This Pembroke Pines, FL project paired a wall-mounted TV with a soundbar installation and full cable concealment — the soundbar's own audio and power cabling had to disappear into the same wall as the TV's, without turning the cavity into a cramped bundle of cables fighting each other.
Shelf mount or under-TV bracket
Most soundbars ship with a pair of keyhole slots meant for a TV stand shelf, not a wall. For a wall-mounted TV, we use a dedicated soundbar wall bracket instead, set 4-6 inches below the bottom edge of the screen and centered on the TV's width. That gap matters for two reasons: it keeps the soundbar's forward-firing drivers clear of the wall for accurate sound, and it leaves enough room in the cavity below the TV to route a second set of cables without stacking connectors on top of each other.
Giving the soundbar its own signal path
The soundbar needs two connections back to the equipment: an audio return (HDMI-ARC, optical/Toslink, or digital coax, depending on the TV and source gear) and power. The audio return is low-voltage, same as the TV's HDMI and streaming-box runs, so at rough-in we size the wall cavity and fish tape run to carry both the TV's cabling and the soundbar's audio cable together in one planned low-voltage path — that only works cleanly if it's accounted for before the first cable goes in, not added after the fact. Power is a different story: it's still 120V household wiring, so the soundbar's power cord runs through the same in-wall power relocation kit as the TV's, on its own low-profile outlet, never bundled loose with the low-voltage lines. Keeping the two separated in the cavity also avoids the audio return picking up hum from the power run.
Confirming the handshake before closing the wall
HDMI-ARC in particular can be finicky about cable length and handshake between the TV and soundbar once everything is buttoned up. We power on and confirm audio is actually passing through the soundbar — not just that the TV shows an ARC connection — before the wall plate goes back on. Catching a bad handshake here means it never becomes a callback.
The result: a TV and soundbar that look like a single fixture on the wall, with two independent cable runs — one low-voltage, one power — sharing the cavity cleanly instead of competing for the same path.
Need a TV and soundbar mounted together with the wiring fully hidden in Pembroke Pines or elsewhere in South Florida? Hero TV Mount handles the mount, the soundbar, and the cable routing in one visit — call or text (754) 340-1000 to schedule.
