What are these wires? *PIC*

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Red

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
Hey guys, dumb it down for me...what does that mean?

It means Skoorb can hook up his laptop and a 15" subwoofer to your living room wall.

That's not really Cat 5 so maybe the sub but not the laptop.

Edit: Damn you ElFenix!

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

okay, does that mean we can surround sound the living room or not?

edit: without wires everywhere that is!

 

[Amused]

Skoorb,

When they pre-wire for surrounds, they leave the wire in the wall in the back without plates. They use a detector to find the wires and punch through to them when you're ready to add some surrounds. (They hook something up to the wire in the plates in the front that sends some kind of signal and then trace the wire with a detector)

The best bet is to find out from the builder what A/V dealer he used for the wiring and they'll know exactly how to get to them with minimal damage to your walls.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
okay, does that mean we can surround sound the living room or not?

edit: without wires everywhere that is!

Possibly but you guys need to find out where the other end of that goes to know for sure.

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

Originally posted by: Amused
Skoorb,

When they pre-wire for surrounds, they leave the wire in the wall in the back without plates. They use a detector to find the wires and punch through to them when you're ready to add some surrounds. (They hook something up to the waire in the plates in the front that sends some kind of signal and then trace the wire with a detector)

The best bet is to find out from the builder what A/V dealer he used for the wiring and they'll know eaxctly how to get to them with minimal damage to your walls.

Thank you. Even I understand that!

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb

Originally posted by: Red

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
Hey guys, dumb it down for me...what does that mean?

It means Skoorb can hook up his laptop and a 15" subwoofer to your living room wall.

Thank you Red.

Too bad we have neither!

Are you sure about that? There was a thread about laptops and another about speakers over in Hot Deals that Skoorb posted in...

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: aves2k


Edit: Damn you ElFenix!

buwahahaah!

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb

Originally posted by: Amused
Skoorb,

When they pre-wire for surrounds, they leave the wire in the wall in the back without plates. They use a detector to find the wires and punch through to them when you're ready to add some surrounds. (They hook something up to the waire in the plates in the front that sends some kind of signal and then trace the wire with a detector)

The best bet is to find out from the builder what A/V dealer he used for the wiring and they'll know eaxctly how to get to them with minimal damage to your walls.

Thank you. Even I understand that!

You're welcome. I know this first hand from my last house. I watched them as they traced the wire back and punched through to get to them.

 

[bunker]

My guess is going to be that they are speaker wires as well. This looks to me like the spot they intended your system to go and those are the left/right/center/surround ends that go into your receiver/amp.

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

I think that's what Skoorb thought they were...or hoping at least!

 

[Ausm]

12 guage wire not sure if it is meant for speakers though.


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[edro]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Cat 5 is usually 24 or 26 guage. Ever see 48 guage wire? It's very, very small to the point that most people can't tell when there's more than one conductor. That cable looks like it's 14 guage, though I can't get an accurate idea on the scale.

Heh... 48ga is a little bit too small... I don't know what I was thinking.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Amused
Skoorb,

When they pre-wire for surrounds, they leave the wire in the wall in the back without plates. They use a detector to find the wires and punch through to them when you're ready to add some surrounds. (They hook something up to the wire in the plates in the front that sends some kind of signal and then trace the wire with a detector)

The best bet is to find out from the builder what A/V dealer he used for the wiring and they'll know exactly how to get to them with minimal damage to your walls.

Cool! Whenever I buy some rears I was going to wire it all myself, but if it's prewired that's a good bonus. Is locating those rears something easy to do or something I shouild have them do?

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Amused
Skoorb,

When they pre-wire for surrounds, they leave the wire in the wall in the back without plates. They use a detector to find the wires and punch through to them when you're ready to add some surrounds. (They hook something up to the wire in the plates in the front that sends some kind of signal and then trace the wire with a detector)

The best bet is to find out from the builder what A/V dealer he used for the wiring and they'll know exactly how to get to them with minimal damage to your walls.

Cool! Whenever I buy some rears I was going to wire it all myself, but if it's prewired that's a good bonus. Is locating those rears something easy to do or something I shouild have them do?

See if you can find out how they do it and if you can do it yourself. If not, they will install the rears for a minimum charge... probably ($100 or so).

The first thing to do is call the contractor and find out who put in the wires.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: jjyiz28
is it me or does that llook like a picture of a dude with purple lips, mouth open, holding a shotgun w/his right hand braced against his left arm?

Holy crap I just looked against after reading your sentence and no it's not just you. Looks damn near a lot like that!

It was the first thing I noticed...I was like "Wire, what wire? It's some weirdo doll in camou..."