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Pre-wire question

post #1 of 6
1/13/07 at 7:51am
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I ran my wire this past weekend, and have a question. Bob told me NOT to run my surround w/ the rg6 because it was line level, which I didn't, but my question is: I have 2- 2" conduit running down the wall where my amp will be, in one I have the rg6 for the sub and the other I have all the speaker wire. When I run my HDMI to the projector which conduit should I run it through? Is the line level signal going to interfere w/ the HDMI?

Also Bob, you recommended running 3 sets of speaker wire and putting ABC tabs on the ends. Can you elaborate on this. Thank you
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post #2 of 6
1/13/07 at 8:03am

Re: Pre-wire question

I do not think line level analog (S-video, etc) will interfere with HDMI but HDMI, being more like square waves, might interfere with the line level analog.

Neither should share the conduit with speaker level signals.

Video hints:
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post #3 of 6
1/14/07 at 11:59am

Re: Pre-wire question

Think of your speaker wires as AC power wires. They truely carry power to drive a motor. Keep these separate.

Subwoofer/video (component & HDMI) are line-level and tend to be safe to run together.


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3 sets of speaker wire

Run wires for left-rear, center-rear, right-rear. Even if you dont have a rear-center speaker, running the extra wire now is cheap/easy.

Lable the left-rear speaker wire with "A", "A", "A", ... every 6-12 inches on both ends. Lable the rear-center speaker wire with "B", "B", ... and the right-rear with "C", "C", "C". You could try "RL" for Rear-Left, "RC" for Rear-Center, but A/B/C/... works just as well.

Radio Shack sells "wire-labels" that has a white part to write on, and clear tape that wraps around to protect the ink. I've used sharpies before to write on wires, and a year later it is faded or rubs off when you tug on the wires.

Years from now you, the next owner of your house, will thank me.

True story: I had re-wired my system and put all my AC power codes in a split-tube so it made a neat bundle to my power-strip. Less than a month later my Sat receiver started acting up. I called tech-support and eventually they told me to un-plug the power cord for 20 seconds to reset the receiver. I looked at my neat bundle of 7 identical-looking AC power cords and almost cried. My AC power cords are now labeled "A", "B", "C" at both ends.

Hope this helps.
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post #4 of 6
1/15/07 at 4:00pm
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Re: Pre-wire question

Thanks, Should I consider a rear center?
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post #5 of 6
1/15/07 at 4:02pm
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Re: Pre-wire question

Thanks
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post #6 of 6
1/15/07 at 7:11pm

Re: Pre-wire question

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Thanks, Should I consider a rear center?

I dont have a receiver that supports it yet, but people who have it like it. It's just a few bucks of wire for the moment to give you options for the future.
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