the Ceiling Tile
To cut the ceiling tile, do the following:
1. Remove the circle in the supplied template
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2. Mark the opening in the correct location by tracing the hole in the template.
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3. Cut out the hole according to the template or with a circular cutter set to
the appropriate cutout size
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4. Route the wiring from the amplifier to the speakers’ cutout holes, taking
care not to place them next to electrical wires or at least at a distance of
about two feet from an AC line
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If you are mounting the speakers onto a ceiling tile, remove the ceiling tiles
where you plan to install the speakers. Use the template to trace and then
cutout the speaker hole over an empty box.
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The closed-back ceiling
speakers are supported by the ceiling mounting kit
(two C-rings and two pairs of tile rails
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). When mounting onto the ceiling
tiles
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, use both supports. When mounting onto a sheetrock ceiling, the C-ring
alone is used to reinforce the ceiling material.
1 Keep this template for later use as a mask, as you may want to paint the speakers (see section
5.3
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2 Initially, you can cut a smaller area inside the marked hole just to be sure that the space above the speakers is clear
3 Do not nail or staple the speaker wires
4 The tile rails prevent the speakers from falling if the tile itself comes out or falls apart, as their ends catch onto the T-grid
5 Be sure that the tiles can support the speaker. Smaller sized tiles or fiberglass-type tiles cannot support the weight of the
speakers. When this is the case, the speakers will need additional support
