Wiring underneath floor.

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Distant

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Thursday 29th July 2010
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So I've currently got a sparky in doing some rewiring upstairs and we've got all the floors up. I've taken the opportunity to run as many AV leads as I can think of underneath the floor.

So far I've got:

- TV/satelite links under the floor to each bedroom and down into the kitchen.
- CCTV monitor leads into the living room, kitchen and master bedroom.
- Speaker wires from my (yet to be built) A/V cabinet in the corner of the living room, and down into the far corners for home theatre surround sound.
- Twin phono leads to each of the bedrooms for audio (or even video) output from whatever I choose in the A/V cabinet.

So the question is, have I missed anything that I'm going to regret not doing in a couple of years time? I don't intend to be taking the floor up ever again so I'd rather get everything possible underneath it now while I can.

Thoughts please...


Distant

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Thursday 29th July 2010
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Thanks, so Cat5e can be used for video, or audio, or computer networking, depending on the type of balun used to connect to it. Is that right?

Distant

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Thursday 29th July 2010
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Wow, seems like it's pretty versatile stuff! If I'm using it to send, say a dvd signal to the bedroom, would I need to run 3 lengths, 1 for video, 1 for left audio and 1 for right audio?

Sorry for the numpty questions but I've never used the stuff before.

Distant

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Monday 2nd August 2010
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Thanks for all the advice so far, I think I'll run a few (probably 5 if I can squeeze that many out of a reel) Cat5 cables to each location.

Think I'll run them up behind blanking plates in each room, so I can add baluns later.