Installing Surround Sound in Your Home

Introduction

Having a good home surround sound you will be able to have a good quality of the sound reproduction in your house. It does this by additional discrete speakers and it is characterized by a sweet spot where the audio effect works at its best. With the help of surround sound home everything will come to life in your home. Watching movies at home will be a pleasure and you will no longer feel the necessity to go to the cinema. Anyhow, despite of the simple guidelines you may have in order to install it properly, if you do not want to give the money away on a professional installation, you should read the installation guidelines very carefully.

Needy things to install a surround sound

There are some tools one needs to have before starting the surround sound home system installation. There are some basic tools one need to have but there are as well some special ones, depending on the room where you want o install the sound home system. The basic tools you must have at your hand are cordless power drill, which should include as well batteries, charger; more “spade” drill – bits for wood; a 24 – inch long length drill extender; flat screwdrivers; a razor knife that has many blades; pliers; a real framing hummer; some wire cutters; a saw that will be capable of using on a dry wall; romex short pieces of 10/2 ; a 9v battery voltmeter; wood chisel in case you may need it and LED head lamp. Despite of this you may need some extra parts, such as single or double gang low voltage; wall plates that will help you insert panels; acoustic impact; optional but you may need to think of them – Impact Acoustics and as well, nail-in cable clips.

First steps in installing the system

After you are reassured that you have everything needed, you should decide where in the house you need the surround sound home to be placed in. one of the speaker, at least, should be placed opposite to the entertainment center and the subwoofer directly in the entertainment center; anyhow it can be moved anywhere you may want. You need you check the speakers to see where they are destined to be positioned. Some of the systems specify whether the speakers should be left or right positioned. Before setting up the speakers, you should run the speaker wires to them and then hook up the tuner. To make a test, you should start a DVD before beginning mounting the speakers.

In order to install the speakers, you must use a proper mounting kit so that the speakers will be amounted straight to the wall. After you finished installing eth speakers, make a trail with the same DVD that you used before. This way you will realize if the sound is good or not. Before finishing installing your surround sound home system, you should reassure that there is a power line available at all times in case of emergencies.

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