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  1. wingnutty1

    Confusing setup in existing house

    Ok, thanks all for your patience and assistance:) I took the RCA plate off the center speaker and cut the wires and spliced to speaker wire and hooked to the AVR and the speaker works. The cable from the center speaker had 3 wires (red, black, ground), so I connected as follows to new speaker...
  2. wingnutty1

    Confusing setup in existing house

    Ok great! I just want to make sure that the speakers those wires feed is not powered, as I don't want to blow my AVR? Is there a way to check that, or does a powered speaker's wires run differently than those in the picture?
  3. wingnutty1

    Confusing setup in existing house

    there are 6 wires, each with internal wires, they are mostly AV wires (I think), which I will be ignoring as I will be running HDMI (I assume). The RCA jacks labeled "power bass" and "c/speaker" are both fed by a single wire that consists of a black, red and bare wire.
  4. wingnutty1

    Confusing setup in existing house

    Ok RCA plate off: the wire going to the RCA's labeled "power base" and "c/speaker" are one and the same. Red wire to post on one RCA connection, black wire to post on another RCA connection and the other, I assume ground, going to a ground post. Photos are blurry. So does this mean that the...
  5. wingnutty1

    i want to listen to my tv speakers

    I believe the 1700 does have pass through. Here is the link to the manual: http://www.harmankardon.com/resources/Brands/harmankardon/Products/ProductRelatedDocuments/en-US/OwnersManual/AVR1700_OM_EN.pdf Page 26: HDMI Audio To TV: This setting determines whether HDMI audio signals are passed...
  6. wingnutty1

    Confusing setup in existing house

    House was built in 1996, so I doubt it was old enough for Quad. I'm almost positive that speaker #1 is/was the center speaker (of sorts), as it is directly above the TV. I think they just wired it funky, or had a different amp that used RCA connections? I'd like to hook into speaker #1 to...
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    Confusing setup in existing house

    Ha, ha, yeah, this thing is confusing as all hell:) House was built in 1996 and I swear, everything I encounter is a confusing mess (don't get me started on this stupid, extravegantly expensive steam shower in the master bath that leaks from like 10 spots that are impossible to get to:o!). So...
  8. wingnutty1

    Confusing setup in existing house

    We moved into a new house a while back and I'm finally getting around to setting up the home theater system. There are existing in-wall speakers, but I'm a little confused on their placement and the wiring and could use some assistance. All the connections for the speakers run into a built-in...
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