I had a similar setup in my home I bought 8 years ago.. There were two pairs of installer-grade 6.5" 2-way ceiling speakers inside and a pair of surface-mount small outdoor Yamahas on my patio. The "wires" were just that, two 4-lead cables out of a wall box with a single hole, no labels. There was a rheostat on my living room wall and another by the door to the patio. No amp, no source.
I sorted out and tagged the leads, the inside speakers were wired in parallel to one 4-lead cable, the outside speakers were wired to another 4-lead cable. I rewired the lot to a labelled 8-jack plate (AMZ my friend) instead of the single-hole plastic box cover that came with the house. I left the wall rheostats alone. I replaced the indoor speakers with 2-way 8-inch low-profile ceiling speakers from Definitive Technology (DT8Rs, IIRC) which was a significant performance upgrade. (the 8-in. units from DT fit the cutouts already there for the old 6.5 in speakers, no enlarging of the ceiling hole needed). Each system runs off a Sonos Amp 125W receiver which is WiFi compatible and controlled with a smartphone app.

