installing cat5 phone jack to old wiring
#1
installing cat5 phone jack to old wiring
I am installing a new phone jack designed for cat5e phone wire, but I need to connect it to what seems to be older (circa 1970) phone wire -- the 4 solid color kind. To make it more compex, the existing jack (with four screws and posts) is connected to 2 sets of wires -- 6 of the 8 individual wires are connected to the old jack, leaving 2 individual wires haning.
Is it possible to use my new phone jack at all? i hope so -- its the only type of jack that I can find for use with the new modular plate I'm installing; which includes 2 coax connections.
help!!!
Is it possible to use my new phone jack at all? i hope so -- its the only type of jack that I can find for use with the new modular plate I'm installing; which includes 2 coax connections.
help!!!
#2
Originally Posted by jwillie
I am installing a new phone jack designed for cat5e phone wire, but I need to connect it to what seems to be older (circa 1970) phone wire -- the 4 solid color kind. To make it more compex, the existing jack (with four screws and posts) is connected to 2 sets of wires -- 6 of the 8 individual wires are connected to the old jack, leaving 2 individual wires haning.
Is it possible to use my new phone jack at all? i hope so -- its the only type of jack that I can find for use with the new modular plate I'm installing; which includes 2 coax connections.
help!!!
Is it possible to use my new phone jack at all? i hope so -- its the only type of jack that I can find for use with the new modular plate I'm installing; which includes 2 coax connections.
help!!!
hook green to (white/blue )red to (blue white ),
if you have two lines then black to (white/orange ) yellow to (ornge white )using 568a wiring scheme , you dont need to connect them for a single line
#4
i would put two jacks on the same line rather than a splitter , its cleaner and more reliable , but yes you can put a splitter on .
I'm not real familiar with the satellite but look and see if it doesnt have a line in and line out port ,a lot of peripheral devices do and saves having to use a splitter
I'm not real familiar with the satellite but look and see if it doesnt have a line in and line out port ,a lot of peripheral devices do and saves having to use a splitter
#6
Solution
I gave up. Too many problems trying to figure the whole thing out using a modular jack, plate, etc.
went to local shop and bought a pre-made plate with two coax connections and a phone jack with the same connections as my old jack.....
thanks all for your help.
went to local shop and bought a pre-made plate with two coax connections and a phone jack with the same connections as my old jack.....
thanks all for your help.