Question:
Guys need a bit of advice on what you are doing with all your messy bloody cables!
I have all my kit in the corner of a room in a TV cabinet with the TV on top. There is about a million cables behind the unit ( the unit is about 18 inches off the floor on legs) that can be seen underneath and it looks well messy!
No matter how many times I take everything out a re route them all and try and put everything logically it just diesnt seem to work!!
What do you guys do?
Anyone got an ingenious ideas of how I could hide them?
Is there some really clever bit of furniture I could put my TV on and the kit inside that would help?
Also does help that I now have a Subwoofer behind the unit as well!!
Cheers!
when i first set up my system i didnt make any effort at all to do anything about the state of the cables and it looked a mess........
after a couple of days i was looking at the cables more than the TV and went to work tidying things up a bit...................
not the most high-tech of solutions but i spent ages grouping the various cables together where poss and tying them together with little bits of string, pining them to the skirting boards.............
the outcome, looks good but not great,
altho' i'm sure there's a sackload of high end solutions that people can advise on
:p
Thanks for the advice! May end up having to do just that depends on whether there is some really hyper mega tech clever way to do it??
Any one got any super clever solutions?
A cheap if not elegant solution is to get some of that spiral cable wrap, Maplin (http:///www.maplin.co.uk/) sell it. Just do a search for spiral cable wrap. :)
Its only a few quid for 10m.
Vince
Take care when tying cables together. I bunched a load of mine together and now I get terrible mains hum on some sources as the interconnects are close and in parallel to the mains leads.
I'm also going to do a re-org, but I'll keep mains and signal well seperated in future.
Originally posted by belgarion_v
A cheap if not elegant solution is to get some of that spiral cable wrap, Maplin (http:///www.maplin.co.uk/) sell it. Just do a search for spiral cable wrap. :)
Its only a few quid for 10m.
Vince Change your link - you have 3x /// in the address.
BTW agree on the spiral wrap, it's really good but keep the mains separate.
Are there any other solutions other than the cable wraps?
Cable ties are OK and you can buy stick on cable tie anchors at places like B&Q so you can not only bunch cables together, but also route them so they hide behind cabinet legs etc.
Definitely a good idea to ensure you keep the mains and signal cables separately routed. If that's impossible, use garden hose or something similar to insulate the power cables.
Had a look at all the cabling and I'm not even sure if cable ties etc will be possible. There just seems to be sooooo many bloody wires and cables:(
What about some kind of clever AV furniture? Is there something that can house all of my kit (safely hidden away!), have the TV on and have some kind of cable management system??
Dont even know if such a thing exists but damn that would be sweet!! :norty:
AV furniture with inbuilt cable management solutions generally use either some form of clip, a plastic tube, or sometimes a hollow leg. I would much prefer to spend a few quid trying out some "Heath Robinson" home-made solutions to the problem, than having to buy new furniture etc. But I'm a tight git.
Originally posted by family man
Had a look at all the cabling and I'm not even sure if cable ties etc will be possible. There just seems to be sooooo many bloody wires and cables:(
What about some kind of clever AV furniture? Is there something that can house all of my kit (safely hidden away!), have the TV on and have some kind of cable management system??
Dont even know if such a thing exists but damn that would be sweet!! :norty:
It's available, but how much can you afford? AV furniture can be excruciatingly expensive.
example : http://www.homecinemaheaven.com/prod_info/racks/arca200.htm
Look here for some ideas ... plenty much AV furniture with cable management. If you have the money! (http://www.google.com/search?as_q=cable+management+AV&num=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=.uk&safe=images)
ikea do a plastic cable wrap, ive got some , its very good, its a hollow tube tat opens up. Think its on the website too.
This site has some luvverly stuff on it too ... That expandable sleeve stuff is the dog's danglies ... (http://cableorganizer.com/wire-management/)
You could just get some guttering or drain pipe from B&Q and secure this to the back of the unit so that it can’t be seen from the front and get all of the wires running into them.
A couple of levels of pipe work can separate out most of the cable types and avoid interference, this can be a very easy and cheap way of keeping the cables out of site.
Contruct a front and two sides for the bottom 18 inches of the unit and fix it to the legs to make a 3-sided box. And hide the cables inside.
Originally posted by family man
Had a look at all the cabling and I'm not even sure if cable ties etc will be possible. There just seems to be sooooo many bloody wires and cables:(
What about some kind of clever AV furniture? Is there something that can house all of my kit (safely hidden away!), have the TV on and have some kind of cable management system??
Dont even know if such a thing exists but damn that would be sweet!! :norty: Don't use ties they are a pain go with bulgarion suggestion of spiral wrap. In fact if you're near a Maplin call in and ask them what else they have, there's lots - trunking etc. and they can show you the range.
http://cableorganizer.com/cable-snake/
:thumbs:
Use velcro cable ties, rather than the plastic one-shot ones..
Originally posted by unrealnils
http://cableorganizer.com/cable-snake/
:thumbs: FWIW Ikea sell a cable organiser either black or white and £2 or £3.
I have all my kit in the corner of a room in a TV cabinet with the TV on top. There is about a million cables behind the unit ( the unit is about 18 inches off the floor on legs) that can be seen underneath and it looks well messy!
No matter how many times I take everything out a re route them all and try and put everything logically it just diesnt seem to work!!
What do you guys do?
Anyone got an ingenious ideas of how I could hide them?
Is there some really clever bit of furniture I could put my TV on and the kit inside that would help?
Also does help that I now have a Subwoofer behind the unit as well!!
Cheers!
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when i first set up my system i didnt make any effort at all to do anything about the state of the cables and it looked a mess........
after a couple of days i was looking at the cables more than the TV and went to work tidying things up a bit...................
not the most high-tech of solutions but i spent ages grouping the various cables together where poss and tying them together with little bits of string, pining them to the skirting boards.............
the outcome, looks good but not great,
altho' i'm sure there's a sackload of high end solutions that people can advise on
:p
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Thanks for the advice! May end up having to do just that depends on whether there is some really hyper mega tech clever way to do it??
Any one got any super clever solutions?
Answers:
A cheap if not elegant solution is to get some of that spiral cable wrap, Maplin (http:///www.maplin.co.uk/) sell it. Just do a search for spiral cable wrap. :)
Its only a few quid for 10m.
Vince
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Take care when tying cables together. I bunched a load of mine together and now I get terrible mains hum on some sources as the interconnects are close and in parallel to the mains leads.
I'm also going to do a re-org, but I'll keep mains and signal well seperated in future.
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Originally posted by belgarion_v
A cheap if not elegant solution is to get some of that spiral cable wrap, Maplin (http:///www.maplin.co.uk/) sell it. Just do a search for spiral cable wrap. :)
Its only a few quid for 10m.
Vince Change your link - you have 3x /// in the address.
BTW agree on the spiral wrap, it's really good but keep the mains separate.
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Are there any other solutions other than the cable wraps?
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Cable ties are OK and you can buy stick on cable tie anchors at places like B&Q so you can not only bunch cables together, but also route them so they hide behind cabinet legs etc.
Definitely a good idea to ensure you keep the mains and signal cables separately routed. If that's impossible, use garden hose or something similar to insulate the power cables.
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Had a look at all the cabling and I'm not even sure if cable ties etc will be possible. There just seems to be sooooo many bloody wires and cables:(
What about some kind of clever AV furniture? Is there something that can house all of my kit (safely hidden away!), have the TV on and have some kind of cable management system??
Dont even know if such a thing exists but damn that would be sweet!! :norty:
Answers:
AV furniture with inbuilt cable management solutions generally use either some form of clip, a plastic tube, or sometimes a hollow leg. I would much prefer to spend a few quid trying out some "Heath Robinson" home-made solutions to the problem, than having to buy new furniture etc. But I'm a tight git.
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Originally posted by family man
Had a look at all the cabling and I'm not even sure if cable ties etc will be possible. There just seems to be sooooo many bloody wires and cables:(
What about some kind of clever AV furniture? Is there something that can house all of my kit (safely hidden away!), have the TV on and have some kind of cable management system??
Dont even know if such a thing exists but damn that would be sweet!! :norty:
It's available, but how much can you afford? AV furniture can be excruciatingly expensive.
example : http://www.homecinemaheaven.com/prod_info/racks/arca200.htm
Answers:
Look here for some ideas ... plenty much AV furniture with cable management. If you have the money! (http://www.google.com/search?as_q=cable+management+AV&num=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=.uk&safe=images)
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ikea do a plastic cable wrap, ive got some , its very good, its a hollow tube tat opens up. Think its on the website too.
Answers:
This site has some luvverly stuff on it too ... That expandable sleeve stuff is the dog's danglies ... (http://cableorganizer.com/wire-management/)
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You could just get some guttering or drain pipe from B&Q and secure this to the back of the unit so that it can’t be seen from the front and get all of the wires running into them.
A couple of levels of pipe work can separate out most of the cable types and avoid interference, this can be a very easy and cheap way of keeping the cables out of site.
Answers:
Contruct a front and two sides for the bottom 18 inches of the unit and fix it to the legs to make a 3-sided box. And hide the cables inside.
Answers:
Originally posted by family man
Had a look at all the cabling and I'm not even sure if cable ties etc will be possible. There just seems to be sooooo many bloody wires and cables:(
What about some kind of clever AV furniture? Is there something that can house all of my kit (safely hidden away!), have the TV on and have some kind of cable management system??
Dont even know if such a thing exists but damn that would be sweet!! :norty: Don't use ties they are a pain go with bulgarion suggestion of spiral wrap. In fact if you're near a Maplin call in and ask them what else they have, there's lots - trunking etc. and they can show you the range.
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http://cableorganizer.com/cable-snake/
:thumbs:
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Use velcro cable ties, rather than the plastic one-shot ones..
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Originally posted by unrealnils
http://cableorganizer.com/cable-snake/
:thumbs: FWIW Ikea sell a cable organiser either black or white and £2 or £3.
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