Home Theater Speaker Install

November 20, 2008

More equipment arrived over the last few days.  A Panasonic BluRay player and a Monster Power Conditioner are waiting for installation.

Last night I installed the speakers.  I’m setting this up in a 7.1 surround sound configuration.  All the wire was run before the drywall went up, so the biggest part of this job was to install the four Polk Audio RC80i surround speakers in the ceiling.

The install was really straight forward.  The speakers included a template for cutting the drywall.  Each speaker has four cams to secure the speaker.  I just had to cut the hole, attach the speaker wire, press the speaker into the ceiling and tighten four screws.  Tightening the screws rotated the cams into place and secured the speaker.  The speakers and grills can be painted to match the ceiling, so they will blend right in.

Next comes the installation of the projector.