How To Install Flat Speaker Cable

Here is the wire after removing the white cover and the backing.

Next, I took a wire cutter (you could use scissors) and slit each strand in half the long way and then folded each on top of the other. You need to do this so the wires fit into the connector blocks. Also, I stripped back about 1 inch of bare wire— I found I needed this much to have room to bend the wires so they’d make it to the openings in the connector blocks.

Here you can see the first side of the connection is complete. The termination blocks work with a small flat head screw that bends down a metal connector onto the wire you’ve inserted.

I’m using the same type of white speaker wire as I was using at the start— this wire will go from the termination block up to the surround speakers.

Here the termination is all done— the white wires are connected and I’ve screwed the termination blocks to the baseboard (screws are included with the blocks). After playing some music through the system, I figured out which wire was which and I marked the terminals R+ R- L+ L- with a red Sharpie.