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Features of the Audio Video cabinet to be built
You need to acquire a robust wooden cabinet that accommodates the below audio and video equipment without paying a fortune?
Here's how to build your own audio video cabinet, in which you can fit not less than:
Here's how to build your own audio video cabinet, in which you can fit not less than:
- Bass amplifier (Booster Amp)
- Game Console (Xbox)
- SAT receiver
- DVD player
- Audio Video media player
- Hard disk storage
- Ethernet switch
- Bluetooth receiver
- UPS
How to start the diy wooden audio video component cabinet building
Although our below tutorial explains in details how the audio video cabinet is built you may also visit our Cupboards and Bookshelves basics page to learn about the required accessories and the cabinet assembly techniques:
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AV equipment (media component) cabinet requirements and context:
If you use no specific audio video cabinet for installing your AV equipment, you will quickly reach a stage where:
- There is an aesthetic problem (first picture)
- Wires are visible and there is no separation between electrical outlets and audio / video wires (second picture)
- No more equipment can be added like for example a gaming console (last picture)
A complete mess on the back side of the AVR is soon reached and gets worse when connecting more AV equipment.
Some audio / video devices will be laid on top of each other due to the lack of shelves.
Some audio / video devices will be laid on top of each other due to the lack of shelves.
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How to transform a normal cabinet into a well designed audio video cabinet or simply build a new one:
Before starting:
- Make sure your cabinet has a depth of at least 40 cm.
- If you are building a new cabinet, consider 45 or 50 cm depth.
- Also note that the cabinet shouldn't have a back cover. If yours has one, just remove it. This is mandatory for the proper ventilation of the Audio Video equipment especially most of them have a fan on their back side.
Take your measurements, order the wooden panels and proceed with the compartmentalization of your existing cabinet, or the diy building of your audio video cabinet from scratch.
All partitions and shelves should be of a lesser depth than the AV cabinet frame by 1 inch (or 2 cm); see further below.
The details of the assembly are not shown here, please visit our page for cupboard assembly if needed:
All partitions and shelves should be of a lesser depth than the AV cabinet frame by 1 inch (or 2 cm); see further below.
The details of the assembly are not shown here, please visit our page for cupboard assembly if needed:
Note how the vertical partitions are fixed to the shelves to avoid having them moving when you install the AV equipment or later when cleaning, etc. This is because most audio and video equipment are so light in weight (DVD, SAT receiver) that the shelf will keep moving unlike a bookshelf.
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Start "populating" your audio and video equipment (media component) cabinet:
- When taking the measurements, make sure to keep at least 10 mm free as an absolute minimum on top of any AV device for ventilation.
- It should be designed in a manner that no audio or video component sits on the other anymore.
- The left compartments are used to plug the AV equipment into an electrical extension cord, which separates the electrical cables from the AV cables.
- The lower left compartment is high enough to accommodate a UPS if needed.
Put some order in the wiring. Use widely available self adherent wire holders.
Many types are available, the ones designed to receive a cable tie have been used here.
Attach all cables and run them parallel as much as possible.
Keep some free cable length between the last tie and the audio or video equipment in order to be able to move the latter a bit when cleaning or checking a connection.
Many types are available, the ones designed to receive a cable tie have been used here.
Attach all cables and run them parallel as much as possible.
Keep some free cable length between the last tie and the audio or video equipment in order to be able to move the latter a bit when cleaning or checking a connection.
You can buy your cable and wire organizers from our partners' stores:
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Your partitions and shelves should not be as deep as the cabinet, rather 1 inch (or 2 cm) shorter as this allows the cables to run within the cabinet depth itself and not outside of it.
Attach the audio and video wires on both horizontal and vertical runs.
Longer cables shall be looped properly without excessive bending .
Attach the audio and video wires on both horizontal and vertical runs.
Longer cables shall be looped properly without excessive bending .
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Should you fit glass doors to your audio video cabinet?
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The final result is shown here and the AV cabinet is left on purpose without doors, to ensure the proper ventilation of the equipment.
You can fit a wooden or glass door, but then, proper ventilation openings are to be cut into the sides of the cabinet and covered with a plastic or aluminum louvered grille. This is mandatory or else you take the risk of overheating your amplifiers and shortening their life.
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