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Connecting Your Inside Lines & Phones

Connecting Your Inside Wire to a Network Interface Device

Close the Unit 1. Slide the outer cover all the way down over the top of the unit. 2. Tighten screw at bottom of unit. How to Test Your Inside Wiring With Network Interface Device (Fig. 3) 1. Disconnect the inside wiring modular plug from the jack. 2. Connect the modular plug of a working telephone directly to the jack. 3. If the telephone operates correctly, the trouble is in the inside wiring. If the telephone does not act properly, contact Ardmore Telephone Company repair service at 256-423-2122.

The protector or network interface device enables customers to connect their own inside telephone wiring with the telephone com- pany’s network. On new homes and other buildings completed since January 1, 1988, Ardmore Telephone Company is installing a new type of multipurpose protector which enables customers to test their own inside wiring in case of trouble. This new protector is also being installed whenever replacement of an older protector is required. To connect your inside wiring to the new multi-purpose protector, follow the steps shown in the illustrations.

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Open the Unit (See Fig. 1) 1. Loosen the screw at the bottom of the protector. 2. Lift the outer cover straight off grommet at bottom of protec- tor. Push any extra wire length back into building.

How to Connect Your Phones The illustrations below should be helpful to you when installing or disconnecting you telephones. Illustrations 1 through 4 show wall receptacles (standard jacks), which can accommodate modular telephone cords. To install your phone, match the plug at the end of the telephone cord with the receptacle and insert. To disconnect the phone, squeeze the clip on the plug and pull out of the receptacle. Illustrations 5 and 6 show receptacles (non-standard jacks), which can be made to accommodate modular telephone cords by the use of adapters. The adapters simply plug into the receptacle. With the adapter in place, follow the above steps to install your phone. A receptacle for a wall-mounted telephone is shown in illustration 7. To connect your wall phone, match the holes in the back of the telephone with the rivets on the wall mounting, push the telephone lightly against the mounting while sliding it down into place over the rivets. To disconnect, slide the telephone up to lift it off the rivets, then pull the phone away from the receptacle. Types of modular jacks other than those shown in illustrations may be encountered.

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Connect the Inside Wiring (See Fig. 2) 1. Disconnect inside wiring modular plug from jack. 2. Your inside wiring ends with separate wires, as shown. Each wire is in a different color: red, green, black, yellow. 3. Insert inside wiring through rubber grommet at bottom of protector. Push any extra wire length back into building. 4. Connect inside wires to screw terminals. WIRE COLORS MUST BE MATCHED WITH COLORS MARKED BESIDE EACH SCREW TERMINAL. In some cases, you may not have a black and/or yellow wire. If a black wire is present, do not use. Bend black wire out of the way.

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