Ceiling speakers are designed to sound good and disappear visually.
Ceiling speakers are used in distributed home audio systems and in home theater systems. These speakers are in the family of products known as architectural audio, mainly due to the fact that their presence is designed to be visually unobtrusive. Powering these speakers is similar to powering any other speaker. In most cases, the speaker wire is "dropped" to a central location, among other wires leading to other speakers installed in the system.
Instructions
1. Locate the wire bundle, typically in the basement or an access closet. If the bundle is in another space, have your assistant stay in the room with the speakers.
2. Find the speaker wires with the correct room written on the jacket. This is a common practice by installers to later identify the speakers when performing the final trimout.
3. Strip 1/2 inch of insulation from all the wires in the bundle if the zones are not labeled. Hold the black wire against the flat base of a AA battery, while tapping the red wire against the upper node. This will "pop" the speaker, identifying where the wire leads. Have your assistant confirm when the speakers pop, and when the right and left ones have been identified. Label the zone and right/left speakers using a fine tip marker, if they are not already labeled.
4. Unscrew the binding post caps on the amplifier. Insert the wires for the ceiling speakers into the speaker terminals. Tighten the post caps back down to secure the wires. Plug in the amp and turn it on to power the ceiling speakers.
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