Installation manual

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Take Note: Electrical boxes containing more than 110VAC
or higher must be equipped with an approved barrier that
separates high and low voltage sections.
• Crimp an 8-pin modular plug onto the Category 5/5e
cable following T568A practices and plug it into the
Volume Control Wall Unit.
• Finish the installation with a Decora Wallplate (provid-
ed).
To connect the Hub to stereo equipment use fire-rated
14-18 gauge wire for the speakers. Connect the stereo
amplifier or receiver outputs (left and right) to the Hub
connector (labeled “TO AMP”). The Hub has independ-
ent floating grounds for safe use with bridged ampli-
fiers. The Hub is rated for 120 watts per channel (max.)
Four-ohm amplifiers can power up to 8 Hubs. Eight-
ohm rated amplifiers or receivers can power up to 4
Hubs. To connect:
• Wire the amplifier speaker terminals parallel to the
Hub’s “TO AMP” terminals.
• Wire the Hub connectors labeled “SPEAKER” directly
to the speaker in the controlled room, strictly observ-
ing polarity. Use either the amplifier’s Speaker A or
Speaker B outputs, but not both.
9.6.5 Preparing the Speakers for Mounting
Leviton Structured Media Speakers may be painted to
match room décor. To paint the speakers:
• Remove the grille and remove the insulating pad at-
tached to its back
• Use the painting template provided to paint the visi-
ble part of the speaker frame
• After the paint has dried, remove the template
• Anti-rust aerosol paint is recommended for the grille.
9.6.6 Installing the Speakers
To install Leviton speakers:
• Position the mounting template between the studs
(use the wire location as a guide) and trace the inside
of the template with a pencil; use a carpenter’s level
to ensure accuracy and evenness
• Repeat for the other speaker locations and check that
they are even with the first speaker
• Drill a 1” hole directly in the center of the traced area,
avoiding contacting the speaker wire or anything else
in the wall
• Use a drywall saw or jigsaw to cutout the traced cen-
ter area
• Grasp the cut drywall using the 1” center hole, and
carefully pull it out taking care not to rip the drywall.
• Remove the speaker grille using a very small screw-
driver (careful—grilles are easily bent)
• Hold the speaker up to the hole and check the fit
• Strip 1/2 inch of insulation from the ends of the speak-
er wires and twist the strands together tightly
• Connect the stripped speaker wire to the correspon-
ding terminals on the back of the speaker (RED for +,
BLACK for -) and tighten the terminals
• Position the speaker into the opening with the brack-
ets behind the drywall and evenly tighten the screws
until the speaker is secure with the drywall
• Place the supplied rubber strips on the inner portion
of the speaker frame and insert the grille; the strips
ensure a tight fit and eliminate vibration problems
Installers Tip: Reversing polarity, or connecting a “+” on
the amplifier to a “-”on the speaker, will not cause any
damage. It will result in a very weak or thin bass sound
and somewhat echoey or vague vocals. If you hear sub-
standard sound from any installed speaker pair, shut
the system off and simply reverse the connections to
the back of one speaker only in that room. If the prob-
lem goes away, you have reversed polarity somewhere
in the wiring. Make sure you check the connections
right back to the amplifier because the other speaker
pairs in the system may still be incorrect.
Installers Tip: With ceiling-mounted speakers, occasion-
ally a rattling sound might be heard when the system is
first operating. With correctly mounted speakers, the
problem is usually caused by pieces of wire insulation
and other debris that have fallen onto the back of the
large speaker cone (woofer). If removal is difficult, turn
the system ON, turn the other volume controls all the
way DOWN and run several seconds of inter-station
noise (white noise) with the BASS control turned UP in
the affected room. This will bounce any remaining in-
stallation debris off of the cone’s back surface.
9.7 Multi-Room Audio/Video
Options
Leviton’s Decora Media System (DMS) utilizes ad-
vanced electronics and Category 5 or 5e cable to dis-
tribute audio and video signals throughout a house.
Signals from a VCR, DVD, A/V Center, or even a PC/MP3
Player, or PC can be sent through up to 1000 feet of
Category 5 or 5e cable with no discernable distortion.
The DMS is composed of three components:
•A send unit (P/N 48210-MSU) for transmitting signals
at the source
•A receive unit (P/N 48210-MRU) for receiving signals
•A Media Hub (P/N 48210-MCH) for whole house dis-
tribution to up to six receive units