http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:03:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is my finished room. You can see my right surround speaker in the photo just behind the blue blanket on the couch. The left surround is on the little table behind the couch just out of the photo. I'm very happy with the Taperwire product, and happy with my install! ... http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com/2008/03/conclusion/ If you wanted to do an in-wall surround speaker or mount a surround speaker on the wall with a bracket, you could use the same technique I did to start my run for your ending. One way you could do it: 1. Cut the hole where you want the bracket/surround speaker ... http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com/2008/03/note-about-alternate-end-terminations/ If you were starting the flat cable behind your stereo, you'd probably run a short piece of regular speaker cable from your amp/receiver down to the baseboard, then have a similar connection to what I'm showing here as the beginning of your run. In my case, that wasn't a good ... http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com/2008/03/a-note-about-starting-the-connection-behind-your-stereo/ 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 ... http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com/2008/03/the-install-part-4-end-termination/ Back to the wire run. Here it is about to take a tricky turn, including an outside corner. I just used the putty knife to help make the turn, wasn't hard at all. The adhesive on the wire is just right— very sticky, but you can adjust it a little as ... http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com/2008/03/the-install-part-3/ Before I get much further, I want to connect the flat wire to the white speaker wires and close up the wall plate. Here I've cut the white wires and connected them to the flat wire with the special connector blocks that come with the spool. There are better pictures and ... http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com/2008/03/the-install-first-connection/ Okay, so now to do the install. The trickiest part is the start and the finish. Here was my starting point: The copper colored wire is for my main right speaker. The two white cables are for the surrounds. I needed to run the surround wires from left-to-right in this photo. ... http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com/2008/03/the-install-part-1/ Here's my room. I wanted to connect my surround speakers behind the couch. The stereo is to the left of the TV just out of the photo. I had already run wires up to the TV and through to the main right speaker (by the left-most window). But wasn't sure how ... http://howtoinstallflatspeakercable.com/2008/03/home/