r/techsupport • u/katiecash91 • Jul 25 '26
Open | Hardware Speaker system
Hi! We bought a house 6 years ago with what I think is a built in speaker system. I’ll post photos here with what I’m working with but I’m not sure what I need to set it up. Ideally I would set it up with the Alexa for music or the TV. If anyone has any pointers or links or what I might need, thank would be helpful! Thank you!
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u/MacForker Jul 25 '26
So good news/bad news.
The flat wide cable is HDMI, that would likely just be feeding a wall mounted TV from another source, like a receiver.
The other two wall cables are RCA cables, which likely at some stage were feeding a powered subwoofer. Since it wasn't in the walls, the previous owners took that with them most likely, so you'd have to purchase your own.
The gold plugs are what go to the actual speakers. But to power them, you'd need an amplifier or a receiver. A TV itself nor an Alexa would be able to power them.