What cable and inputs should I use?

speakernewspeaker
speakernewspeaker Posts: 2
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I moved to a new house with Polk wall speakers. I can’t figure out what cables to use to connect my TV to these input jacks on the wall. 48cm7knmocmg.jpeg
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,553
    edited July 2022
    Bare wire, spades or banana plugs. Those appear to be 5 way binding posts.
    Your receiver or amp would connect a speaker cable to those.
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  • speakernewspeaker
    speakernewspeaker Posts: 2
    I tried these banana plugs but they were too large. Amazon Basics 16AWG Speaker Cable Wire with Gold-Plated Banana Tip Plugs (4mm) - CL2 - 99.9% Oxygen Free - 6-Foot https://a.co/d/6Qdg6TV

    Can you suggest another item?

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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    speakernewspeaker wrote: »
    I tried these banana plugs but they were too large. Amazon Basics 16AWG Speaker Cable Wire with Gold-Plated Banana Tip Plugs (4mm) - CL2 - 99.9% Oxygen Free - 6-Foot https://a.co/d/6Qdg6TV

    Can you suggest another item?

    You should be able to just untwist the metal nuts and shove the bare wire in the hole and then twist it back tight. You don’t need banana plugs…
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,893
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    ...

    You should be able to just untwist the metal nuts and shove the bare wire in the hole and then twist it back tight. You don’t need banana plugs…

    Out of context, that's like an R-rated reply. :#

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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    ...

    You should be able to just untwist the metal nuts and shove the bare wire in the hole and then twist it back tight. You don’t need banana plugs…

    Out of context, that's like an R-rated reply. :#

    Whose got metal nuts? Git yer mind outta the gutter doc!
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,598
    Can you imagine trying to explain that to the TSA! :D
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,772
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    ...

    You should be able to just untwist the metal nuts and shove the bare wire in the hole and then twist it back tight. You don’t need banana plugs…

    Out of context, that's like an R-rated reply. :#

    Whose got metal nuts? Git yer mind outta the gutter doc!

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  • F1nut
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    speakernewspeaker wrote: »
    I tried these banana plugs but they were too large. Amazon Basics 16AWG Speaker Cable Wire with Gold-Plated Banana Tip Plugs (4mm) - CL2 - 99.9% Oxygen Free - 6-Foot https://a.co/d/6Qdg6TV

    Can you suggest another item?

    I take "too large" to mean the banana plugs didn't fit entirely into the binding post hole and not that they were too wide to fit. That's because the binding posts on the wall plate are total crap.
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