Hi this is Techydiy and today I am going to show you how to mount a soundbar
on top of a television just like this
I am going to use aluminium angle for the soundbar brackets this is 20mm squared
You can buy this in DIY stores easily It comes in one or two meter lengths
and it's pretty strong and lightweight.
First thing to do is to find out what mounting options are on the back of the soundbar
This is a Panasonic soundbar
and it has two threaded inserts
on the back there
and these take M4 bolts
they were included with the actual kit.
So looking back at the television we've got the vesa mount holes
In this case on this Panasonic tv
it's got blanking plugs in place and once they are removed
it reveals an insert
a threaded insert. In this case it is M6
is the size of the thread and
we need to do is find out the maximum length of the
bolt that we can insert into that threaded insert. If it's too long
there is a risk that you might damage the television. So it's important to look up the
specification for the make and model of television
that you're trying to mount the soundbar on
so getting somebody to hold the soundbar in place. Measure the distance between the
VESA mounting hole on the back of the television and
the mounting hole on the actual soundbar
so thats about 15 centimeters. So I think if I cut a length of
angle around about 25 centimeters
that will be more than enough
I am just going to measure off two lengths of the angle
at 25 centimeters each
I will cut these to length with my chop saw
but you can use a hacksaw obviously
Now I am going to make the hole in the
in the bracket for the soundbar
so I have measured 25 millimetres
down from the top and halfway across. I am just going to
mark that position
with a center punch
I am actually going to make the hole using this rather useful
tool which is a hole punch
obviously you can
drill the hole instead
Now I have got the soundbar just resting on top of the television
and I have got the bracket screwed into the back of the soundbar
I am just gonna mark the position
of the mount
on the back of the TV. On the actual bracket
now to try the first bracket. So I am going to put
the mounting screw for the soundbar through the
bracket. I am going to put a spacing washer behind
and
screw that into the actual bracket. Into the soundbar sorry.
Nip that up so we can still turn it.
I am going to put a washer behind
the bracket here as well
where we mount it into the television to give it some clearance
We are using allen key bolts
using an allen key to turn that tight
nip that up
thats nice and solid that's worked really well
I am just going to remove this top edge
from the top of the bracket, so that it doesn't
stick up above the soundbar
Thats the soundbar brackets completed. All bolted up
and thats the view from the front