Digital Optical connections

I recently purchased a Panasonic SC-PT960 Home Theater System and a Panasonic DMP-BD35K Blu-Ray Player. I am trying to find the correct digital optical cable to connect these two components for audio. I have been searching online for a cable that has ends that look like the digital optical inputs/outputs on the components and haven't seen any that look like they will connect. The input/output connections on the components seem to have a different shape than the cables shown on this site and other sites. They almost look like a sideways U and the only cables I have found look similar to RCA cable ends. If anyone can help me out with this it would be great
Thanks in advance.
Brett

If they look like RCA connectors they're digital coaxial cables - in fact those ARE RCA connectors.
Digital optical cables are sometimes labeled as TOSLINK cables.  They shouldn't be that hard to find.  I know I have seen them in TGT and WM, so I'd be shocked if BB didn't have them.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

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