Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    Joe213's Avatar
    Joe213 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #1

    May 28, 2008, 04:06 PM
    Wiring for 2 line phone addition.
    I have office phones that are connected to 4 lines. I want to add a cord-cordless 2 line phone. When I connect the new 2 line phone to the old jacks, I get no dial tone. Opening the jack I found 8 wires. Which colors do I connect to the standard 2 line jack of red/green and yellow/black? The 8 color wires are white-blue, blue, purple, red-white, orange, orange-white, green and white-green. I tried various combinations with no success. Thank you.
    Stratmando's Avatar
    Stratmando Posts: 11,188, Reputation: 508
    Uber Member
    		  
    #2

    May 29, 2008, 06:49 PM
    Start with a 4 conductor Line Cord(4 Pins for 2 lines)Connect your Red and Green (Line 1) and Yellow Black to your phone jack. Plug cordless phone into the dead jack,
    Go to to where connections need to be made(your 4 conductors to existing 8).
    Besides red/green being line 1 and yellow/black being line 2.
    With twisted pair, white/blue/ blue/white is line 1, white/orange orange/white is line 2, white/green green/white is 3, and white brown/brown white is 4th pair. Sounds like from a larger bundle using additional.
    I would try: white/blue to green, blue/white to red white orange to black and orange white to yellow.
    Cordless phone will now work or not and you don't have to move by changing pairs,
    If you have a cell phone, make a call to it to verify you are on the correct line.
    Take note of the existing pairs, what colors are on existing red/green/yellow/black? Maintain thes pair and connect.
    You can also call the line and don't answer and just look for ringing voltage.
Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Wiring a phone line [ 1 Answers ]

I am trying to wire a phone jack but there are 8 wires coming into the house and only six in the house .the wires coming into the house are green,brown,blue ,orange , white with green marks , white with blue marks ,white with brown marks and white with brown marks . The wire inside the house are...

Changing disconnected phone line to same number as phone line that is active [ 3 Answers ]

If you can help I will vote for you... for any office... state or government! We have two separate phone lines. One for one room and one for another. One of the lines was cut off at our request by the phone company. We want to make the disconnected line active again and work on the same number...

How do I eliminate/rewire my DSL/Fax line to home phone line? [ 1 Answers ]

Line 1 is a Verizon DSL/dedicated fax line in my office. Line 2 is my home phone. It would cost $95 for Verizon to come to my home for approx. 10 minutes or less to rewire the DSL/Fax so I can eliminate the extra (fax) line. Do I rewire through the NI box on the outside of my home? Any phone...

Wiring a 2nd phone line into a regular phone line? [ 3 Answers ]

Hi. A long time ago, I had a phone jack installed in my room to be used for a 2nd phone line. Well, we shut off the 2nd phone line, so now I have a phone jack in my room that is basically out of order. I'm trying to turn it into a regular phone jack. This jack has never been a regular wired phone...

How to rewire and extra line to the main phone line at the demarc [ 1 Answers ]

I cannot afford to pay ATT 99.00 to rewire a non-working phone jack to the demarc. How is this done? The main phone line is working.

View more questions Search