Niles Audio BG525 manual Installation Fundamentals

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Installation Fundamentals

conduit, vents or drain pipe will be visible that give useful information. Choose the route with the fewest potential obstacles.

If your house is built on a slab or you are wiring between two finished floors, look for baseboards which could be removed and replaced with the wire behind them. Doorjambs can be removed and often have enough space for speaker wire all the way around the door (See Figure 5).

Sometimes, an under-the-carpet run is possible (there are special flat speaker wires made for under-the-rug wire runs). As a last resort, heating and air condition- ing vents can be used as wire raceways for plenum rated wire (check your local building codes, some municipalities require conduit).

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Contents BG525 Table of Contents Easy Retrofit Installation in your Existing Home IntroductionPointSource Full-Range Driver MatrixReinforced BaffleEight Ohm Impedance Low Diffraction, Paintable Aluminum GrillesInfrared Sensor Mount Installation Considerations Recommended Amplifier PowerIncorporating a Local Volume Control Speaker Wire Incorporating a Remote ControlInsulating the Wall Cavity Placement for Varying Listening Positions Placement for Rear Home Theater ApplicationsBoundary Effect Speaker Placement Installation Fundamentals Running the Speaker Wire in New ConstructionConcealing Speaker Wire in Existing Walls Location Installation Fundamentals Installation Fundamentals Installation Brackets, Frames ConstructionStage One Before Drywall is Hung Insulating the Wall Cavity See Figure Stage Two Before PaintPage Installation Brackets, Frames Grilles Existing Walls Setting the Acoustic Fine Tuning Installing the Speaker Speaker PhaseOperationSpecifications Listening at Higher VolumesCleaning Model BG-525Limited Warranty Niles Audio CorporationWarranty Registration Card Page Niles