I have an antique telephone that has a 4 prong jack. Is there an adaptor that I can plug my phone in then lug it into the wall?

I have an antique 4 prong telephone. Is there an adaptor to plug it in the wall.

How antiuqe is the phone? A 4 prong is that same thing in use today. Its just the wires are a lot smaller. It usually only takes 2 wires to run a phone. The reason for 4 wires is so it can work with either line 1 or line2 in a 2 line system.

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Originally Posted by t_boy55

I have an antique 4 prong telephone. Is there an adaptor to plug it in the wall.

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My antique phone has a 4prong plug.

This is the original phone where you hold the listening device while speaking into the phone. This is the original not a replica. It is a rotory not a touch tone. It has a 4 prong plug attached. A black, red and white wire.

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Originally Posted by t_boy55

This is the original phone where you hold the listening device while speaking into the phone. This is the original not a replica. It is a rotory not a touch tone. It has a 4 prong plug attached. A black, red and white wire.

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It's an old one.

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Originally Posted by t_boy55

It's an old one.

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Have to hold the listening device to your ear as you speak int the phone.

You might want to contact your phone company just to make sure the voltages that it uses are compatible with current technology being used. Is there a dial on it or a crank?

Found this:
4-prong to RJ11 adapter
Check out the phones through the Decades, may find yours.
Haven't found the pin for pin yet.
Personally I would trial and error connect to an active pair, The correct pair will give a Dial Tone.
It may even be Polarity Conscience
Good Luck

If you need the info, I can remove a jack and look. I have plenty of these things working around the house.

That adapter is the way to go. The 4 prong jacks generally have relatively noisy connections.

Historically, the modular jacks were added next to existing 4-prong jacks at home.

Some older touch-tone jacks are polarity sensitive. You'll get dial tone, but no keypad tones if the polarity is backwards.

I can't believe that you folks don't know about eBay! (haha)... Yes my friend you can buy the adapter, it is available in eBay. Only a few people are currently selling them. I have several in my watch list now, hoping to buy one too, soon, but you may be my competition... try this guy...
Link:
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(((Copy & Paste to your search engine)))
He sells them for about ten dollars plus four more for shipping. It's a really good deal, don't buy from the guy with the 34.00 ones!
Tracey

Yes my friend you can buy the adapter, it is available in eBay. Only a few people are currently selling them. I have several in my watch list now, hoping to buy one too, soon, but you may be my competition... try this guy...
Link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Prong-Jack-Modular-Phone-Plug-Telephone-Adapter-/180582328165?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2a0b8b a765
(((Copy & Paste to your search engine)))
He sells them for about ten dollars plus four more for shipping. It's a really good deal, don't buy from the guy with the 34.00 ones!
Tracey

I can't believe that you folks don't know about eBay! (haha)... Yes my friend you can buy the adapter, it is available in eBay. Only a few people are currently selling them. I have several in my watch list now, hoping to buy one too, soon, but you may be my competition... try this guy...
Link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Prong-Jack-Modular-Phone-Plug-Telephone-Adapter-/180582328165?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2a0b8b a765
(((Copy & Paste to your search engine)))
He sells them for about ten dollars plus four more for shipping. It's a really good deal, don't buy from the guy with the 34.00 ones!
Tracey

I mention Ebay all the time, the link I mentioned is actually cheaper, $12.00+$1.75 for Shipping= $13.75. You get to save a quarter, don't have to bid against anyone, plus the site has a lot of info for old Telephones.
Unles you are trying to keep it original, I might consider changing the line cord on the phone, you can plug in anywhere and you don't need an adapter.

Hi,

I have a 4 wire telphone jack a bell 549A that uses a 225a converter to a RJ11 jack. Do you know if it matters where the red and green wires are connected to on the block?

The line colors are red/black and green/red. The red/black is line 1 and the green/red is line 2.

The third paragraph explains the connections. The block should be marked R, Y,
G and B.

I do suggest replacing the jack with an RJ11. I have had poor luck with the 4 prong females because they are usually mounted close to the floor. The RJ11 to 4 prong female seems to work a lot better.

Newer terminology would be T1, R1 and T2 and R2.