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THP800C INSTALLATION MANUAL E L A N H O M E S Y S T E M S

Installation

The Installation process is divided into two distinct processes, wiring and mounting. After carefully considering the intended application

(defi ning a Listening Area, Home Theater/Stereo, etc.) specifi c mounting locations can be decided upon. Once the specifi c locations are determined, installation can commence.

Wiring

Before actually running any wire or cable, take the time to look around each room or area of the house and plan the wire paths for maximum effi ciency. Look for routes through uncluttered parts of the stud wall or ceiling that allow you to group all low-voltage wires wherever possible. It is a good practice to label both ends of all cables and to protect wires by tying a plastic bag over the ends.

Label Plastic Bag

REAR

LEFT

SPK

Note 1: Low voltage wiring must be run in accordance with the Na- tional Electrical Code as well as any other applicable provisions of the local building codes in your area. In some cases (such as commercial installations), running the wire in conduit may be required. If you have any questions concerning the wiring of speakers in your home, contact your local building and inspection department.

Note 2: It is recommended that you use quality CL2 or CL3 rated stranded speaker wire when installing ELAN TheaterPoint speakers.

Solid-core “Romex” type wire is not acceptable! Use at least 16AWG speaker wire for runs up to 100 feet, and at least 14 AWG speaker wire for runs up to 200 feet. If you must cross high-voltage lines, always do so at a 90 degree angle to avoid audible hum through the speakers!

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Wiring (cont’d)

The audio/speaker cable runs should be routed from the head-end location to in-wall keypad, IR receiver, or volume control locations (if applicable), then to the speaker rough-in brackets (if used). At the speaker locations, securely fasten the speaker wire to the speaker rough-in bracket.

Speaker

Cutout

Ceiling

Speaker

Wire

Planning For Upgrades/Access

Route speaker wires through keypad gang box locations to facilitate access to the speaker wires. In areas using volume controls, it is advantageous to run Cat-5 wire to each volume control location to make it easy to upgrade to keypads or touch panels in the future.

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Wiring (cont’d)

If not using speaker rough-in brackets, staple speaker wire runs in a loose zigzag between the studs where the speaker is to be mounted to make it easier to fi nd the cable after the drywall is installed. Zigzagging the cable also allows fl exibility in the placement of the speaker.

Note: Do not run speaker wires closer than 12” from high voltage wires

Min

12”

Speaker

Wire

High

Voltage

Wiring

WARNING: Do Not Run Speaker

Wires Through Holes Shared

By High-Voltage Wiring!

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In-Ceiling Stereo Speaker Pairs

There are three common scenarios for connecting stereo speaker pairs to a distributed audio system:

• One 4-conductor speaker wire runs from the amplifi er to one speaker with two conductors connected. The second two conductors are spliced and connected to a 2-conductor speaker wire that runs to the second speaker.

Amplifier

Splice

• Two separate two-conductor speaker wires run from the amplifi er to each stereo speaker.

Amplifier

• One four-conductor speaker wire runs from the amplifi er to a stereo volume control, then one two-conductor speaker wire runs to each stereo speaker.

Amplifier

Volume Control

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In-Ceiling Surround Speakers

Typically, Home Theater surround speakers are connected directly from the amplifi er to the speakers without the use of a volume control.

A/V Receiver

WARNING: Turn Off Power to Amplifier

Before Connecting Speakers!

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