just dealt with this yesterday. New Kodiak has a square sticker indicating where the backing is or the screws to mount your tv mount. I bought a swivel model by rockfish that has a tall and narrow mounting surface.....i found that i put the top of two screws into the are shown at the top of the decal, then although the lower screw was below the decal, it took a good bite into the backer as well.....then i simply used a sharp knife to trim off the execs decal that still showed to the sides of the mount. It holds my 19" LED tv/dvd nicely.