Non-Labeled Speaker Wire. Please help! - Blu-ray Forum

jhansla · 04-02-2009, 08:38 PM

My new home that I'm moving into has all of the prewiring done for a 5.1 surround sound system. Problem is the speaker wire is not labeled. So at the outlet in the wall I have no idea which is are the fronts/center/surrounds etc.

Whats an easy way of figuring this out?

You can see the room in my HT gallery, and the outlet is in the bottom of wall directly in front of the speaker wire.

Thanks

Big Daddy · 04-02-2009, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhansla

My new home that I'm moving into has all of the prewiring done for a 5.1 surround sound system. Problem is the speaker wire is not labeled. So at the outlet in the wall I have no idea which is are the fronts/center/surrounds etc.

Whats an easy way of figuring this out?

You can see the room in my HT gallery, and the outlet is in the bottom of wall directly in front of the speaker wire.

Thanks

A battery and a small light bulb.

jhansla · 04-02-2009, 08:45 PM

So do I just connect the battery to one end and the lighthouse to the other? Can it just be a regular AA battery ?

Thanks so much for your help

Big Daddy · 04-02-2009, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhansla

So do I just connect the battery to one end and the lighthouse to the other? Can it just be a regular AA battery ?

Thanks so much for your help

No, please don't connect a lighthouse. It may blow.

Yes, if you have a flash light, take it apart and use the battery and the light bulb.

jhansla · 04-02-2009, 08:54 PM

haha my bad, thats funny.

Thanks man, I appreciate your help

Brain Sturgeon · 04-02-2009, 09:41 PM

You can do this easily with an ohm meter or a multimeter set to measure resistance (ohms) as well. You just twist one end of the wire pair together, and then touch the probes of the meter to the other ends of the wire pairs until you see the resistance jump up on your meter-- that will be the other end of your speaker wire pair.

lucv13 · 04-03-2009, 09:10 AM

Or you can also connect the speakers (which you will eventually do anyways) then play a cd and cycle through the connections to determine which is which by the speaker that is playing.

Maswov · 04-03-2009, 10:20 AM

Fox and hound is good too. Not very expensive but if you chase wires periodically its a good investment.

Beta Man · 04-03-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lucv13

Or you can also connect the speakers (which you will eventually do anyways) then play a cd and cycle through the connections to determine which is which by the speaker that is playing.

That's probably what I would have done...... although battery/light seems like a good idea too.

I'd just connect the speakers and run the test-tones

jhansla · 04-03-2009, 01:06 PM

Ok guys, thanks for all the input.

DiverSpear · 04-03-2009, 08:01 PM

If you still have problems, PM me I live in St. Cloud. It would take me 5 minutes to ring your lines out with my meters.

04-02-2009, 08:38 PM	#1
jhansla Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Orlando, Florida Blu-ray collection:257 Trading Score:3	Non-Labeled Speaker Wire. Please help! My new home that I'm moving into has all of the prewiring done for a 5.1 surround sound system. Problem is the speaker wire is not labeled. So at the outlet in the wall I have no idea which is are the fronts/center/surrounds etc. Whats an easy way of figuring this out? You can see the room in my HT gallery, and the outlet is in the bottom of wall directly in front of the speaker wire. Thanks

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04-02-2009, 08:45 PM	#3
jhansla Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Orlando, Florida Blu-ray collection:257 Trading Score:3	So do I just connect the battery to one end and the lighthouse to the other? Can it just be a regular AA battery ? Thanks so much for your help

04-02-2009, 08:54 PM	#5
jhansla Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Orlando, Florida Blu-ray collection:257 Trading Score:3	haha my bad, thats funny. Thanks man, I appreciate your help

04-02-2009, 09:41 PM	#6
Brain Sturgeon Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:39	You can do this easily with an ohm meter or a multimeter set to measure resistance (ohms) as well. You just twist one end of the wire pair together, and then touch the probes of the meter to the other ends of the wire pairs until you see the resistance jump up on your meter-- that will be the other end of your speaker wire pair.

04-03-2009, 09:10 AM	#7
lucv13 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Gatineau QC Canada DVD collection:70 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:12	Or you can also connect the speakers (which you will eventually do anyways) then play a cd and cycle through the connections to determine which is which by the speaker that is playing.

04-03-2009, 10:20 AM	#8
Maswov Active Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Sattahip, Thailand Blu-ray collection:91	Fox and hound is good too. Not very expensive but if you chase wires periodically its a good investment.

04-03-2009, 01:06 PM	#10
jhansla Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Orlando, Florida Blu-ray collection:257 Trading Score:3	Ok guys, thanks for all the input.

04-03-2009, 08:01 PM	#11
DiverSpear Active Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:St. Cloud, Florida Blu-ray collection:154 Trading Score:1	If you still have problems, PM me I live in St. Cloud. It would take me 5 minutes to ring your lines out with my meters.

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