[lonny]

I'm looking at installing the wiringa full home cinema system before I get the walls plastered and new floors down in my living room. I have a few questions which searches of the archives don't quite answer.

1. I want about a 10m run from the AV amp to my plasma screen. I am thinking of a cable like 'cinemax video' at http://www.hificables.co.uk/acatalog...tallation.html . Is this a good choice?? I'm worried about signal weakening over the length. I've seen other posts saying I shouldn't have a problem but if I did, can I buy a signal amplifier to use between the cable and the amp that help but don't degrade the signal?

2. I can see that I am going to have to fit phono plugs to the cables. Are these easy to DIY??

3. I'm also going to need to get F-plug type sockets for NTL. Are these easily made up as well??

4. Do subwoofers use normal phono cables or is there something else needed?? Will an 8m run cause a problem??

Thanks in advance,

lonny.

[clockwork]

Hi,

1. I would have thought that a 10m run would be fine. Though I have no experience with these cables!
2. The approach I am taking is to fit f-plugs to all my cables. There are adapters to convert to phono or BNC readily available should my requirements change.
3. These are straight forward. Though I would recommend the type of faceplate that has a f-type socket pass though! You would need to fit an f-plug onto your coax to plug into the back. Take a look here (http://www.letsautomate.com/clipsal....TOKEN=20836661) for what I mean. You can either get screw o f-plugs or crimp type using either a hex type crimp tool or one of those snap-n-seal tools (though the snap-n-seal tools are quite expensive). Personally Ive just gone for the haxagonal crimp tool.
4. Ill leave this one for someone who knows more about sub-woofers than me

Hope this has helped...

Claude