Speaker Cable

[Martini1991]

Hi, me and my girlfriend have have bought a house and will be moving in January, it's the first time we'll have moved out, so obviously we're getting stuff given to us from parents etc, and seeing what we can make do with.

My Mam's got an old 1080P LG 42" she's giving us, along with the 5.1 speaker set up it came with.

My Mam never had it set up correctly, so we've no idea if it even works.

At any rate it requires new cables, but what exactly is this cable? (In the spoiler)

Spoiler

All the speakers connect to some DVD player/receiver thing, which I think we're going to have to change and get a Blu-ray receiver for them to work, anyone got any suggestions?

 

[Martini1991]

That just looks like regular speaker cable.

A bit concerned when you describe that the speakers connect to a DVD player/receiver unit, which you might have to change. It sounds like an all in one DVD based system.

Are you looking to replace the main unit because it's DVD and you're considering Blu-ray, or because there is a problem with it?

These things only come with speakers as a packaage, hence the 'all in one' description. If you're looking at Blu-ray, you'd have to buy a standalone player, if you don't have one already; although, you could probably swap out the DVD player/receiver unit for a Blu-ray one, if you can get a used one.

If the unit has a problem, and that's why you mentioned about having to change it, then again, you'll have to look at similar used units really. An AV receiver will be no use, because these all in one DVD/BD based systems use odd Ohm speakers; usually 3 Ohm, which aren't compatible with the majority of AV receivers, which take 4 Ohm minimum.

If the unit itself has had it, then unless you can find a similar used one, then you might just have to replace the speakers as well.

So, it's literally just ; http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-cables/cambridge-audio/symphony-100/gale-symphony-100 ?

The cable in the picture has a single metal strip that goes into the speaker and the receiver thing, is it the same principle, as in the strands would just go in to the connection and then you "lock" it in?

I believe it may be an all in one system, it's all LG stuff.

There's nothing wrong with it, I just have Blu-ray's which at the moment I play on my PC via a projector. I've got like 6 Blu-ray players (3 PC ones, Xbox One, PS4, PS3), but none of those will be getting connected to this TV.

So, I need a way of getting these speakers to work with a standalone blu-ray player ultimately, I thought I could just another one of these main units with a Blu-ray player instead of a DVD player, but now I'm assuming I'll have to use this All in one system with a standalone blu-ray player? Which is fine.

 

[Martini1991]

It's got a HDMI and optical.

It's literally about 7 years old.

I'm pretty sure it used to work with the Sky box.
And yeah, the cables are the same both ends for connectors, just spring clips.

I believe it's the LG HT752TH.