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JAMESBE/SDXSERIESINSTALL
Preliminaryv1
Markthewallwiththerequiredcutout
dimensionsfortheJamesmodelyouare
installing.Keeptheverticallinesplumbsothe
speakerwillbestraightwheninstalled.Alevel
shouldbeused.
AfterMarkingthewall,useyourpreferred
methodofcuttingthehole,eitherusingapower
toolorbyhand.
Aftermakingthecutout,testfitthespeakerto
makesurethespeakerfitsanddoesnotbind.
Whilethespeakerisinthewall,MARKEACH
MOUNTINGHOLELOCATIONwithapencil,
markerornailpunch.Theselocationswillbe
usedlaterasareference.
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ThewallboardwillnotsupportalargeBEseries
directlywithoutadditionalsupport.Sothe
cutoutshouldbeboxedinwith2x4toprovide
somethingforthemountingscrewstofastento.
Socut2side2x4sand2top/bottom2x4sthat
justfittheheightandwidthoftheopening.
Iftheopeninghappenstobeagainstastud,
thenyoumayonlyneed3sectionsof2x4to
frametheopening.
Youwillneedtoholdthese2x4swhileyou
screwthemtothewall,soputadrywallscrew
intoeach2x4toactasa“temporaryhandle”.
Whileholdingthedrywallscrew“handle”,slide
the2x4sintoeachlocation.
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Whileholdingthedrywallscrew“handle”,screw
throughthedrywallintothe2x4’swithdrywall
screws.BesureNOTtoplacescrewswhereyou
previouslymarkedthespeakermountingholes
oryouwillnotbeabletomountthespeaker
later.
Oncescrewedinplace,youcanremovethe
temporarydrywallscrew“handles”.
Also,ifyouarefullyboxinginthewallopening,
youmightwanttodrillaholeinthetop2x4and
fishyourwirethroughsothefinal2x4canbe
placed.
Obviously,ifyourcablecomesfromthebottom,
theholeshouldbeplacedinthebottom2x4.
Shownhereisthetop2x4withthespeakerwire
fishedoutandthelastdrywallscrewbeing
placedtoholdthe2x4.The“handle”screwis
stillinthetop2x4andwillberemoved.
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Connectthespeakerwiretothespeaker
terminalsobservingpolaritymarkings.
Placethespeakerintothewall.
Youmayneedtopushsomeoftheexcesswire
backintotherearcavityinordertogetthe
speakerinplace.
Onceplaced,youmightwanttocheckthe
verticallevelandpositionbeforescrewinginthe
screwstoholdthespeaker.Asnoted,the
screwswillbegoingintothe2x4sthathave
beenaddedtoframetheopeninginthewall.
