How about contacting the people that built the condos in the first place and getting schematics? Wouldn't the Realtor be able to find those people for you?
OR - see if any of your neighbors have found them? I cant believe they would pre-wire for surround sound, without leaving the exposed wires visible. That's the most assinine construction thing I've heard in a long time. Are they up in the ceiling? sometimes they leave them close to spotlights .... On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > So the condo I bought a couple of months ago has surround sound pre-wired > in > the wall. I've spent a little time Googling around for suggestions on how > to find the wires behind the drywall and hook up the speakers, but remain > unsatisfied with my level of knowledge and am uncomfortable cutting into > the > pristine drywall and ruining it. > > I did buy a "wire toner" that will help me located the wire endpoints > behind > the wall. So far I have found general locations, but don't have very > precise locations for endpoints. I have a feeling the ends of the wires > are > curled up inside the wall, so the toner is indicating a large area as a > potential location. > > So the next step is to drill or cut into the drywall and fish out the wire. > I'm worried about having to cut a huge hole in the wall to get the wire > out, > and then having to run that wire over to a stud to screw the speakers into > the wall. I don't want to have to clean up a buncha holes in the wall. I > have considered buying some flat wall plates to cover the holes, but I'd > rather not have a plate next to each speaker. > > Has anyone done this before? I am having a hard time finding any good > tutorials or advice on it. I could just call the "Geek Squad" and have > them > come out, but my inner geek's ego won't let me do that (yet). > > -Cameron > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283651 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
