Tuesday 23 November 2010

How To Store And Conceal Home Theater Cords

By Charlie Ellis


For most folks who have a home entertainment system installed in their home, the cables are among the biggest logistical challenges. The cords and cables for all the various components inevitably turn into tangled, jumbled mess, making it extremely difficult to change the configuration of the system or the components. Most families don't put in the time to organize and hide their cables to improve the aesthetics and safety of the home theater room. With just a few simple changes, your house theater cabling mess can be easily cleaned up and set in check.

Many of the components in the home theater system possess a cord that must find its way to a wall socket, surge protector or power strip. To maintain the power cords neat and tidy, make use of a label machine to recognize the cord before you decide to plug your home theater components in. This helps when you need to know which plug to drag to maneuver your speaker system or to replace your DVD player.

To untangle the knots and clutter caused by the constant wrapping and unwrapping of cables around each other, begin by unplugging everything, including the cables that connect each component with the others, and separate them out. Determine wherever you would like each aspect to go, after which assemble them again and neatly run the cables without twisting them around each other. You may want to write down reminders for where everything goes if you are not familiar with setting up the theater. Use twist ties or zip ties on the cables every foot approximately when there is several cable running within the same direction to keep them from becoming tangled and unmanageable. This same organization can be applied to the power cords that go to the same power outlet.

In the event your home theater is set-up so that part of the cabling must emerge from behind an entertainment cabinet or floor speakers, it is suggested that some sort of cable hideaway be used to make sure that these cables don't become snagged by people walking by or grabbed by small children or pets. To maintain power cords out of view and safe from tampering, make use of a cable hideaway made to run along the wall and keep your cables protected and covered. These cable hideaways can be ideal for anywhere that your cables are in the open. If you're building your house theater on your own, you are able to ask the installer to build the cabling to the wall or molding of the room in very similar fashion. You will not have to worry about tripping hazards or about your new puppy chewing through your power cables if the cords are nicely hidden and out of the way.

Your home movie theater loudspeakers provide an additional potential problem, since you may want speakers round the room with speaker wires becoming a massive problem. To keep this issue down, the best option, though complicated, would be to run the wiring for those speakers through the walls. This helps prevent them from dangling or getting in the way, and if you possess the necessary tools and skills, you can run your speakers almost anyplace in the room.

Alright, straightening home entertainment cabling does not have to become a chore. With a few simple changes and proper storage, you'll have a clean looking, safe home entertainment room for your family.




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