Speakers in Ceiling

[hdesignert]

Hello! We have moved into a new house recently and we have speakers mounted in the ceiling that we don't know how to use. No manual came with the house, so we are at a loss in how to get them to work. We believe they are powered and hooked up, but to what, we don't know. (across the room) There is a double coaxial hook up that has EQ 1&2 written on it. Coaxial like a cable TV hook up. Anyone have any advice on how we can make these work? I would love to utilize them since they are there if its possible. I would assume we need a equalizer, but what sort of EQ has a coaxial hook up like this? Help! Our goal would be to get our surround sound (Sonos) to work with these if its doable.

 

[nukemaster]

They do make adapters to go from RCA to Coaxial. I would guess these speakers are passive and you would need an amplifier to run them.

You may be able to use a multi meter to see if something is on the other end of these cables. Speakers tend to range from 4-16 ohms in homes. 8 is pretty common.

It would stuck to connect a amplifier to the cable service by mistake.

 

[hdesignert]

They do make adapters to go from RCA to Coaxial. I would guess these speakers are passive and you would need an amplifier to run them.

You may be able to use a multi meter to see if something is on the other end of these cables. Speakers tend to range from 4-16 ohms in homes. 8 is pretty common.

It would stuck to connect a amplifier to the cable service by mistake.

I have no idea what a multi meter is.. but I will be looking it up.. This is not digital coaxial, this is like your CATV sort of hook-up

 

[nukemaster]

Yeah. Maybe coaxial cable is better at long runs than other cables. I was talking about normal coaxial TV type F connector to RCA. I have seen the adapters and even seen coaxial used as a replacement for normal RCA cables with another adapter(must be a reason they do that, maybe less interference, but that is more of a line level issue).

I have seen just RCA cables and speaker wire used for connections to in-wall/ceiling speakers.

 

[americanaudiophile]

In ceiling speakers would never be connected with RF type coax connectors (like a TV antenna) and never with RCA jacks if done by someone who has any idea of what they are doing.
Get a local custom installer to come in and take a look at what you have. They will be able to get you up and running. I would suggest Sonos as a great way to go.

 

[nukemaster]

I have seen extension cords used. My rears have the cord from an old vacuum cleaner

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