I just finished hooking up this system, which was very easy. However, I use a business desk with a hutch that has the hole at the back to access the CPU and outlets. The stow away dock/volume unit is hard wired to the sub-woofer. I can't string it through, so it is sitting below my desk on my CPU. Not a great spot given the little people in my house. It would have been better if I could have plugged the stow away unit into the sub-woofer separately.