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What you must provide
To ensure a smooth pre-wire process, we recommend that you assemble the following materials.
• Wire plan, wire list and parts list.
• Cable, HD or satellite set-top box(es).
If you have determined that the customer requires one or more
set-top boxes, you must arrange for them or provide them.
• Any furniture that the system rack will go into.
• A plywood box for the system rack to sit upon.
• 1/8-inch Teflon
®
furniture glide material
for the top of the plywood box.
• A remote repeater connection
from the main room television to the system rack, if necessary.
NOTE:
This repeater connection is not covered by the Sony
®
limited warranty.
• Any ancillary equipment to be included in your system sale, including all speakers and televisions.
NOTE:
This ancillary equipment is not covered by the Sony New Entertainment Solutions warranty.
• Speaker cable.
UL listed with an appropriate CL rating for residential in-wall installation. Check local
building and electrical codes for specific requirements. We recommend 14 gauge cable, which serve
runs of up to 200 feet from amplifier to speaker. Use 2-conductor (14-2) and 4-conductor (14-4) cable
as appropriate.
• Cat 5 cable.
For DC, control and infrared signals, you must provide Cat 5 cable UL listed with an
appropriate CL rating for residential in-wall installation. Check local building and electrical codes for
specific requirements.
• RG6 Coaxial cable.
For RF television signals, composite video and line-level audio, you must provide
quad shield RG-6 coaxial cable UL listed with an appropriate CL rating for residential in-wall installation.
Check local building and electrical codes for specific requirements.
• Audio/video cables.
For connecting free-standing A/V components to wall plates.
• RJ-45 crimp connectors.
For Cat 5 cables.
• “F-type” crimp connectors.
For RG6 coaxial cables.
• RCA crimp connectors.
For audio/video cables.
• Plug-in 4-terminal screw type connectors.
For speaker cables.
• Labeling tape
to identify both ends of each cable according to the designations in the wire list.
• Single-, dual-, and triple-gang junction boxes or speaker mud rings
will enable you to rough-in the
in-wall control panels and wall plates.
NOTE:
The in-wall control panels of the NHS-703 and NHS-502 require 3-gang junction boxes of 54
cubic inches or larger. The in-wall muting volume controls of the NHS-301 require single-gang junction
boxes of 18 cubic inches or larger.
• Single-, dual-, and triple-gang wall plates.
• Cable ties and supports
to safely secure cable runs in attics and crawl spaces. This will help prevent
damage to the cables from other construction tradesmen.
• Rough-in boxes
for all in-ceiling or in-wall speakers.
• Clear plastic wrap
to protect cable connectors from contamination.
Planning
