Wiring Ceiling Speakers To Receiver

You can hook up a full nine channel surround sound system plus stereo speakers in another room.

Wiring ceiling speakers to receiver.

The first thing to do is to obtain the ceiling speakers and then to buy the conductor speaker cable. With sources such as a tv cd player dvd player audio cassette deck vcr or compatible audio output on a stereo or home theater receiver you can make wired speakers wireless with a wireless speaker conversion kit also referred to as a wireless speaker kit or wireless speaker adapter. A home stereo for example may often list 6 16 ohms as being ok for use. For in wall or ceiling speakers you ll need ul rated speaker wire labeled cl2 or cl3.

Most speakers don t come with speaker wire. However it is not enough to have the cables and the speakers. Read our in wall wiring guide for more information. You can buy speaker wire with connectors or without.

Image of the rear of a home stereo receiver amplifier. A single sonos amp is capable of powering either 4 mono ceiling speakers or 2 single ceiling stereo speakers or 3 pairs if using sonos own in ceiling to wire a single stereo speaker you should wire 2 cables to it not 1 unless you are using 4 core speaker cable more details below. The positive speaker terminal red on the receiver or amplifier must be connected to the positive terminal on the speakers and the same applies to the negative terminals on all the equipment. Let s say you have a nine channel receiver with 11 speaker outputs.

Wiring speakers in parallel is not a good way of connecting three four or more hifi speakers as it puts too much load on the amplifier as explained in earlier article four speakers wired in series. The recommended speaker impedance ratings are usually listed above the speaker wire posts. One must also need other tools like stiff wire either a fish tape or a coat hanger a drill flat bit level gloves philips screwdriver keyhole or drywall saw and some wire strippers. Make wired speakers wireless for traditional sources.

This diagram shows how to wire four speakers in series. A receiver with nine sets of speaker outputs for example might only be able to power seven speakers at a time. Also attempting to wire two 8 ohm speakers in parallel to an 8 ohm stereo would have the same effect. Technically the color or labeling of the wires doesn t matter as long as all the terminals match up.