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Has this helped anyone at all? I know this is a common question.

You can take the control pod off and put it anywhere. Oh... whats that.. having trouble getting the CP1 back off after you put it on? Snapped all the way in there? Hey... THats the way its suppose to be. I wanted to take my cp1 off and guess what... Its stuck, just like the damn screw is stuck. Everything is such a tight fit with these Klipsch items and Im not liking it. Stupid screw, Stupid CP1!!!! SOmeone tell me what to do!

Argh I am SOO upset. I been trying for like another 30 minutes to get this screw loose and it isnt coming out. Why the heck the Klipsch make it so tight if they knew we'd have to take out the screw eventually???????? ARGHH!!! I WANT THEM to take it back now and give me a new satteline, alone, with just the stand and a screw seperate. This is ridiculous. Otherwise Ill just send me stupid Wall mounts back.

Hey! Well I did same as you bud. I got the CP1 and had to go to another speaker to install it easier that the screw wasnt so darn tight. Well guess what? I took it a step further, and got 4 wall mounts. I managed to get 3 on the wall but the 4th sattelites screw will NOT budge. I am stripping the screw along with my phillips screw driver. I want the other one on the wall!!! HELP!! James

Hey! Well I did same as you bud. I got the CP1 and had to go to another speaker to install it easier that the screw wasnt so darn tight. Well guess what? I took it a step further, and got 4 wall mounts. I managed to get 3 on the wall but the 4th sattelites screw will NOT budge. I am stripping the screw along with my phillips screw driver. I want the other one on the wall!!! HELP!! James

You can modify it to increase rear speaker length. Wont even have to solder it. I did a post on how to do it here. I did it with 18 guage wire which works better. http://www.klipsch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ubbcount.cgi?expath1=Forum10&expath2=&topic=003471&type=&number=10

Hey all! I wanted to post this for those of you had problems as well. I will tell you what I did and it seemed the easiest for the non-electric and solder savvy. Is your rear speaker wires too short for the room and you want to mount them somewhere or just have them further back? Go out and buy from Radio Shack: 1. 60 Feet (Or depending on what you need) of 18 gauge speaker wire. It shouldn't run more than 5 dollars. 2. 2 Gold Plated Solderless 1/8 Mono Mini Phone plugs (Cat No. 274-868) Instructions: 1. Ok, well 60 feet is way too much for 1 speaker. Measure it out and split it so you have at least 2 pieces of 30 feet. That should do for most cases, as it did for me. 2. Open up a Mono plug. Make sure to keep the PLASTIC/rubber piece in the installation process. You will have the plug, the coil, the rubber piece, and the screw on base. Make sure to put the coil down the wire first, then the screw on base, then the rubber piece. 3. Ok now you see the plug? Work with that. There is a longer conductor. That is the Ground or the Negative. The shorter one is the Positive connection. Do not let them touch at all in the process. Also keep consistent with these connections and the ones behind your subwoofer. There is a white line on the speaker wire to organize yourself. (My Ground/Negative was the white line) This part is tricky and had me pulling my hair out. Basically, there are tiny screws here. Loosen them. Do the Positive conductor first. Strip a little wire off the end and then split the tiny copper wires into 2 groups. Then wrap it around the tiny screw, then tighten it down. Twisting the copper wires when done makes it more secure. Also try to keep it short. Do the same with the Negative conductor too. Like I said, it is delicate work. (In other words, a pain in the ***) 4. Lastly, and MOST importantly!!! See that rubber piece I told you of before? Well pull that up over your work. Still make sure they aren't touching when they are encased in the clear rubber plastic. Then you can pull up the screw on base and the coil will come with it. Screw it all together... and Voila! This should work. I made the error of forgetting the rubber piece and it was just as good as having the wires touching each other. But after I made sure nothing was touching and the clear rubber encased the whole thing, it worked. As for this midrange and sound quality or whatever. I didn't notice much a difference other than it sounds a little better cause rear speakers are farther back to actually hear. Good luck with it all!

Topic says it all. I got a value now. Should I get the 5.1 card or not? I got the Upgraded v2-400 Klipsch speakers. James Wright

Mostly cause I dont have soldering type equipment. And I dont know anything about that stuff. But it should be fine. I get VERY VERY low sound from that speaker.. I mean you cant even hear it. I dont know what the hell is wrong.

Ok, I ran out to Radio Shack. Picked up 18 Gauge speaker wire and 1/8 mono plugs, solderless. They got some kind of tiny screws in there. Anyhow, I spent like an hour doin the little screw things and attaching the wire to the mono plug... and guess what? It didnt work. Grrr!!! Anyone know why? Is it the 18 guage wire? THe guy in Radio Shack said 16 was kind of big to fit in the mono plug. Hell cant I just get a Mono extension cord for these rear speakers? Please help!!! Or Klipsh, please offer us longer rear wiring!!! ILL BUY IT!!!

Hey Klipsch fans!!! Ok I got 2 simple questions: 1. The wiring (flat black and red) that runs from the sub to the rear speaker is awfully short!!! I want to mount the rear speakers on the back wall, but it wont reach. What can I buy to increase the length? Does Klipsch sell longer rear speaker wires? 2. I got the v2-400s... Great system. As you all know. Anyhow, I hear a lot about the Premap. I havnt had trouble yet, but I am cautious. Should I buy the CP-1 upgrade for 50 bucks? Is it worth it? Thanks for your input fans. Reall appreciate it. Ok I read posts on the Rear speaker wiring. Getting the differant gauge wiring and mono plugs. However, I am wondering if I can just buy a Male/Female Mono extentsion cord long enough to give me the length I need? Will that work or the method of gettin wireing and mono plugs better? And if I go that way, is it hard to put the mono plug together with the speaker wire, and how do ya do it? =p James Wright