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Telephone line (Extension)
Hi all I have just moved into my new house and the phone line is in the bedroom. I want to add another box in the living room. I only have 2 wires connected an orange and a white( i think) ( the line works fine i have broadband connected ).
I connected 2 wires ( using telephone cable I brought) to the same wires ( in the main box ( didn't know it was wrong till i read it on here) and run it to the new socket and connected it to numbers 2 & 5 ( as the phone plug i connected only used 2 wires going to them numbers!!) plugged my phone into it rang out worked fine, no interference. BUT
Here is the problem:
It kills my internet!!!!
i now get loads of interference?
Can some1 please help me i dont know where i have gone wrong.
Many thanks
I connected 2 wires ( using telephone cable I brought) to the same wires ( in the main box ( didn't know it was wrong till i read it on here) and run it to the new socket and connected it to numbers 2 & 5 ( as the phone plug i connected only used 2 wires going to them numbers!!) plugged my phone into it rang out worked fine, no interference. BUT
Here is the problem:
It kills my internet!!!!
i now get loads of interference?
Can some1 please help me i dont know where i have gone wrong.
Many thanks
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you dont use cable as you have to enter the bt part off the box
you need to buy a kit with a plug with an adapter or piggyback socket you plug your filter into the main socket then lead all connections from that
then you are not ilegaly touching bt wires or connections
all you have to do is connect the socket at the slave end properly
you need to buy a kit with a plug with an adapter or piggyback socket you plug your filter into the main socket then lead all connections from that
then you are not ilegaly touching bt wires or connections
all you have to do is connect the socket at the slave end properly

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hi thanks for the information but can someone tell me how I do that where the wires go and to what numbers.big-all wrote:you dont use cable as you have to enter the bt part off the box
you need to buy a kit with a plug with an adapter or piggyback socket you plug your filter into the main socket then lead all connections from that
then you are not ilegaly touching bt wires or connections
all you have to do is connect the socket at the slave end properly
below is a picture of what I have

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To fit an extension you need to use an extension cable. This is a cable with a plug on one end and a socket on the other. At no point do you need to take the faceplate off the box. If you need more than one socket at the box then you use a "splitter" which plugs in and gives you two sockets.
On every extension you will need to fit a broadband filter, whether there is a phone attached or not. This filter stops the interference which mucks up broadband.
On every extension you will need to fit a broadband filter, whether there is a phone attached or not. This filter stops the interference which mucks up broadband.
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Yeah I know but I cant use an ext lead as it would be on show I have run the cable under the floor so can some 1 tell me where the colours go to the numbers??Geewizz wrote:To fit an extension you need to use an extension cable. This is a cable with a plug on one end and a socket on the other. At no point do you need to take the faceplate off the box. If you need more than one socket at the box then you use a "splitter" which plugs in and gives you two sockets.
On every extension you will need to fit a broadband filter, whether there is a phone attached or not. This filter stops the interference which mucks up broadband.
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Post by DIY_Johnny »
I am doing something similar at the moment
see thisBT Wiring Guide
You can also replace the face place (legally) on the BT master socket, so you get a seperate phone and ADSL socket. see Clarity for guides
see thisBT Wiring Guide
You can also replace the face place (legally) on the BT master socket, so you get a seperate phone and ADSL socket. see Clarity for guides
DIY_Johnny
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Post by DIY_Johnny »
see my post here, I got one cheap off ebaydave.m wrote:You will need a Push-down tool.
Just connect the wires blue/white and white/blue to terminals 2 and 5.
Remember which you connected to No.2 at one end and connect the same at the other end.
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The original question is to do with your extension killing your broadband connection. How about fitting an iPlate?
http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-ipla ... -58LT.html
I think BT give them away for free if you are a BT broadband customer.
http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-ipla ... -58LT.html
I think BT give them away for free if you are a BT broadband customer.
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Post by scot-canuck »
Looks like he doesn't have an NTE-5 so an iplate wont work, he has the old style master socket, which you can wire to, its just not as easy to do.
As dave says he needs an IDC/Krone punchdown tool (samething, diff names)
Dont strip the wires (thats what the connector does - Insulation Displacement Connector)
As dave says he needs an IDC/Krone punchdown tool (samething, diff names)
Dont strip the wires (thats what the connector does - Insulation Displacement Connector)
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