"jIM" wrote in message oups.com...
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| If this is the wrong board for this, please comment.
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| I just purchased a new construction home. I purchased a surround sound
| pre-wire. This has left the wires dangling from dry wall... I was
| expecting some hookups for my speakers, not loose wires...
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| in addition the new stereo cabinet I bought has moved the receiver too
| far from the point where the wires could connect directly into the
| receiver. So a "face plate" was suggested to hook the wires behind the
| drywall into the face plate, then hook my receiver into the face plate.
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| third issue is the sub woofer is wired with coaxial cable (not RCA
| connections). I was told I could purchase a face plate which would
| convert co ax signal/ cable to an RCA plug.
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| My system includes:
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| pioneer receiver (RCA inputs for sub woofer)
| yamaha front speakers
| bose center speaker (needs RCA connection)
| infinity rear spreakers
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| My pre wire has 7 dry wall wire locations:
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| 1&2) rear left and right speakers (these could hook right into rear
| speakers, but looks tacky coming out of dry wall.... thoughts?
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| 3 and 4) front left and right speakers (one of these can hook directly
| into speaker, other wire might be a couple inches short, and these also
| look tacky comming stright out of dry wall.
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| 5) center channel wire (I just realized I haven't pulled this wire out
| to see if it will reach my center channel)
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| 6) sub woofer coaxial cable coming out of dry wall. My sub woofer
| cannot accept this cable
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| 7) a 7th location which has the wires routed through it- 5 speaker
| wires and coaxial cable none of which reach my receiver and the co-ax
| needs to be converted to RCA.
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| If anyone has any experience dealing with a problem like this, please
| let me know.
|
| best regards.
|
| jIM
|

What you are looking for are "banana" jack plates to put on the walls and finish the pre-wire.

You will then have to solder proper length speaker wires to a "Banana" jack on one end and "RCA" jacks to the other end for pluging into your stereo/surround sound controller.

A similar hookup for the woofer will also be required. The coax here is normal as the wires should all be shielded from stray noise input.

My speakers are of the variety that only requires bare wire to be pushed into a spring clip. This, too, is normal.

Your best bet is to seek out a good stereo shop and ask a lot of dumb questions in the hope of getting enlightened answers. Do your homework before hooking up your system. It will save you a lot of anguish and enhance your listening pleasure.

Just go to a well equipped stereo shop and they will have what you need to do the job. Be aware that all stereo shops are not created equal. I know of a few near me who only know how to charge.

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PDQ

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