I'm also thinking of then moving the front TV to the now empty space, mounted on an extending TV mount attached to the side of the remaining adjoining cabinet, so it can actually be seen comfortably from the couch, and build some storage where the TV was.
Has anyone done this? Any tips, tricks, or cautions? I can see and feel a few screw heads inside the cabinet, it's the ones I can't find I worry about. I was a carpenter back in my adult life (now post-adult I guess) and am pretty handy.
Thanks in advance!
Dougn
In doing so I found the muffled center speaker hidden behind the vinyl covered padding under the TV. That padded strip under the TV came out with two screws and will be discarded, leaving the speaker and some plywood exposed. I will cover that whole area below the TV with some thin open-cell foam covered with black speaker cloth so the speaker can actually be heard. Not sure what they were thinking at PC at the time, but this should at least fix that problem.If your PC TV is like the one I installed in our PC in 2007, the speakers in the bottom of our TV (facing downward) are not active when using the surround sound system. You might want to check your TV over well before tossing the head-bumping protective pad to avoid a second area to contend with.
Our 2010 2551......Boy I surely can relate to hitting of the head on the back-up camera. It drove me nuts, so much that I had to do something about it. I removed the rear view mirror, and mounted the back-up camera there as shown. I have not yet done anything about the scars left in the headliner. I thought of visiting a junk yard and find a low profile sunglasses holder to mount there.
......I usually hit my head on the rear camera monitor mounted right there already anyway!
.......There is nothing structural behind the TV, just a flimsy piece of paneling you could cut out with a utility knife and put some shelf and storage there.....
Dougn
Hi RonHa, ha.....
Yours is different than my 2010. There is no solid panel behind our TV. Did yours not come with the TV from PC? Our center speaker and the TV speakers are (were) blocked by the center padded trim. I think it will look good when I get that area covered with a speaker grill. I am also going to replace the glass in the front cabinet doors with a black grill to allow ventilation to those cabinets. That glass looks like something my granny would have had...when I'm done it will look like there are huge speakers there....hmmm....maybe two 12" 3-ways mounted to the doors? No one parking right next to me anymore!
Dougn
Hi, guys !If you are talking about the leatherette covered padded shelf the two screws into the wall under the button covers and then the rest of it is just stapled to another little shelf from underneath, just pry it up. Hope that helps you.
I'm trying to remove the shelf under the DVR cabinet... Got the screws out, but something unseen still seems to have a pretty good hold on the right side. Any thoughts???
Thanks.