Hi everyone,
Just got my new sharp 46inch lcd yesterday along with a wall mount.
Planning on getting the wall mount up this weekend if possible, but heres my situation.

The wall I want to mount the tv on is about 62inch wide. I used my stud finder and found 5 studs on the wall. one on each edge (its an interior wall), and 3 studs 16inches apart in the middle of the edges. We'll call them stud 1 on one edge stud 2, 3, 4 in the middle, and stud 5 on the other edge.

My questions is this.
I bought a Peerless SF640 Universal Flat Wall Mount/22-49". It arrived yesterday as well. I opened it up and was supprised to find that the plate that mounts to the wall is about 20inches long. I'm guessing on this length.
So i'd have to use Stud 2 and 3 or stud 3 and 4 to mount the bracket. This would leave me with part of the 46 inch tvs edges off the wall.
Is it possible to center (or as close to center) the tv on the wall using the exisiting studs? or am i just out of luck and have to pick another wall?

Hope i explained this well enough to understand.
Thanks

I'm not sure what you mean by having part of the tv's edges off the wall. ???
If you can secure the wall plate into two existing studs your good to go regardless.
If you can only secure to one then your scating on thin ice. Some may say it's ok to use one stud and wall anchors but I wouldn't.
I hope this helps

Can you return the peerless mount? These are great and will fix your problem for about 20.00. It's 32 inches wide. I used one on my 42" LCD and another on a 58" plasma.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082801&p_id=3610&seq=1&format=2

Bud

Well I can secure the bracket to 2 studs on the wall, thats no problem. However in order to get the tv close to center on the wall I'd have to slide the brackets that will mount on the tv more to one side of the wall mount bracket. I was afraid that doing this would unevenly distribute the weight and maybe a problem?

Would I be ok if I put the tv more to one side of the wall mounted bracket?

I can return the mount, but I planned on mounting the tv this weekend. If putting the tv more on one side of the bracket is not recommended then i guess i'll have to wait.

heres a lame picture of what i'm trying to say.
The wall studs are in black and the backets to mount on the back of the tv are in red.
http://org25.zorpia.com/0/3802/24334548.dd21f6.jpg

The instructions for the mount say the screen can be adjusted horizontally if desired. Another portion of the mounts specs say it has "Optional horizontal adjustment of up to 6" (depending on screen model)"
What does that mean exactly?
My other option would be to get a mount that covers 3 wall studs. Then I could slide the tv over more toward center.

Most of the mounts allow you to slide the TV some left/right. Depending on the where the brackets get mounted on the TV depends on how much you can slide it left and right. In other words, if the brackets are far apart on the back of the TV, then there will be less "space" between the bracket and the end of the mount to shift it. If the brackets are close r together, then there is more room on between the end of the mount and the bracket to slide it.

It's better to put the lag bolts even distributed. If you can hit two studs and put two lag bolts in each stud (top and bottom), you should be OK with that mount I would think. Sometimes though the mount doesn't sit perfectly flush on the wall (bowed stud maybe) and that side you don't have a lag bolt in may leave a gap at the end.

Bud

Another possibility is to open the wall on both sides of stud 3 and add bracing (2x4s) between studs 2&3 and 3&4. Be sure to add the bracing so the top and bottom of the mount can be attached to the bracing. Add any wiring/boxes (low voltage and power) while the wall is open. Close the wall and attach the mount to the bracing and stud 3. Add LCD and flavor to taste. :)

Being the non construction person that I am Huckster your idea is great and I wish that I could do something like that but with my budget I can't :( as much as i'd love to.

So with the assumption that I can get 2 lag bolts in each stud, and the mount sits flush on the wall, there shouldn't be a problem shifting the tv more to the left side of the mount?

I read a good suggestion on the forum last night that said to mount the bracket and then test it with some weight before hanging the tv on it. Which seems like a good idea to me. Esp. if i'm unsure.