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The most common is the RJ which uses only 2 of the wires in a 4 or more strand wire. This is the same kind of plug that you use to plug your telephone into the wall. This is a 1-line plug.
The RJ uses 4 wires and is used to handle 2 lines, or 2-line phones. The first step The first step to a small wiring job is to figure out what the telephone company has left you to work with. What kind of network interface NI do you have? They have probably left you either a punchdown block or a network interface box.
If there is a punchdown block, and you can't get the phone company to install a modular jack for each Plain Old Telephone Service POTS or central office CO line, then you will need a punchdown tool to connect your inside wiring to the NI.
Most new installations consist of a network interface box. This has modular test jacks where you can plug a phone in to see if the line is live and a terminal strip from which you run your internal wiring IW. Wiring From the NI you want to plan how you want the wiring in your location to be. The star or homerun method is the most common method of wiring.
Each extension or phone jack is run directly from the NI or phone system if you are installing one.
Take a look inside these double-duty devices on the next page. Adding a second line to your home is an easy task that even the least experienced do-it-yourselfer can do without costly interference from a telephone technician. Not Helpful 14 Helpful 8. There will be a line plugged into each modular plug for each phone company line that runs to your house. You'll use the colored screw sections in the Network Interface Box to do this: If the box in question only has two possible connections, just plug a RJ11 jack into the one marked Line 1. If you already have a telephone jack in your house, skip this step.
The other type of wiring is called the series or loop method. In this method one long wire links all of the extensions in a series. This loop method is not widely used anymore.
As with the old type of Christmas lights, if one goes out, all of them go out. Unscrew the red connector screw and the green connector screw or both of the screws in the "Line 1" area. Wrap the red wire's bare section around the red connector's screw, then repeat with the green wire and the green connector.
Plug the company line back in. It should plug back into the port into which it was initially inserted. At this point, your landline is active; you can now proceed with attaching your landline phone.
You may have to call the company and request that they activate your phone line before you can use your landline. Plug a telephone wire into the telephone jack. The telephone wire should connect just like the company phone line's connector attached to the Network Interface Device box; you'll hear a soft click when the connector is in place.
Attach the other end of the wire to your landline's receiver. Place your landline phone's receiver near the telephone jack, then plug the free end of the wire into the "Line 1" port on the back of the receiver. Unless otherwise specified by your phone's manufacturer, avoid using the "Line 2" or other ports on the back of the receiver. Attach your landline's receiver to your router if necessary. Some landline phones e. You'll use an Ethernet cable to connect the "Internet" port on your receiver to any free port on the back of your router.
Plug your receiver into a power outlet. Using the power cable which came with your landline's receiver, plug one end of the cable into an electrical outlet and then plug the other end into the "Power" port on the back of the receiver. Your phone receiver may have a built-in power cable.
If so, just plug the free end of the cable into an electrical outlet. If your phone is properly wired and your phone company has activated service for your landline, you should hear a dial tone when you pick up the phone. At this point, you're free to make a call or set up your landline phone based on its manual.
How do I hook up my new phone line to the phone company's box outside? If the box in question only has two possible connections, just plug a RJ11 jack into the one marked Line 1. If there are more, you would be well advised to ask your phone company to send out a technician. Not Helpful 2 Helpful The cable has 4 wires. However, only 2 are used. Which ones do I connect? As long as you use the same colors on both ends, it doesn't matter. Not Helpful 3 Helpful 4. You could use a multimeter. Touch one of the wires of the multimeter to the phone wire, then touch the other one to another port on the phone, or even to another part of the wire, at about 10 cms apart.
You can connect both devices using a single phone line or separate lines for each device.
Regardless of which option you choose, you must pay close attention to the jacks located on the back of the fax machine to ensure proper cable placement. However, this does not guarantee you can use both devices at the same time. Sometimes this jack features an icon of a cable going into a wall jack as the label rather than the written word.
You then connect one end of a second cable into the wall jack for your telephone line and the other end of the cable into the jack on your telephone.
Sometimes this jack features an icon of a telephone rather than the written word. Using two separate telephone lines offer the most flexibility because you can send and receive fax messages and telephone calls at the same time. When the devices share a single phone line, you cannot receive a fax while using the telephone and vice versa.