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How to setup these speakers at my new home ? ( SONY STR-K700 )

post #1 of 3
7/30/09 at 10:08am
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Hi,

I am completely new to this home theater setup, help me.
 

We have recently moved to new home and previous owner had home theater speakers setup already in the living room walls.
 

I currently have 3 years old SONY HOME THEATER  which I was using at my old place by connecting all the speakers through a wire.
 

The receiver of SONY HT had small holes on the back and I used to connect the 2 wires for each speaker to this holes and it was working fine at my old place.


Now I wanted to set the same speakers in this new home on the wall.But the speaker connection points on the wall have 2 circle screws(round ones with a hole perpendicular to the circle).


1) How do I connect this speaker to that screws ?

2) How will my speakers stay there on the wall, without any adapter to hold it ? as the wires coming from the back of the speakers are loose ?

 
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post #2 of 3
8/1/09 at 12:14am
Hmm, those sound like pretty common speaker binding posts, with the (not sure what to call them) retaining part removed.  If that is the case, yes, they are pretty much useless.  I wonder why they would remove them?  The two parts are worthless without each other.  An example of what I mean is HERE.  If that is the case, hopefully the wires in the walls are intact and you can just replace the plates.  The ones I linked are very good, a reasonably priced.  Click the image to see it larger.
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post #3 of 3
8/3/09 at 8:01am
It is possible that the new house has connections for the speaker wires, but does not have a bracket to mount the speaker. 

Usually, the ends of the wire from the speaker are pushed through the hole in the side of the binding post, and then the cap is screwed down to keep the wire in place.  You can also wrap the speaker wire around the post, then screw the cap down.  If your speaker wires have crimped-on pins or lugs, they attach as above.  Or, if you have banana plugs on the speaker wires, they just plug right into the end of the binding post.  That, quickly, is why these things are called five-way binding posts.

Somewhere near the area for the TV and amplifier you will find either wires hanging out of the wall, or more wall plates with binding posts.  You connect these to your AV amplifier or receiver.  You'll need to take care to keep the polarity correct - plus to plus and minus to minus.

For hanging the speaker, you will probably have to purchase brackets and attach them to the walls.  You can find loads of different brackets at electronic stores, and on the web.  I imagine that the previous owners never put up brackets, or if the house is brand new, they were not supplied.

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