Special considerations should be taken for active speakers follow manufacturer‘s instructions." Speaker terminals shall be color coded in accordance with the color-coding scheme in CEA-863-A. Other colors may be used, but all connections must be consistent. White shall be used for positive and green shall be used for negative to connect the left speaker. Red and black shall be positive and negative respectively, for the right speaker in each zone. Four conductor-unpaired cables generally contain red, black, white, and green conductors. Shall be used for the positive terminals and the black conductor shall be used for the negative Two conductor cables generally contain a red and a black insulated conductor. "4.3.2 Speaker Wire and Connector Color CodesĪll speaker cable conductors should be color coded, or distinctively marked to ensure proper polarity. Red/White has been used for RCA jacks to mark the Right/Left channels for decades- they wouldn't change that for speaker wire markings. It will have a brand (Honeywell, Coleman, West Penn, Belden, etc), part number (Honeywell 5254 or something else), CL rating, foot marker and a series of letters and numbers, which are used for designating the cable to where it goes. This is typical for in-wall rated speaker cable- it may have some kind of marking on the jacket- if you can read (or photograph) this, maybe you can post it. The conventional color code used by MOST custom integrators and most installers is: Six-channel amps appear to be rare 8 or 12 channel are more common. These jacks are needed in order to get a signal to the multi-channel amplifier you will need for the 6 speakers. It will also require RCA outputs for either the main L/R channels, or a second zone. To operate this system in the manner you’re describing, you will need an AVR with Bluetooth capability. If the volume knob is an L-pad, all you have to do is connect your speaker wires to your amplifier and everything will work fine. If there is some other wiring connected to it, then game over, I’m lost. If the four speaker wires are connected to it (red, black, white, green), then it is a common stereo L-pad. The volume knob is where things can get tricky. There is no official standard for wiring, but the protocol used by most installers is: Sounds like you have three 4-conductor speaker cables in the closet. Any recommendations or help would be much appreciated. So my questions is what do I need to buy to hook up to these 12 wires to get the audio functioning? Do I need an Amp, receiver, sonos etc. My end goal is to have all of the speakers hooked up to something that I can control via Bluetooth or wifi, I probably do not need different sources of music playing at the same time. I have never seen green and white speaker wires but my assumption is that red/black and green/white are just the +/- for each speaker in each room. So in my bedroom closet there are three sets of wires, each set containing 4 wires (Red, Black, Green, White). In each area there is an audio volume knob on the wall, then all of the wires run back to a central location in my bedroom closet. There are three areas with 2 speakers each, so a total of 6 speakers. I just bought a home that has been pre-wired with speakers. I am completely new to the audio world, my knowledge doesn’t extend much past being able to hook a speaker to a receiver. First and foremost, I apologize to everyone.
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