Pre-Wiring
 

I'm building a new house soon and I'd like to pre-wire for surround
sound, home theater etc. Is there a good on-line resource that shows
schematics for how I should do this, or is there a good book?
I'd prefer to find a good on-line resource but if one isn't available,
I'd at least like to find a book that has the information I'll need.
I'm not building a dedicated home theater in the home. It'll be a
great room with entertainment center etc. I'd like to have wired for
it though to make it as good for entertainment as possible.
I plan on at least one HTPC in another room that will have networking
in it. So by the time I'm done, I hope to be able to stream video and/
or audio to any room in the house, but for surround sound, I'd like to
at least have that in the great room.
We have satellite tv, and I'm currently planning to have the receivers
in the network room, and have the remotes set up through a wired
repeater that goes via rs232 to an IR receiver in the great room (as
well as other rooms where satellite is available). I'll have a video
switcher in the network room that will be controlled from the various
rooms (including great room), so that I can switch between satellite/
cable or dvd or whatever video source.
I'm fairly confident on most of the cabling, but haven't messed with
surround sound until now and would like to know what stuff to consider.

Pre-Wiring
 

On 26 Mar 2007 06:50:06 -0700, "HockeyFan"
wrote:

I'm building a new house soon and I'd like to pre-wire for surround
sound, home theater etc. Is there a good on-line resource that shows
schematics for how I should do this, or is there a good book?
You may want to read through here, and/or post your query he
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=36

Pre-Wiring
 

Nope. Can't do that. Jackasses wont allow me to ask.

Maybe there's another forum I can ask.

Pre-Wiring
 

On 27 Mar 2007 09:01:28 -0700, "HockeyFan"
wrote:

Nope. Can't do that. Jackasses wont allow me to ask.

Maybe there's another forum I can ask.
Think 2" or 3" PVC in walls. Make a map befor the sheetrockers
come in.

Pre-Wiring
 

On 27 Mar 2007 09:01:28 -0700, "HockeyFan"
wrote:

Nope. Can't do that. Jackasses wont allow me to ask.
They won't let you post when you first join to preclude spam. Join,
log on/off and read a few times a day for a few days and have at it.
There certainly appears to be plenty of info there to help in the
interim

Pre-Wiring
 

HockeyFan wrote:
I'm building a new house soon and I'd like to pre-wire for surround
sound, home theater etc. Is there a good on-line resource that shows
schematics for how I should do this, or is there a good book?
I'd prefer to find a good on-line resource but if one isn't available,
I'd at least like to find a book that has the information I'll need.
I'm not building a dedicated home theater in the home. It'll be a
great room with entertainment center etc. I'd like to have wired for
it though to make it as good for entertainment as possible.
I plan on at least one HTPC in another room that will have networking
in it. So by the time I'm done, I hope to be able to stream video and/
or audio to any room in the house, but for surround sound, I'd like to
at least have that in the great room.
We have satellite tv, and I'm currently planning to have the receivers
in the network room, and have the remotes set up through a wired
repeater that goes via rs232 to an IR receiver in the great room (as
well as other rooms where satellite is available). I'll have a video
switcher in the network room that will be controlled from the various
rooms (including great room), so that I can switch between satellite/
cable or dvd or whatever video source.
I'm fairly confident on most of the cabling, but haven't messed with
surround sound until now and would like to know what stuff to consider.

see

http://www.hometime.com/Howto/projects/h_theater.htm